Electric Vehicles

My Electric Summer, When Washington Helped Resurrect the EV

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Bush Administration, Electric Vehicles, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Menlo Park, Washington, Green News, Zero Motorcycles, Stimulus Plan, Ev, Santa Cruz, Tesla, Evs, Green News
Kirsten Dirksen

If this summer was the coming out party for the electric car, Washington was the host. They may seem unlikely bedfellows, but I'm convinced the EV companies have learned how to play politics.

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Phone Booths To Charge Electric Vehicles In Spain

The Guardian | Giles Tremlett in Madrid | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Cars, Spain, Electric Vehicles, Electric Vehicle Phone Booths, Phone Booths, Green News

The rise of the mobile phone has left the streets of Madrid littered with increasingly redundant telephone booths. But these underused installations a...

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California Dreaming: Driving on Sunshine

Kevin George | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Co2 Emissions, Obama Environment, Energy Grid, Tesla Roadster, Plug-in Cars, Solar Panels, Environmentalism, Sustainability, Electric Vehicles, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Solar Power, Climate Bill, Gas Prices, Tesla Motors, Chrysler, Toyota Sales, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Obama National Security, Ford, Volkswagen, Nissan, General Motors, National Security, Hyundai, Toyota Prius, Electric Cars, California-Electricity, Us-Electricity-Grid, Battery Life, Gasoline, Clean Coal, Coal Industry, Incentives, Chevy Volt Battery, Bmw, Battery-Powered Car, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Gas Guzzlers, Green News
Kevin George

Bottom line, if your enthusiastic about EVs, this may be your time to plug-in and get involved. Find out for yourself why there's electricity in the air around EVs.

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Houston Weaning Off Oil?

planetgreen.discovery.com | Planet Green | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Indianapolis, Houston, Vehicles, Plug-in Cars, Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles, Hybrid Cars, Hybrid, Cars, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Plug-in Hybrids, Green Energy, Green News

Project Get Ready is a new initiative seeking to help the nation (and Canada!) make the shift away from fossil fuels. Under the project, coalitions in...

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Green News Report - July 30, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Emissions, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Electric Vehicles, Green News Report, Tar Sands, Stephen Chu, Ocean Dead Zones, Green News, Cash for Clunkers, Oil Prices, Composting, Sustainability, Climate Change, Sustainable Seafood, China, Solar Power, Cool-Roofs, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

In today's audio report: China & the U.S., together again

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Best Buy To Sell Electric Motorcycles

Motorcycles | Posted 08.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Cars, Electric Motorcycles, Electric Vehicles, Brammo's Enertia Bikes, Best Buy, Green News

Have you ever wished that you could combine the competent, organized staff of your local Best Buy with the gentle, no-pressure sales environment of a ...

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Electric Cars Could Dominate U.S. Roads in 2030

cnbc.com | Posted 09.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Cars, Better Place, Electric Vehicle Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Electric Cars, Sustainability, Green Technology, Green News

SAN FRANCISCO - Electric car sales could jump to 86 percent of U.S. light vehicle sales in 2030 if consumers don't have to buy batteries themselves, a...

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Cumberland Island National Seashore to be Damaged by Motor Vehicle Tours

Levi Novey | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Hiking, Cumberland Island, Island, Wild Horses, Barrier Island, Electric Vehicles, Motor Vehicles, Wilderness, Georgia, Tours, Cumberland Island National Seashore, Walking, Jack Kingston, Motor Vehicle Tours, National Park Service, Camping, Wilderness Protection, Green News
Levi Novey

While it might be accurate that there would not be an ecologically significant impact on Cumberland Island because of motor tours, there will most definitely be a significant impact on the experience.

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Greening Hollywood: A Future To Go

Paige Donner | Posted 03.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Mindset, Sustainable Mobility, Sustainable Design, Electric Vehicles, Future to Go, U.S. Air Force, California Air Resources Board, Mta, Kaiser Permanente, Andy Karsner, David Wilkie, Pasadena Art Center College of Design, Lightcraft Technologies, Kill Spencer, Amory Lovins, Greening Hollywood, Plug-in Vehicle, Venrock, Green News
Paige Donner

Pasadena's Art Center College of Design believes that design can bridge eco-friendly products, services and technologies with the public's desire to l...

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Neil Young Vies For X-Prize

Treehugger | Michael Graham Richard | Posted 11.30.2008 | Green

Read More: Lincoln, Energy, LincVolt, Automotive X-Prize, Electric Vehicles, X Prize, Mercedes, Alternative Energy, Electric Cars, Environment, X Prize Foundation, Neil Young, Lincoln Continental, Transportation, Green News

Neil Young currently drives a 1982 Mercedes coupe diesel that runs on vegetable oil he buys from a restaurants, but that's just a "band aid", accordi...

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They're green! All green! Well, almost - Mini, Peugeot, Ford, Pininfarina and more - Paris Car Show's green cars and concepts, part two

Steve Parker | Posted 11.03.2008 | Green

Read More: Nickel-Metal Hydride Battery, Lithium-Ion Battery, Pininfarina, Peugeot Prologue Concept, Peugeot, Gas/Electric Hybrid, EV, Front-Wheel Drive, Ferrari California, Ford, Rear-Wheel Drive, Super-Capacitors, Paris Car Show, Mini, Mechanical Flywheels, Monte Carlo Rally, Pininfarina B0, Solar Power, Ford Fiesta Econetic, Lithium-Polymer Battery, Diesel/Electric Hybrid, Electric Motors, All-Wheel Drive, Electric Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Mondeo Econetic, Ford Ka, Kinetic Energy, Turbodiesel, Mini Crossover Concept, Mini Clubman, Bmw, Peugeot RC HYmotion4 Concept, Focus Econetic, Solar Cells, Green News
Steve Parker

Here's the green wrap on the Paris Car Show, 2008 version. As in yesterday's posting, we're taking a look at some concepts which might have a chance t...

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Greening Hollywood: The Electric Revolution

Paige Donner | Posted 10.31.2008 | Green

Read More: Cars, Zero Emission, James Woolsey, Flex Fuel Vehicles, Chevy Volt, Energy Independence, Gm, Alternative Energy, Revenge of the Electric Vehicle, Dave Barthmuss, Green, Mccain, Opec, Chris Paine, Cia Director, Alt Car Expo, National Security, Electric Vehicles, Plug in Prius, Prius, Chelsea Sexton, Ev1, Hybrid, Environment, Set America Free Coalition, Ethanol, Green News
Paige Donner

We need to do that to oil. We need to destroy its strategic role and its monopoly over transportation. Electricity, as was the case with salt, is going to be right at the heart of that.

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Greening Hollywood: For Love Of Water

Paige Donner | Posted 09.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles, Green Collar Jobs, Biodiesel, Gm, Irena Salina, Sustainable Food, Green Films, Electric Vehicles, Tesla, Environmental, Slow Food, Urban Parks, Earth Works, Community Supported Agriculture, Water Cartel, Environment, Moca, Water Politics, Flow, Revolution Green, Entertainment News
Paige Donner

Crowning the first-ever Downtown Film Festival - Los Angeles, L.A.'s premier "green" and sustainable film festival - was Sunday night's open air scree...

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