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Driving Mitsubishi's i-MiEV electric; Fun in an EV?

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Lithium-Ion Battery, Chevrolet Volt, Mitsubishi I MiEV, Twitter, Ev1, Saturn, Nissan Leaf, Japanese, Kermit the Frog, Range Anxiety, General Motors Volt, Japan, Talkradioone, Electric Cars, Business News
Steve Parker

"It's not easy bein' green..." Car companies worldwide should have paid heed to those simple words many years ago.

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Chicks, Wusses, Geeks and Emo-Boys: Is This Who Will Buy the Electric Cars?

Matthew DeBord | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Women, Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf, V8, Turbocharged, Men, Top Gear, Geeks, Tesla, Ev1, Gearheads, Electric Cars, BP Oil Spill, Pistonheads, Guys, Petrol-Heads, Bruce Springsteen, Nerds, Detroit, Green News
Matthew DeBord

As I've been writing for six months now at the Shifting Gears blog for Slate's business and finance site, The Big Money, 2010 is the Year of the Elect...

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Let California Lead: the Green Economy and Lessons from 1990's Zero Emissions Vehicle Mandate

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Toyota, Green Jobs, California, Gm, Andrew Card, George W. Bush, Green, Rethink Reviews, Zero-Emission Vehicles, Pollution, Green Energy, Suvs, AB 32, Who Killed the Electric Car, Jonathan Kim, Ev1, General Motors, Toyota Prius, Greenhouse Gases, California Air Resources Board, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green Energy Economy, Hummer, SUV Sales, Global Warming, Green News
Jonathan Kim

California has always represented a better future, and we seem more impatient to get there than anyone else. The examples are endless: the settlers ri...

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Nissan Leaf EV: One Man's Vision, Now Reality

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Lithium-Ion Battery, Carson Daly, Nissan Design International, Tesla Motors, Chrysler, Cars, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Ev1, General Motors, Electric Cars, Detroit, Nissan Altima Hybrid, BMW Mini E, Howard Stringer, Yutaka Katayama, Nbc, Nashville, Carlos Ghosn, Nissan Leaf, Tokyo-Japan, Renault Nissan Electric Cars, Soichiro Honda, Los Angeles, Sunderland UK, Chevrolet Volt, Tokyo Motor Show, Yokohama, Datsun, Smyrna, La Jolla, David Letterman, Akio Morita, Sony, Business News
Steve Parker

When Nissan introduced their close-to-production Leaf electric vehicle yesterday, we caught a glimpse of transportation's future. You can bet that today oil companies are somewhat nervous.

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Dear GM..Your Lease is Up.

Hal Sparks | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Auto Bailout, Zenn-Car, Tesla Motors, Ev1, The Big Three, Gm, Auto Industry, Rick Wagoner, Business News
Hal Sparks

If these GM guys -- and they are all guys -- had spent half the time running these companies as if they had a future -- we would not even be discussing them.

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Past, Present And Future: 23 Electric Cars Driving The Revolution

TreeHugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Miles Automotive Group, Tesla Roadster, Ev1, Electric Cars, Cars, Mitsubishi, Transportation, Green News

Transportation plays a major role in our lives. We would all like to keep the benefits that it brings us while getting rid of the negative side effect...

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Car Sales Tank; Detroit Visits DC, Pt. II

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Cars, George Bush, Roger and Me, Automotive News, Spring Hill, Wall Street Bailout, Congress, Australian, Saturn, Chrysler, Buick, Rick Wagoner, United Auto Workers, Russian Carmaker, Opel GT, $25 Billion Bailout, Honda, Ford, Volkswagen, Malibu Hybrid, Ev1, Bob Lutz, Indian Carmaker, Michael Moore, Saturn Vue, Washington, Tiger Woods, Detroit, Greenmail, Opel Kappa Platform, European Carmakers, Chrysler CEO, Pontiac Solstice Coupe, Bob Nardelli, Uaw, Toyota, Gm, Alan Mulally, AM General, Saturn Sky, Detroit Three, Chevrolet, American Honda, Deal or No Deal, Roger Smith, Gmc, Asian Carmakers, Escape Hybrid, Chinese Carmaker, Pontiac, Corvette, Saab, Wall Street, Detroit Three Loans, Bmw, Subaru, Republican, Hummer Sale, Henry Paulson, Europe, China, Cadillac, Holden, Auto Bailout, Business News
Steve Parker

Now that they have our attention, the Detroit Three, in plans submitted to Congress Tuesday, increased their appeals for federal loans from $25 billion to $34 billion.

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GM Goes Grassroots. A Son is Torn.

Jake Brewer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Gm, Cars, Auto Bailout, Thomas Friedman, Ev1, General Motors, Green News
Jake Brewer

I'm the Internet Director (a brand new type of occupation) for the Energy Action Coalition (a brand new type of organization) and today you're the Planning Administrator of a GM Manufacturing plant in Spring Hill, TN.

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Greening Hollywood: The Electric Revolution

Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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I Killed The Electric Car

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Electric Car, Chevy Volt, Ev1, Tesla Motors, Alternative Fuels, Electric Cars, Energy, Green News
Steve Rosenbaum

So, who really killed the electric car? Sadly, I think I did. Here's why: Rick Wagoner was interviewed the other day and said - "The future of GM and...

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Dead Electric Car's Manual For Sale On eBay -- For $100K

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Who Killed the Electric Car, Gm, Ev1, EV1 Relics, Electric Cars, EV1 Manual, Ebay, Cars, Green News

Car culture blog Jalopnik noted that an original owner's manual for the long-gone iconic General Motors EV-1 electric car was on eBay for a million bu...

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Chevy Volt: "The Barack Obama Of Automobiles"

The Atlantic | Jonathan Rauch | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, Chevrolet, Chevy Volt, Electric Car, Battery-Powered Car, Chevy Volt Battery, Ev1, Cars, Green News

Last year, while he was working in Germany as an engineer for General Motors, Andrew Farah got a call from a senior engineer in Detroit asking him to ...

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The Detroit Three --- Making Any Relevant Cars or Trucks?

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Saturn, Corporate Average Fuel Economy, Malibu, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Honda, CAFE Standards, Dodge Ram, Plymouth, General Motors, Dodge Challenger, Ev1, Mercury Mariner, Crossfire, Bob Nardelli, Jeep Wrangler, Plug-in Hybrids, President Bush, Detroit, Energy, Dodge Sprinter, Dodge, Gasoline, Gm, Alan Mulally, Ford, Detroit Three, Burbank, Chevrolet, Honda Hybrid, Hybrid Hemi, Cerberus, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Corvette, Chrysler, Chevrolet Volt, Bmw, Bill Ford, Ford Escape, Hemi, Viper, Nhtsa, Volt, Jeep, Detroit Auto Show, Business News
Steve Parker

That the Detroit Three have to build cars and trucks which make sense now and in the future, and which Americans want to buy.

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