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An All-Electric Vehicle: Up Close and Personal

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.21.2012

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Ever wonder what one of those all-electric cars feels like when you're behind the wheel? Well, here's your chance.

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Take A Ride On The Electric Highway

AP | By JEFF BARNARD | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Electric Car Drivers, Electric Cars, Electric Highway Oregon, Electric Highway u.s., Nissan Leaf, Electric Highway California, Electric Highway West Coast, Electric Interstate, Electric Highway, San Francisco News

CENTRAL POINT, Ore. -- Following a trail blazed by Indians and pioneers in covered wagons, electric car drivers hit the road Friday to inaugurate the ...

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Comparing the Nissan Leaf to the BMW M3

David Thielen | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Nissan Leaf, Bmw m3, Tesla Roadster, Electric Cars, Nissan Leaf Gas Mileage, Green Cars, Green News

We're not going to stay on oil for automobiles. Nissan didn't get it perfect, but they got a lot right. And their bet on electric vehicles will be seen as a brilliant move 10 years from now.

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Obama Wants To Boost Electric-Car Rebates To $10,000

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Chevy Volt, Hybrid Cars, Electric Cars, Electric Car Credit, Tax Rebate, Electric Car Rebate, Obama Budget, Nissan Leaf, Tax Credit, Obama Budget Proposal, Business News

President Obama's proposed Fiscal Year 2013 budget includes a new provision for hybrid and electric car tax credits that would broaden the program, in...

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The Greenest Car Of 2012 Is...

Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Mitsubishi I MiEV, Green Cars, Video, Chevy Volt, Toyota, Green Technology, Honda, Cars, Nissan Leaf, Automotive Technology, Mitsubishi I-MIEV Greenest Car, Green News

From Mother Nature Networks' Melissa Hincha-Ownby: The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has published its 14th annual Green...

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ELECTRIC AVENUE: Stanford Engineers Develop Revolutionary Highway Plan

| Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Stanford Electric Car Highway, Stanford Engineers Electric Cars, Video, Charging Electric Cars, Electric Car Transportation, Stanford Electric Cars, Electric Cars, Electric Car Highway, Nissan Leaf, Electric Cars Recharge, Stanford Engineers, San Francisco News

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Susanne Rust With new state regulations demanding an increase in the number of clean a...

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Revenge of the Electric Car: Plug It In on DVD

Linda Hassler | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Nissan Leaf, Chevy Volt, Tesla Motors, Carlos Ghosn, Tesla-Roadster, Chris Paine, Tim Robbins, Greg "Gadget" Abbott, Elon Musk, Nissan Renault, Bob Lutz, Leslie Hassler, General Motors, Susan Sarandon, Who Killed the Electric Car, Silicon Valley, Entertainment News

After making his successful 2006 film, Who Killed The Electric Car, director Chris Paine was elated to learn the auto industry was finally committing to electric cars (EVs).

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My Other Car Is a Bentley...Not (I Want My Car to Leaf Me Alone)

Tony Greenberg | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Plugin America, Paul Scott, Nissan Leaf, Revenge of the Electric Car, Evse, Ecotality, Leaf Electric Car, Green News

"Electricity is really just organized lightning." - George Carlin Let me start by saying that I love new technologies especially when I can try them...

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Renault-Nissan CEO Angling To Lead Electric Vehicle Market

David Kiley | Posted 03.14.2012

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When Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn starts talking about electric cars, it's easy to think at least one house on every block in America will have one in a decade or two.

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Electric Cars Short Circuited -- In More Ways Than One

Michael W. R. Davis | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Chevrolet Volt, Honda Civic Hybrid, Nissan Leaf, Chevy Volt, Electric Vehicles, Hyrbid Vehicles, Hybrid Cars, Electric Cars, Detroit News

Over the last few months, Detroit has witnessed the U.S. introduction of three new or newer entries in the electric vehicle field, and each takes a different approach.

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Chris Paine: Recharging Hope In The Electric Car

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Video, Chevy Volt, Who Killed the Electric Car, Toyota Prius, Electric Cars, All Terrain Video, Nissan Leaf, Revenge of the Electric Car, Chris Paine, Tesla, Green News

No villains appear in Chris Paine's new film, "Revenge of the Electric Car" -- a stark contrast to its 2006 predecessor. "Who Killed the Electric Car?...

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World Leader In Green Vehicles?

AP | By YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Nissan, Nissan Cars, Green Cars, Video, Nissan Electric Cars, Hybrid Cars, Green Technology, Electric Cars, Renewable Energy, Nissan Leaf, Electric Vehicles, Green-Technology, Green News

TOKYO -- Nissan Motor Co. is aiming to be the world's No. 1 in green cars, targeting cumulative sales of 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles by 2017 wi...

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New Ads: Clean Cars or a Trip to the Greenwash?

Bill Chameides | Posted 11.30.2011

Advertising could be considered an art of grand hyperbole, but are new car ads the latest brushstrokes on this fanciful canvas or truthful commentary on how far down the road car companies have come to lower pollution?

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The Electric Car Branding Trick Even Nissan's Leaf Is Missing

Carol Pierson Holding | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Harley Davidson, Chevy Volt, Bmw, Nissan Leaf, Acceleration, Range Anxiety, Ice, Electric Cars, Business News

Why aren't the headlines about what a cool experience it is to drive an electric car?

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Nissan Leaf Tour Hits Chicago This Weekend

The Expired Meter | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Nissan Leaf Chicago, Nissan Leaf, Chicago Around Town, Electric Cars, Chicago Events, Chicago News

Nissan's new all electric vehicle,the Leaf, is on a cross-country promotional tour of the U.S. and has just rolled into Chicago. The Nissan Leaf Dr...

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Plug-In 2011: Rising Tide for Electric Cars

Michael Carmichael | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Plugless Power, Nissan Leaf, Mitsubishi I, Plug-in Hybrid Cars, Ge, Environmental Pollution, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Green Revolution, Tesla, Chevrolet Volt, Plug-in Cars, Green Car, Early Adopters, Electric Poer Research Institute, Fisker, Ford Focus Electric, Toyota Prius, Electric Car, Environment, Plug-in 2011, Clean Technology, Plug-in Hybrids, Raleigh, Raleigh Convention Center, Epri, Global Warming, North Carolina, Eaton, Siemans, Green News

Even in the midst of the worst recession since the 1930s, the trend to electric cars and plug-in hybrid is growing stronger. While the market is not yet flooded with plug-in electric cars, manufacturers are accelerating their design, development and production.

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Nissan (Finally) Gets the Pitch Right on the Leaf

Andrew Winston | Posted 08.21.2011

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After some missteps, Nissan may now be on the right path. An ad I pulled from Fast Company recently hits all the right marks.

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Peak Stuff?

Carl Pope | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Nissan Leaf, Lindsay Graham, Tesla Motors, Peak Oil, Riversimple, Green News

The real issue is not peak oil -- it's peak stuff. The world doesn't contain enough coal, copper, steel, or wood to enable Asia and Africa to develop even European standards of consumption and waste.

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U.S. Electric Vehicle Revolution Can Sidestep Rising Oil Prices

Brian Keane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Libya, Chevy Volt, Tunisia, Egypt, President Obama, Electric Cars, Oil Prices, Moammar Gadhafi, Nissan Leaf, Electric Vehicles, Volkswagen Electric Car, Volkswagen, Green News

With the incredible events unfolding in the Middle East, it's easy to miss the fact that we're facing a revolution of our own here in the United State...

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Ford's Impressive Sustainability Strategy

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Co2 Emissions, Ford Focus EV, Chevy Volt, General Motors, Chelsea Sexton, Fuel Efficiency, Toyota Prius, Detroit Auto Show, Toyota, Ecoboost, Nissan Leaf, Green News

Buried beneath the pizzazz of high-profile PR announcements, Ford has developed what appears to be a broad, well-thought-out sustainability strategy.

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Ford Hybrid Wins 'Car Of The Year'

AP | JEFF KAROUB | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chevy Volts, Detroit Auto Show, Hyundai Sonata, Nissan Leaf, Car of the Year, Dodge Durango, Business News

DETROIT — The 2011 Chevrolet Volt got another marketing jolt Monday, when it received the North American Car of the Year. The car that runs on ...

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Electric Vehicles in for Remarkable Ride in 2011

John Gartner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chevrolet Volt, Nissan Leaf, Ev, Pike Research, Electric Vehicle, Electric Cars, Green News

The first Chevrolet Volts, Nissan Leafs, and Smart EDs were delivered in December, but in the annals of history, 2011 will be remembered as the year that electric vehicles arrived.

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The Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2010

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wheat Prices, General Electric, Russian Drought, Renewable Energy, Pakistan Floods, Green Business, Tropicana Orange Juice, Kaiser Permanente, China, Zero-Waste, Pepsi, Data, Gm, Bowman Design, Climate Adaptation, Ibm, Cancun Climate Summit, Panasonic, Biomimicry, Unilever, Biofuels, Wal-Mart, Canadian Oil Sands, Trade Barriers, Cotton, Supply Chain, Marks & Spencer, Sony, World Trade Organization, Local Food, Water, Matt Kistler, Rare Earth Elements, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, US Navy, Climate Bill, P&G, Nissan Leaf, Electric Cars, Green News

Here's my attempt to capture the most important stories that affected the greening of business in 2010 and my predictions for the future.

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EPA Rates Volt and Leaf: What's Your Choice?

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Ford Focus EV, Mitsubishi I MiEV, Chevrolet Volt, USA Today, Los Angeles Auto Show, Motor Trend Car of the Year, Toyota Prius, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Honda, Exxon Mobil, Epa, Hypermiling, Nissan Leaf, Plug-in Hybrids, Range Anxiety, Pure EV, Extended Range Hybrid, Business News

No more guessing. We now officially know enough about these cars of the future to say we love or hate them. What cars? What else. Those small, uncomfortable, high-mileage vehicles.

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Ford Begins Shipping Electric Delivery Van

The New York Times | Nick Bunkley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Electric Delivery Van, Nissan Leaf, Ford Transist Connect Electric, Battery Powered, Energy Efficient, Ford, Chevrolet Volt, Green Technology, Business News

LIVONIA, Mich. -- The Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf have gotten nearly all the attention, but they are not the only electric vehicles making their wa...

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