Up until very recently, electric cars had a reputation of being slow, unexciting transportation appliances (This despite the fact the fastest car in the world from 1898 to 1904 was a French electric car, the...
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It’s good that there are a few 100% electric new cars out there; the fact that they are either six-figure-priced two-seat roadsters or beefed-up golf carts that are limited to 35 mph isn’t. Nissan asked...
Seeing the unveiling of the new 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid, at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, has me looking at hybrid technology in a new and much more positive way. I believe hybrids...
The 2009 Tokyo Motor Show kicks off next month and there is now a flurry of pre-event product announcements. Honda has just revealed the first official images of their EV-N Concept, designed to be a...
“Pimp my Prius” is pretty much a cliche by now but somehow it never seems to get old. And it seems the effort to transform this fuel-sipping suburban transport into a vehicle that looks like...
Every year more and more automotive companies jump on board with the green movement. Many hem and haw but eventually come around as there seems to be sufficient consumer interest to at least take a...
Electricity has always been fun. As a kid, a simple flashlight could be anything from a light saber (classic) to a magic pen that could write in space. Then you get a little older and...
Yes, that’s right folks, during today’s special webcast, GM’s big cheese Fritz Henderson just announced that the new 2011 Chevrolet Volt will be the first car ever to get a triple digit fuel economy rating....
Ferrari, for quite some time now, and more recently, Lamborghini, have both announced plans to introduce hybrid vehicles to bring to market around 2015. And along the way they have both expressed a strong commitment...
The Department of Energy has announced a $465 million loan to Tesla Motors for construction of a manufacturing facility in Southern California and a power-train manufacturing plant in Palo Alto, California. The projects supported by...