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Electric vehicles and infrastructure and related commentary.

Friday, March 21, 2008

Electric Subaru: Tell 'em what you think

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Subaru has brought some R1e electric mini-cars to NY. They have a program with Tokyo Electric Power Company that has been testing vehicles i...
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Sunday, March 9, 2008

Electric Coops Use Aptera EV in Ad

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Touchstone Energy Cooperatives has made an ad touting its preparedness to deliver electricity whatever needs it in the future. Hattip to Dom...
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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Automakers Losing Religion; CARB Keeps Unfounded Faith

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The expense and impracticality of hydrogen fuel cell powered cars is beginning to dawn on the major automakers. Batteries will do within a f...
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Thursday, February 28, 2008

Th!nk thinks bigger

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Th!nk CEO Jan Olaf Willums made a return appearance at the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco this week. He sat down with Todd Woody, Business...
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Friday, February 15, 2008

On Prius

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There's much I should be blogging these days and hopefully will shortly. The pathetic CARB staff ZEV recommendations ( here ); Bob Lutz...
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Friday, February 1, 2008

BMW Hammers One More Nail in Hydrogen Coffin

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Even as BMW clean car honchos tour the globe with the Hydrogen 7, the German automaker could be coming to terms with reality. According to D...
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Toyota Snags a RAV4 EV

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The storyline is meant to be changing. From Who Killed the Electric Car? to Who Revived the Electric Car? Now that automakers seem to be ...
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Thursday, January 24, 2008

First Production Tesla Roadster on its Way to US

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Tesla has sent a letter to those who have ordered one of its Roadsters with some good news. The first Roadster is on its way. All necessary ...
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Monday, January 21, 2008

Government, Renault and Agassi: Making Israel a Better Place for Electric Cars

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Shai Agassi's ambitious Project Better Place takes a step forward today in Israel. The government will announce its support for the ve...
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Friday, January 11, 2008

CARB Races to Rescue Faltering Hydrogen Highway

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In meetings reminiscent of Dick Cheney's energy confabs, California Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols convened energy companies and...
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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Hydrogen Implosion in California

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The San Jose Mercury News reports on roadblocks appearing on Schwarzenegger's much ballyhooed Hydrogen Highway. Planned stations aren...
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Sunday, January 6, 2008

And now, Toyota's turn

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An anonymous commenter on my previous blogpost asks, "GM has alway said that the battery might not be ready.... GM never lied about it ...
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GM CEO Waggoner Sows Doubt about Volt Debut Date; Volt Ads Continue Unabated

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CNNMoney.com reports on an online chat with GM CEO Rick Waggoner. General Motors might not be able to hit its target to have its breakthrou...
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Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Oil Hits $100 a Barrel

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NY Times reporting: Oil prices reached the symbolic level of $100 a barrel for the first time on Wednesday, a long-awaited ...
Friday, December 28, 2007

Financial Times on Th!nk

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Financial Times Deutschland has a report on Th!nk Global. Putting a little flesh on the bones of previous reporting. 10,000 Think City elec...
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Subaru to Begin EV Sales in Japan in 2009

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Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI) has issued a press release, according to Green Car Congress , announcing that 2009 rather than 2010 will see th...
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Monday, December 24, 2007

Electric Smart Car ForTwo Delivered by Mercedes

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Mercedes-Benz has delivered the first of 100 electric Smart ForTwos to fleet customers in the UK. Coventry City Council will be using the el...
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Saturday, December 22, 2007

Popular Mechanics Takes Aptera for a Drive

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This wingless Jetsonian vehicle has seemed to me to be too much design, too much gadgetry, too much website, and not enough practical, build...
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Friday, December 21, 2007

Electric Car Salute to Al Gore in Oslo

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Electric cars, including many Th!nk City cars and at least one RAV4 EV, turned out in large numbers to salute Al Gore, lining Oslo streets a...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

EPA Says No: Dems Get Rolled Again

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It took less than 12 hours. The Democrats got rolled again. Bush started the day signing the energy bill that Nancy Pelosi called "eart...
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