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Friday, February 13, 2009

The "grand and lovely futility" of Honda's FCX Clarity

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Dan Neil has another must read article in today's LA Times. He heaps praise and digs the grave of Honda's fuel cell marvel. I'd ...
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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Ethanol blues

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NY Times reports : As recently as last summer, plants that make ethanol from corn were sprouting across the Midwest. But now, with motorists...
Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Nissan, Tesla, expect govt loans for EVs

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Nissan and Tesla are both well on the way to receive loans from the federal government to support their electric car manufacturing plans. Ni...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

And GM follows suit; 10,000 cut

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GM cuts 10,000 salaried workers worldwide, including 3,400 of its 29,500 salaried jobs in the United States.
Monday, February 9, 2009

Nissan cuts 20,000 jobs, EV plans threatened?

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Nissan has joined the world's automakers with bad news . They'll be cutting 20,000 jobs worldwide. They joined Toyota, posting an an...
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Friday, February 6, 2009

Tesla Roadster does Dan

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The Tesla Roadster made sweet sweet love to Dan Neil one recent weekend. "God has grabbed me by the jockstrap and fired me off his thum...
Wednesday, February 4, 2009

GM Promotes an Electric Car

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It was only 13 years ago. Still looks good.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Sit and Spin in a Th!nk City

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Electricaid.org was created when Th!nk looked to be on the ropes late last year. Now it seems only good news is coming in. They are reporti...
Monday, February 2, 2009

How Ford got back in the EV game

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Ford has done it's share of electric cars, including the Ranger EV and Th!nk City that were its ZEV mandate cars in the '90s. The #2...
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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Multi-nation survey reports consumers want electric cars. Now.

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A large survey, 4000 people in eight countries, has discovered what many of us have been saying all along. There is an existing market for ...

Norway stimulates economy and electric cars with 5000 chargers

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As a part of the new government economic stimulus plan, Norway will be getting a "forest" of charging stations for electric vehicl...
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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Obama to grant California waiver Monday

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New York Times reports the expected change in federal policy will happen Monday. ...the centerpiece of Monday’s East Room announcement is M...
Saturday, January 24, 2009

The Onion: Survivors Mourn Loss of Gas

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Survivors Of Gas Station Explosion Mourn Tragic Loss Of Gasoline
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Gore's group on board with plug-ins

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The Alliance for Climate Protection, Al Gore's group, has taken another step toward promoting plug-in cars (all electric cars and plug-i...
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Monday, January 19, 2009

Electric Cars - Yes We Can!

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[©Nikki Kahn - The Washington Post] East Coast - Along the route President-elect Obama rode on his way to DC, electric car activists spell i...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Tesla to deliver Electric Smart batteries

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Tesla will be producing battery packs for Daimler's electric Smart, reports Ken Basinger in the LA Times blog Up to Speed . One thousan...

Th!nk finds needed $$

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The financial crisis that shut down Th!nk's factory appears to have ended, according to Reuters . The Ener1 Group, the main shareholder ...
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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Toyota: moving backward

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Toyota will be showing a battery electric car - the 50 miles range FT-EV - in Detroit. But before you get too excited, Irv Miller, Group Vi...
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Friday, January 9, 2009

RAV4 EV with 95,000 miles sells at auction

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Occasionally a RAV4 EV sells used on the open market. Yesterday one sold at auction for $32,600. Why so low, some bloggers are asking? Wh...
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Mitsubishi and Peugeot ink deal

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More Japan/France cooperation on the EV front. Mitsubishi will be supplying electric cars to French automaker Peugeot, as reported in Forbe...
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