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Sodium-Ion Batteries: The Future of Electric Vehicles?
AutoBlog Green had some interesting news to report this morning. Apparently Toyota is looking into potentially replacing the lithium-ion batteries in their hybrids and EVs with sodium-ion batteries. Though at best it’s just a rumored possibility at the moment, according to the AutoBlog report, sodium-ion batteries would have the potential to turn EVsinto what we’ve [...]
Tesla S Named Motor Trend’s Car of the Year
Motor Trend has announced that the made in California, Tesla Model S luxury cruiser is their pick for the 2013 car of the year. This is the first time an electric vehicle has won the distinction. This selection is momentous not just for Tesla but for the future of electric cars. For the first time ever, [...]
Drive SunShine Institute Goes National
The Drive SunShine Institute, which recently got its start in Colorado, is planning to expand into multiple states, open offices and offer corporate test drive events to promote electric cars and home solar installations. “Over the last two months, we’ve really been ramping up our corporate test drives,” said Ken Beitel, advisory board chair of [...]
EV Charging Station Market: Ready for Liftoff
Currently electronic vehicles (EVs) only make up a small portion of transportation on the road. But as it increases so will the volume EV chargers. In fact, a new Lux Research report finds that the EV charger market will grow from $140 million in 2012 to $1.15 billion by 2020. While solar charging EV stations [...]
2012 Dubbed “The Year of the Green Car”
With the 2012 model year ending in September, auto industry analysts at the National Resources Defense Council and Baum & Associates are calling it the most successful year ever for green cars. Preliminary data suggests the average fuel economy among new cars and the sales of hybrids and plug-in electric vehicles are currently at all-time [...]
Tesla Motors: Silencing the Electric Car Haters
Although I personally do not own shares of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), I was certainly pleased to see the stock getting rewarded this morning after the company reported Model S production had risen to 100 cars per week at the end of the quarter, and was now up to 200. Tesla reps also stated that they expect [...]
Top 10 “Cleanest Air” U.S Cities
On average, people take more than 21,600 breaths a day. Yet, research suggests two-thirds of the American population does not think much about the quality of the air they are breathing. The AirGenius Awards, sponsored by Honeywell, set out to ‘clear the air’ by checking out which U.S. cities had the cleanest air in America. [...]
Top 10 Reasons Electric Cars Crush Gas Powered Cars
Beyond the value of a dollar, electric vehicles represent an investment in the future of the environment. As novelties or necessities, EVs have quickly caught on in America and beyond, and with very good reasons. Here are just a few. 1. Money The most obvious benefit of driving an electric car is the savings; depending on [...]
Toyota: 21 Hybrid Vehicles by 2015
A press conference held in Toyota City, Japan last week revealed ambitious plans for hybrid vehicle sales by Toyota Motor Corporation. This conference was designed to show the successes of Toyota’s aggressive R&D program as well as favorable market conditions for hybrid models. Toyota plans to release at least 21 hybrid vehicle models around the [...]