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CEstar: China’s First Ever Electric Sports Car
The first look at the pictures of the Smart CEstar electric car and you wonder if it has just landed from the outer space and if it is really a car. Extremely low and streamlined, it is the creation of a Chinese manufacturer by the name Binzhou Pride. The company prior to its unfortunate death [...]
How Ecotality is Helping LA Go Electric
Los Angeles, due to its profound lack of public transportation, is a car culture. You absolutely need a car to get from here to there, and LA drivers are of the “been here, done that” school of driving, traffic patience and vehicle maintenance. However, it turns out LA drivers are also different in how they [...]
A123 Raises $50M: Is It Enough?
A123 may have solved its short-term financial problems by raising $50 million in debt on Saturday. But the price of saving the beleaguered lithium-ion battery maker’s immediate concerns could lead to a “death by a thousand cuts” to its share price and long-term viability. That’s what some analysts are saying about A123’s weekend announcement of [...]
Why PV+EV is the Future of Driving
Meet the three forces that will forever change our world — and not just transportation: Electric cars, solar PV, and computational power. As a BMW ActiveE driver, former Mini-E driver, and, as the owner of a paid in full 7.5 kW home solar PV power plant, I’ve clocked more than 50,000 miles in electric cars [...]
The Honda Civic Natural Gas Car
If you had to pick the 2012 Green Car of Year, what would your choice be? Naturally the Chevy Volt, Toyota Prius, and the Nissan Leaf come to mind – maybe even the exotic Fisker Karma. What if I told you Green Car Journal selected the Honda Civic as their 2012 Green Car of the [...]
Hydrogen Vehicles Ready to Take Off
According to a new report, hydrogen vehicles could account for anywhere from 30-70% of the market by 2050. The study, conducted by Dr. David Greene and his colleagues at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), was presented at the DOE 2012 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells and Vehicle Technologies Programs Annual Merit Review meetings in Washington [...]
Hawaii Loves Their Electric Vehicles
Electric car supporters often talk about the perfect storm. . . A timely mix of high gas prices, sufficient electric vehicle infrastructure, strong policy support and enough inventory to meet demand. While I continue to believe the US will reach this perfect storm in another 10 to 15 years, it’s already begun in Hawaii. According [...]
SunPower & Ford: Teaming Up on PV+EV
When it comes to cutting carbon emissions, electric vehicles (EVs) are hands-down the best thing around for drivers. A recent study by the Union of Concerned Scientists reiterated that electric vehicles are a lot better for the environment than filling up a tank of unleaded, no matter where you live in the US. Even the [...]
Toyota Pixis Epoch Unveiled
Toyota Motors and Daihatsu Motor Co. entered an agreement in September 2010 to collaborate on a series of new models for Japanese consumers. This collaboration has focused largely on producing eco friendly cars; vehicles that are affordable, miserly with gas, and low on emissions. Toyota announced the release of the Pixis Epoch during a presentation last [...]