Phoenix Motorcars Inc. hopes to produce 20,000 electric vehicles a year some day. But for now, the Ontario vehicle manufacturer plans to sell 500 cars by the end of the year, lease a 150,000 square-foot building in Ontario by March and hire more than 100 people.

FROM OUR READERS: Electric cars to rule the roads? 
One of the main reasons that Toyota was not highlighted as a major villain in the film “Who Killed the Electric Car?” is because Toyota at the 11th hour agreed to stop calling back and crushing its remaining RAV4 EVs (”Electric car killer?” Dec. 20).

GM shows Chevy plug-in concept 
General Motors unveiled a plug-in hybrid vehicle that, the company says, offers a preview of a high-mileage vehicle platform that GM could use in future vehicles.

Detroit shocker: GM unveils plug-in hybrid - and plans to build it 
DETROIT - General Motors unveils a shocking concept car today: the Chevrolet VOLT. The VOLT moves GM toward a car driven solely by electrical components - yes, an electric car.

Back-seat driver: College wants park-and-walk RT rail garage 
Down at Cosumnes River College in south Sacramento, officials are laying plans for a light-rail station, served by a multi-level garage.

OpEdNews.com - the danger of global warming (about 30 years too late, of course), they still refuse to do in-depth reporting and analysis about the feasibility of renewable energy and how we could all be living in photoelectric homes and driving electric cars were

Rotary engine revs for comeback
EETimes.com - And a prototype 125-horsepower diesel engine has been built, with variations targeting everything from battery chargers and air-conditioner compressors to golf carts and hybrid electric cars. Wankel’s downfall The Wankel engine design was indeed

Schwarzenegger expected to attend Friday’s inaugural events
WNYT - Hybrid buses, electric cars, organic foods and solar panels were displayed on the Capitol lawn. Doctors advised Schwarzenegger to stay off the leg he broke just before Christmas while skiing in Idaho. Schwarzenegger gives a speech this morning and will

Two more doors make small Jeep a better Wrangler
TMCnet - Plug-ins mean the vehicles operate in battery mode only as electric cars so gas never has to be burned, but after a limited range in electric the car has to be plugged into a socket to recharge the batteries. GM is talking about 40 to 50 miles from

Silicon Valley entrepreneurs race to bring high-end electric cars to
Lincoln Journal Star - SAN CARLOS, Calif. Like many Silicon Valley engineers, Martin Eberhard loves cars, especially fast ones. But the self-described closet gearhead didn t feel comfortable buying a hot rod that guzzled gas from the Middle East or some other

Rants: Tales of Sex and Addiction
Wired News - I’ve been looking for the actual Ovonics patents that allegedly grant the company exclusive right to use nickel metal hydride batteries of any significant size in pure electric cars, and since owned by Chevron makes for an effective death sentence

Local Tech Wire, SC - Jan 2, 2007CHARLOTTE, NC NewGen Technologies, a developer of alternative fuels, has landed $6.668 million in new financing through loans converted to stock and …

could there be a better man for this job? interview with Bill …
DC Velocity, MA - Jan 2, 2007… and distribution capabilities. There is also a tremendous amount of discussion right now about alternative fuels. We think those …

Vagabond Opera
Glide Magazine, MA - Jan 1, 2007… Here they don t seem that way, people have hope for art, music, alternative fuels and the health of the planet, the list goes… …

Looming tax hikes fill stores, fuel tanks
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, HI - Jan 1, 2007… The state excise tax exemption passed in 1980 to encourage the development of alternative fuels took effect in April, when 85 percent of all gasoline sold in …

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Banks review each alternative fuels project on a case-by-case basis, said Bruce Everhart, ag business banking manager in Wells Fargo s Rushville office. He was not familiar with the Ultra Soy project and could not say whether Amalgamated Coal Rest of story

CNN - Encourage the development of alternative fuels. 8. Pardon Third World debt. David Weuste from Guthrie, Oklahoma The Democrats have finally gotten their power and now they need to show the world that they deserved it. First things first, get the world Rest of story

Asheville Citizen-Times - The key is getting more vehicles using alternative fuels such as biodiesel, electricity, compressed natural gas and ethanol. The designation could bring more federal funding and assistance to energy planners. State lawmakers are considering what Rest of story

ABC News - Santa’s sleigh converted to hydrogen power to promote alternative fuels. The “GMA” Weekend anchor put on a red suit and white beard for the holidays. Rest of story

American Reporter - The plan, developed by labor and environmental groups, calls for a 10-year, $300-billion program to develop alternative fuels, increase energy efficiency, rebuild and expand public transportation networks and come up with other initiatives to Rest of story

San Francisco Gate - Much has already been reported about last month’s South American tour led by Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and Schwarzenegger chief of staff Susan Kennedy to learn about alternative fuels. The trip was paid for by a non-profit group made up of Rest of story