Electric Cars

General Motors will unveil a plug-in hybird vehicle Sunday that, the company says, offers a preview of a high-mileage vehicle platform that GM could use in future vehicles. More…

Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd (Perodua) is targeting to sell 160,000 units of vehicles this year compared with 155,200 units in 2006, driven by continued strong sales of the Myvi and the launch of new fuel-efficient models. More…

Arlington County will buy more wind-generated electricity, give tax breaks for hybrid cars, require new public buildings to be green-certified and hand out energy-efficient light bulbs to residents as part of a major push toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions, county officials said yesterday. More…

With more automakers producing hybrid versions of their popular models, chances are you will be seeing more and more hybrid cars on the road. One of the original and most popular hybrid models is the Toyota Prius, a gas/electric hybrid that gets an estimated 55 miles per gallon. More…

Lester Brown, founder of the Earth Policy Institute, a Washington-based environmental think tank, warned that nearly twice as much corn as the government has estimated will be needed from the 2008 harvest to feed the ethanol plants that will be online by then. More…

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 …