Tag: Electric Cars
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In a World Without Gas, What Would We Do With The Gas Pumps?
Nissan is asking Australians to find a new purpose for unloved "bowsers", or gas pumps, now that the LEAF is making gas-free transportation a reality.
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Inside Tesla's Model S Factory (Video)
As we're getting closer to the first Model S deliveries (scheduled for June 22, earlier than first planned!), Tesla is starting to open the kimono and reveal more about what is going on behind the scenes.
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Ford Begins Shipping First Focus EVs to California, New Jersey and New York
Those of you who have been waiting for the electric version of the Ford Focus, your wait is almost over. Ford has begun shipping Focus EVs to dealers in California, New Jersey and New York.
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Tesla to Begin Repaying Department of Energy Loans by End of 2012
Against all the odds, Tesla is about this ship the first Model S electric sedans to customers and the company will begin repaying its debts by the end of this year.
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Nissan to Follow LEAF with 3 New Electric Cars Models
Nissan has made a big bet on electric cars. They are not just making a couple thousand units to get favorable PR and meet quotas in places like California. They have invested billions to make hundreds of thousands of EVs.
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Tesla Model S Electric Sedan has Greater Driving Range than Expected (320 Miles)
The Tesla Model S sedan, which should be delivered to the first customers in about a month, will be available with three different sizes of battery packs (40kWh, 60kWh and 85kWh). Tesla's goal was to achieve a 300 miles driving range.
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BMW and Daimler to Work Together on Urban Electric Car R&D Project
BMW, Daimler, the German Federal Ministry for Education, the Technische Universitaet Muenchen and others are joining force and cooperating on a research project called Visio.M.
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Toyota Introduces the RAV4 EV (With Tesla DNA Under the Hood)
Toyota just unveiled the RAV4 EV at the 26th annual Electric Vehicle Symposium in Los Angeles. I'm totally torn on it...
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New J1772 Standard Could Charge EV Batteries in 15-20 Minutes
A new standard for electric car plugs could allow much faster charging, and thus make electric car more convenient for longer trips.
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TreeHugger Radio #205: America's War on Innocent Critters, Pollution's Cooling Effect, and the EPA's Cross to Bear
Jacob and Brian look at SolarCity going public, pollution that cools the country, clever sewage sensors, and plenty more.
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Tesla's Electric Car Battery Tech Could End Up Powering Your Home
SolarCity, the biggest installer of solar energy systems in the U.S., and Tesla Motors, the electric car startup, are intimately linked via Elon Musk, the Chairman of the former and CEO of the latter.
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Check Out NASCAR's New 100% Electric Pace Car!
The new NASCAR pace car will be a Ford Focus Electric, further pushing electric car technology into the mainstream and reaching an American demographic that is a bit different from the one that is usually targeted by EV makers.
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Hydrogen Fuel Cells 101 With Robert Llewellyn
The vocal comedy legend and electric car advocate explores the pros and cons of the hydrogen fuel cell.
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IBM R&D Working to Give Electric Cars 500 Miles of Range With Lithium-Air Batteries
IBM is working on a very promising kind of battery that could be a game-changer when it comes to electric vehicles.
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Elon Musk Joins Buffett, Pledges Fortune to Charity
Warren Buffett has been working on promoting the Giving Pledge for a while now, trying to convince other billionaires to do what he and Bill Gates did by pledging most of their fortunes to charity.
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Ford Focus Electric: The Test Drive
The next big electric car should be a (another) major contender
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Fully Charged Takes Renault's Freaky, Lightweight Twizy for a Spin
The Renaul Twizy could, says Robert Llewellyn, be disruptive technology that transforms how we think about cars.
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Cost of Advanced Lithium-Ion Batteries for EVs Dropped 14% Last Year, 30% Since 2009
Nothing is more important for the long-term success of electric cars than a steady reduction in the cost of advanced batteries.
