Bad Karma: $100K Plug-in Hybrid Dies Before Consumer Reports Can Test It
The Fisker Karma, a high performance luxury plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, broke down in the parking lot of Consumer Reports before they could conduct quality tests on it.The post Bad Karma: $100K...
View ArticleStronger U.S. Sales of Hybrids and Plug-in Electrics in March
March sales for the Volt were 2,289 vehicles, an increase of 123.8 percent over February - and stronger than the third best non plug-in gasoline-hybrid vehicle.The post Stronger U.S. Sales of Hybrids...
View ArticleIBM, Honda and PG&E Collaborate on Smart EV Charging
We all know that to minimize the impact of global climate change we need to drastically reduce our combustion of fossil fuels. We can do that in a number ways including: increasing our use of...
View ArticleFord to EV Dealers: Meet Environmental Requirements
Ford is requiring dealerships selling its EVs to meet environmental and expertise guidelines as the Focus Electric appears in more showrooms.The post Ford to EV Dealers: Meet Environmental Requirements...
View ArticleSaab’s New Chapter: Manufacturing Electric Cars for the Chinese Market
Earlier this week, a Chinese-Swedish-Japanese investment group has agreed to buy bankrupt car maker for an undisclosed sum and announced it will aim to make electric vehicles. The group plans to keep...
View ArticleWill A123 Systems’ New Battery Technology Save It From Becoming Another...
A123 Systems' announcement on its new battery technology came just two weeks after the company warned that it may not be able to stay in business unless it will be able to secure more financing. While...
View ArticleNissan to Push LEAF to Mass Market
Nissan's marketing to date for the LEAF has largely blundered its way along with polar bear ads and new age billboards aimed purely at treehuggers. Now, it aims to make a mass market push with much...
View ArticleYou Want Fries with Your Charge?
At the Great Escape Restaurant you can recharge yourself and your EV.The post You Want Fries with Your Charge? appeared first on Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit.
View ArticleDuane Reade Asks New Yorkers to Decide Which Stores Will Switch to Electric...
Duane Reade asks the public to help it decide which of its stores in New York City will switch to electric trucks. Participants get in this campaign an opportunity to make an impact not only on the...
View ArticleFuture of Electric Vehicles Remains Bright, Despite Detractors
The success of electric vehicles will not be determined by looking at monthly sales figures or even on a quarterly earnings. Some things are working, some things are not, and some things need to be...
View ArticleWhy Better Place Fired Its Founder & CEO, Shai Agassi
How come Agassi, who was described on the 2009 TIME 100 list as “the closest we've seen to a Steve Jobs of clean tech — visionary, technologist, businessman” is no longer leading the company he...
View ArticleBSR Compares Sustainable Options for Transportation Fuel
The BSR report provides an in-depth analysis of the sustainability impacts of all the major transportation fuel types.The post BSR Compares Sustainable Options for Transportation Fuel appeared first on...
View ArticleNew Ford Plug-In Scores California Carpool Lane Approval
This week Ford Motor’s C-MAX Energi scored approval for the Golden State’s Green Clean Air Vehicle Sticker under the Clean Vehicle Rebate Program.The post New Ford Plug-In Scores California Carpool...
View ArticleNew Technology for Hybrid Car Motors Leaves Rare Earth Behind
Researchers throughout North America have come up with possible prototypes for electric motors that get around the use of the precious and environmentally costly magnets that are produced from rare...
View ArticlePeugeot Citroen Unveils the Latest Effort to Run Cars on Compressed Air
The French car manufacturer Peugeot Citroen is working on a new kind of hybrid car that uses both conventional internal combustion engine and compressed air.The post Peugeot Citroen Unveils the Latest...
View ArticleSmart Highway to be Installed in Netherlands in 2013
What happens when one of the Netherlands' foremost artists joins forces with a renowned engineering firm? The world's first interactive smart highway, which is due to preview later this year in the...
View ArticleA New Law Would Require Electric Vehicles to Make Artificial Sound
The NHTSA estimated in its January 2013 recommendations that, "If this proposal were implemented, there would be 2,800 fewer pedestrian and pedal cyclist injuries over the life of each model year of...
View ArticleCalifornia Spearheads a Transportation Reformation to Curb Emissions
Transforming our transportation infrastructure won’t happen overnight. While policies improving the supply side are taking shape, our individual transportation choices can have a more immediate...
View ArticleRenault’s Public ‘No Confidence’ Vote is a Blow to Better Place
Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault-Nissan apparently lost his confidence in Better Place and said that in the future, Renault will build only electric vehicles with fixed batteries. Given Better Place’s...
View Article4 Lessons in Green Product Development from the Failure of Better Place
The failure of Better Place is a very sad event for anyone who believed in Agassi’s vision and in Better Place’s ability to disrupt the car market. Still, this is also an opportunity to learn some...
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