Andrew Liszewski | posted on September 1, 2008

While cars like the McLaren F1 or the Bugatti Veyron will always be in my dreams, back here in reality the Chevy Volt tops the list of vehicles I would actually buy. In fact there’s a lot of excitement over GM’s second attempt at an electric car, which is kind of surprising since hardly anyone outside the company has seen what the production-ready version actually looks like. …read full discussion

Jeremy Jacquot | posted on July 3, 2008

Drawing a sharp contrast with his Democratic rival, John McCain today assailed government subsidies for ethanol production and unveiled a set of proposals aimed at encouraging the development and mass adoption of electric vehicle technologies. …read full discussion

Chris Morrison | posted on July 1, 2008

In an event held today by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and electric vehicle startup Tesla Motors, a few more details were revealed about the lower-priced successor to Tesla’s Roadster, production of which is still getting underway.

In a surprise move, Tesla is canceling plans to build a manufacturing plant in New Mexico, where the company had been offered significant incentives to locate. It will now build its facility somewhere in the Bay Area, near its headquarters in San Carlos. …read full discussion

Katie Fehrenbacher | posted on June 30, 2008

Former Intel Chairman Andy Grove says the grassroots plug-in hybrid vehicle movement is like the 1970s-era Northern California Homebrew Computer Clubs that paved the way for the personal computer. The way the early PC-hobbyists kick-started the personal computing movement, plug-in conversion shops will similarly be able to proliferate the electric vehicle technology, Grove told the AP in an interview this weekend. …read full discussion

Chris Morrison | posted on June 17, 2008

If plug-in and full-electric vehicles are ever to hit the road in significant numbers, their downtime at the charging plug could create a challenging new load for utilities. V2Green has software that it says can orchestrate vehicle charging with the generating capacity of the electrical grid. …read full discussion

Jorge Chapa | posted on

We are big fans of the TV show Mythbusters, so when we found out about their tests pitting gas vehicles against electric vehicles in 5 extreme tests, we couldn’t help but take notice. The myth: gas vehicles better perform better than electric. The truth, according to Mythbusters, is that electric vehicles outperform their gas-powered counterparts. BUSTED ! …read full discussion

Antti Kaiponen | posted on June 6, 2008

Sähköautot–Nyt! (Finnish for Electric Cars–Now!) is taking an innovative approach to getting more electric-powered vehicles on the road. The Finnish not-for-profit group, which calls itself an open-source electric vehicle community, wants to sign up 500 or more buyers for its first proposed model. …read full discussion

Evan Ackerman | posted on June 5, 2008

You’ve got to give a little bit of credit to GM for this one. It’s not easy for a monolithic company to make a serious commitment to a radically different concept, but Rick Wagoner, GM’s CEO, has approved the Chevy Volt for commercial production …read full discussion