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0Obama's 2012 budget gives clean diesel and fuel cell funding the boot, electric vehicles a boost 1297787700
Under pressure to remove billions of dollars from the annual budget, the Obama administration has released a plan that ends funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's clean-diesel grants and the Energy Department's hydrogen fuel-cell program. Electric transportation, on the other ...
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Kia releases more pics of bubbly Pop electric city car concept 1285592160
Kia Pop concept – Click above for high-res image galleryThough details are sparse, we know that Kia's wedge-shaped, battery-powered, three-seat Pop concept, will roll onto the stage in Paris any day now. According to Kia, the sub-10 foot long Pop brings, "innovative design chic and ... -
Electric vehicle charging times will depend on both the charging station and the car 1283364120
Electric vehicles (EVs) may be dramatically less mechanically complex than their traditional internal combustion counterparts, but that's where the simplicity ends. The battle that began with Thomas Edison and Nicola Tesla over direct vs. alternating current continues to this day, the battlefield ...
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Video: Porsche owner electrifies his 928 1282345080
Electrified Porsche 928 – Click above to watch video after the jumpOver the years, we've seen the boxer engines ripped out of numerous Porsche 911s and replaced with electric motors and racks of batteries, but this may be the first time we've seen it done to a 928. Jeff McCabe started by ... -
Small electric car companies plan to ditch often-lousy car salesmen in favor of specialists at big box stores 1282323480
Consumers routinely rank their interactions with car dealerships as one of the least rewarding parts of the new car buying experience. In particular, dealing with an untrained and often-lousy car salesman makes the entire experience less than pleasing. Of course, there are a few ways to deal with ...
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Study: UK demand for electric vehicles to surpass hybrids by 2020, hit 21% market share 1282262580
2011 Nissan Leaf – Click above for high-res image galleryA new British study by Glass's Information Services Ltd. (GIS) is predicting that battery electric vehicles will overtake hybrids in UK market share and will reach a combined total of 21 percent by the end of the decade. That market ... -
Paris 2010 preview: Kia adding fizz with all-electric Pop Concept 1282139760
Kia Pop Concept – Click above for high-res image galleryWhen the Paris Motor Show opens up next month, Kia will roll out a new battery-powered commuter concept. Thus far, Kia has only released a few details about its door-stop-shaped Pop Concept, including its sub-10-foot length and its ... -
Martin Eberhard predicts 500-mile range for the electric vehicles of 2020 1281733560
Volkswagen E-Up! Concept – Click above for high-res image galleryThe guy who helped bring us the 250-mile electric vehicle (EV) thinks we will be able to go a lot further on a full pack of batteries in ten years. Yes, Martin Eberhard, one of the co-founders of Tesla Motors who is now ... -
Electric car company BG Automotive Group calls it quits 1281708240
Back in 2008, Barry Bernstein, a Philadelphia-based steel wholesaler, dreamed of bringing reliable, safe and affordable electric vehicles to the American car-buying public. He envisioned a future where large trucks and SUVs no longer dominated our roadways and decided that by electrifying ... -
At Witz' End - Electric vehicle progress, prospects and challenges 1281034560
2010 Plug-in Prius Prototypes – Click above for high-res image galleryGreat start, but long road ahead I just returned from the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) Management Briefing Seminars in beautiful Traverse City, MI, and don't have much electric vehicle (EV) news to report from ...
