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How Tesla wants to make the electric car everyone's reality

How Tesla wants to make the electric car everyone's reality

It's a startup in an industry where no one really starts up. It's a car company that started up with not just an electric car, but a high-end electric sportscar . Tesla Motors has been making waves since it was founded back in 2003, but lately talk has been ... read more

5 months, 1 week ago by: kirstendirksen  staff  1 comments

Tesla VP on the $465 loan, Daimler's 10% and 2030

Tesla VP on the $465 loan, Daimler's 10% and 2030

Much of Diarmuid O'Connell's preparation for his job as vice president of one of the country's hottest electric car companies came from his time in the Bush State Department.  "I developed a very poignant realization," explained O'Connell to Vanity Fair- discussing his days working on policy ... read more

5 months, 2 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen  staff  comments

My electric summer, when Washington helped resurrect the EV

My electric summer, when Washington helped resurrect the EV

If this summer was the coming out party for the electric car, Washington was the host. They would seem unlikely bedfellows, but after visits with a couple of the hottest EV makers in the country, I'm convinced that electric vehicle companies have learned how to play politics.A month ... read more

4 months, 1 week ago by: kirstendirksen  staff  1 comments

Road midgets: DIY NEVs and solar golf carts

Road midgets: DIY NEVs and solar golf carts

There are compact cars and subcompacts and minis and superminis, but even smaller and lighter yet are the NEVs or LEVs. Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs) or Low Speed Vehicles (LSVs) are defined as vehicles capable of reaching speeds of 20mph, but not above 25mph.It's a relatively new vehicle ... read more

6 months, 1 week ago by: kirstendirksen  staff  2 comments

Beyond EVs: solar roofs, shrunken sedans and eco-mode

Beyond EVs: solar roofs, shrunken sedans and eco-mode

Greener cartalk, now that the Hydrogen FCVs have lost traction, is focused mainly on electrics. But the way a car runs is only half the story. Another way to green a car is to cut the amount of energy a vehicle needs to run in the first place, and for ... read more

8 months, 2 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen  staff  1 comments

10 sustainable innovations: energy, transportation and more

10 sustainable innovations: energy, transportation and more

Green collar jobs, or jobs with high added value in the emerging sector of cleantech, are being stimulated by the Obama administration and, following in his footsteps, by other governments worldwide.We take a look at several of the technological advances that, although not directly related to the so-called green ... read more

8 months, 3 weeks ago by: nicolas.boullosa  staff  2 comments

 

 

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