Mopeds, diesel, NO2 and an electric future for Barcelona by Kirsten Dirksen on April 19, 2010 Barcelona, with centuries of well-planned streets, is one of the most dense cities in Europe, but while it may escape …
Road midget sighting: golf cart on streets of San Francisco? by Kirsten Dirksen on November 15, 2009 We’re a bit obsessed with road midgets: those vehicles that look like golf carts, but are street legal. They’re officially …
An EV maker on the end of gas and the new electric era by Kirsten Dirksen on October 30, 2009 Neal Saiki is an aeronautical engineer who has helped create transportation solutions for NASA (including a human-powered helicopter), so he knows what …
My electric summer, when Washington helped resurrect the EV by Kirsten Dirksen on October 30, 2009 If this summer was the coming out party for the electric car, Washington was the host. They would seem unlikely …
Zero Motorcycles: high performance electric bikes by Kirsten Dirksen on October 21, 2009 Neal Saiki makes cool bikes. He’s designed bicycles for Haro, Santa Cruz and Mountain Cycles, so it would make sense …
How Tesla wants to make the electric car everyone's reality by Kirsten Dirksen on September 30, 2009 It’s a startup in an industry where no one really starts up. It’s a car company that started up with …
Tesla VP on the $465M loan, Daimler’s 10% & 2030 by Kirsten Dirksen on September 25, 2009 Much of Diarmuid O’Connell’s preparation for his job as vice president of one of the country’s hottest electric car companies …
Road midgets: DIY NEVs and solar golf carts by Kirsten Dirksen on September 5, 2009 There are compact cars and subcompacts and minis and superminis, but even smaller and lighter yet are the NEVs or …
Beyond EVs: solar roofs, shrunken sedans and eco-mode by Kirsten Dirksen on June 29, 2009 Greener cartalk, now that the Hydrogen FCVs have lost traction, is focused mainly on electrics. But the way a car …
10 sustainable innovations: energy, transportation and more by Nicolás Boullosa on June 21, 2009 Green collar jobs, or jobs with high added value in the emerging sector of cleantech, are being stimulated by the …
