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May 18, 2009

What Will Electric Cars Look Like?

Right now, true electric cars are rare. In fact the most common version is the golf cart that's been made street legal, putting along at up to 30 mph in many sunny communities of the Southwest. But now Detroit says it plans to get serious about electric cars as part...

May 21, 2010

Toyota-Tesla Deal Adds Spark to Electric Car Industry

In a move that may provide a spark for the electric automobile industry, Toyota, the world's largest automaker, is teaming up Tesla Motors Inc, the makers of the only highway-legal all-electric car in the United States. The companies announced a deal yesterday in which Tesla will buy a defunct Toyota...

Sep 29, 2010

Electric Car Therapy Could Cut U.S. Oil Addiction

Electric car drivers, start your motors. Replacing 30 percent of all U.S. vehicles with electric versions would provide the single best way to cut U.S. reliance on foreign oil and slash emissions, according to a new study. The move to electric vehicles would cut U.S. oil use by 2.5 million...

Sep 30, 2010

Electric Vehicles Face Charging Challenges

The all-electric Nissan Leaf and the plug-in Chevrolet Volt are slated to take to the road later this year, but outside of California, commercial electric refueling spots are few and far between. So how will owners of these next-generation vehicles recharge? Given the limited range of most all electric cars...

Oct 12, 2010

Best Buy Adds Electric Car Fueling Stations

Select Best Buy's will now feature electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, creating a futuristic gas station that sells flat screen TVs and iPods instead of month-old coffee and 10 varieties of jerky. Blink EV charging stations will be installed at 12 select Best Buy stores in Tucson, Ariz., Phoenix, Ariz.,...

Nov 8, 2010

5 Reasons to Buy an Electric Vehicle Now

After many fits and starts, the mass-market electric car may finally have arrived. Major automakers General Motors and Nissan will be rolling out the Chevrolet Volt and the Leaf in the coming weeks and these vehicles might just help spark an electric car revolution. Although automobiles that run on electrons...

Nov 8, 2010

5 Reasons to Buy an Electric Vehicle Later

After many fits and starts, the mass-market electric car may finally have arrived. Major automakers General Motors and Nissan will be rolling out the Chevrolet Volt and the Leaf in the coming weeks and these vehicles might just help spark an electric car revolution. Although automobiles that run on electrons...

Nov 17, 2010

Carmakers Again Put Electric Vehicles in Fast Lane

Given all the new electric vehicles (EVs) hitting the road soon, including the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf, one might think they are some sort of new-fangled concept. Yet the invention of the EV actually predates the iconic gasoline-fueled Model T Ford that began mass production in 1908. Early in...

Dec 14, 2010

Charge! First Chevy Volts and Nissan Leafs Head for the Road

The Volt and the Leaf, the two highly touted electric vehicles from major automakers General Motors and Nissan, rspectively, have officially left the assembly line and are out in the world. Nissan delivered its first Leaf to a customer in San Francisco last weekend, and other early adopters are getting...

Mar 14, 2011

Best Buy Aims to Sell Americans on Electric Cars

WASHINGTON D.C. – This could be the future of electric cars: choosing a vehicle at the local Best Buy and then getting a personal visit from the electronic retailer's Geek Squad to prep for installation of the home charging station. It's no far-fetched fantasy. A Best Buy representative voiced such...

Apr 11, 2012

Electric Cars to Tell Power Grid When to Charge Them

Owners of electric and hybrid cars just want plug in and charge up without thinking, but growing numbers of such vehicles could overload the aging U.S. power grid. A new project looks to stave off trouble by testing how cars and power grids can talk to figure out the best...

Jun 27, 2012

Edison's Electric Car Battery Gets a Makeover

Thomas Edison didn't just have telegraphs and light bulbs on his mind — the U.S. innovator marketed an electric car battery in the early 20th century. The same nickel-iron battery technology could soon make its return as a fast-charging power source for the 21st century. The modern makeover of Edison's...

Aug 23, 2012

Green Tech Test Town Shows Electric Cars Sap Grid

One green tech test bed neighborhood in Texas is now offering up its first insights to the researchers monitoring it. It turns out that people tend to plug in their electric cars at the same time they turn on everything else electronic in their houses. If more people own electric...

Feb 14, 2013

Tesla Publishes Vehicle Log from Harsh NYT Model S Review

Tesla Motor's founder, Elon Musk published a blog post Thursday responding to the harsh review of the company's new Model S sedan published in the New York Times last Friday. After reprimanding the New York Times and reviewer John Broder via Twitter yesterday, Musk elaborated on his reasons for calling...

Sep 10, 2013

Why Crash Test Dummies Prefer Electric Vehicles (Op-Ed)

Josh Goldman is a policy analyst for clean vehicles at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) where he leads legislative and regulatory campaigns to reduce U.S. oil consumption. This article was adapted from a post to the UCS blog the Equation. Goldman contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed...