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Reason
June 2001
Marc B. Haefele |
Suing for Relief It's no surprise that trying to clean the air by getting people to drive electric cars is a California idea: It's the perfect melding of the Golden State's historic smog problems with its taste for utopian technological innovation...   |
IndustryWeek
April 21, 2010
Steve Minter |
Charged Up About Electric Cars Household names and newcomers alike are racing to develop cars that offer freedom from the gas pump. |
Salon.com
August 15, 2000
Ray Thursby |
Hopping into hybrids Automakers hope smog and high gas prices will persuade consumers to embrace their new "green" lineup. |
BusinessWeek
December 29, 2010
Eric Pooley |
Electric Cars Get Charged for Battle The first serious contenders for a mass-scale electric car are on the road. They've already changed GM and Nissan; will they change the world? |
Outside
April 2007
Amanda Griscom Little |
Detroit Takes Charge Electric cars are poised to make a comeback and this time they might stick around for good. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2007
Peter Fairley |
California to Rule On Fate of EVs Hybrids are going mainstream, major automakers are once again engineering battery EVs, and start-ups such as Tesla Motors and Phoenix are bringing them to market. Can California's ambitious and controversial zero-emissions vehicle mandate help? |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
John Voelcker |
An Almost All-Electric Car? GM'S 1997 all-electric EV1 failed, but its successor, the plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt, boasts promising new technology. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008
John Voelcker |
Plug-ins and Hybrids and Diesels, Oh My! Two automotive conferences show the impact of public policy on core vehicle designs |
The Motley Fool
March 8, 2011
Sarosh Nicholas |
An Imminent Catalyst for the Hybrid Revolution The recent rise in oil prices could spur a surge in demand for hybrid vehicles as prices even out. |
BusinessWeek
December 2, 2010
Keane & Green |
Green Energy: Why Hybrids Still Need Government Motors As the next generation of plug-in cars comes online, a decline in hybrid sales doesn't bode well for their success. |
The Motley Fool
November 29, 2011
John Rosevear |
Did Electric Cars Just Hit the Wall? Will Chevy Volt battery fires stop the EV revolution before it starts? |
BusinessWeek
May 15, 2008
David Welch |
The Heated Rivalry in Low-Carbon Cars The planned eco-friendly fleets of GM and competitors. |
Knowledge@Wharton
September 10, 2003 |
Hybrid Autos: Will the Big Three Catch up with Toyota and Honda? The news that Toyota outsold Chrysler in August to take the No.3 position in U.S. car sales for the first time focuses attention on a growth area where all three U.S. manufacturers are lagging several years behind -- the market for gasoline/electric hybrid vehicles. |
Reason
June 2001
Diane Katz & Henry Payne |
Electric Go-Karts The perverse consequences of California's sales quotas... |
Salon.com
December 16, 2002
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Bush to California: Choke on this The White House has joined with the oil and auto industries to undermine the state's rigorous environmental regulations. |
Popular Mechanics
September 15, 2008
Daniel Krach |
Living With Hydrogen, Gas Prices Become Incentive for Progress Getting to a future of hydrogen-electric hybrids that will wean us from gasoline for good will require more battery and fuel cell research and convincing Americans that $4/gallon gas can be a good thing. |
Popular Mechanics
May 28, 2009
Frank Weber |
Can GM Make Electric Vehicles Relevant? Analysis Electric vehicles aren't simply for niche markets; they are the future of a sustainable global automotive industry. |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2011
John Rosevear |
Does GM's New Electric Car Matter? It does, but not in the way you might think. |
The Motley Fool
November 20, 2010
John Rosevear |
Ford's Electric-Car Gamble The Blue Oval's unusually tentative strategy could prove to be a bold move. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2011
Evan Niu |
General Motors Gets Serious About Plug-In Hybrids General Motors has officially confirmed that its concept Cadillac Converj has been approved for production. |
BusinessWeek
November 20, 2008
Matt Vella |
Will These Cars Save the Auto Industry? Peppier diesels, hybrids, even electric motors in wheels are among new fuel-savers |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2011
Patrick Martin |
Why Detroit Doesn't Mind the New CAFE Standards For once, American automakers aren't complaining. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2, 2008
John Stewart |
Toyota, Experts See Plug-in Car Trouble: Electric Reality Check With lithium-ion technology finally advanced enough for the world to resurrect the electric car by late 2009, why is the world's No. 1 automaker suddenly questioning its viability? |
Wired
April 2005
Brendan I. Koerner |
Rise of the Green Machine In a nation of gas-guzzlers, Toyota made hybrids cool. Now the world's number-two automaker wants to make the internal combustion engine obsolete. |
The Motley Fool
May 22, 2006
Brian Gorman |
Hybrid Help for GM? Even if a newly announced hybrid technology doesn't lead to a resurgence in GM's truck and SUV sales, it could help stem customers' exodus from the category. For GM, that alone would be cause for celebration. |
BusinessWeek
September 22, 2009
Jack Ewing |
Hydrogen Cars Are Still Headed for the Highway Advances in fuel-cell technology and a commitment from the German government to build a fueling network mean automakers haven't given up on hydrogen. |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2011
Evan Niu |
GM and LG Renew Their Vows Two familiar partners get together for a new agreement. |
The Motley Fool
August 5, 2010
Rich Smith |
GM's Latest Bright Idea Invest in hybrid vans ... and public relations. |
The Motley Fool
August 5, 2011
John Rosevear |
Why Is Ford Happy About 54.5 Miles Per Gallon? An onerous burden for the automakers? Not quite. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2009
Tim Beyers |
Automakers Still Don't Get It Car companies take the cash, but skip the innovation. |
BusinessWeek
April 25, 2005
Larry Armstrong |
Are You Ready For A Hybrid? First, you should pick a car that matches the kind of driving you do -- city or highway. To help, here are scouting reports on six eco-friendly vehicles. |
The Motley Fool
December 13, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Why I'm Not Buying Tesla Motors Sometimes you've just got to put on the brakes. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Some Electric Vehicles Are Already Dead in the Water Mass-market electric vehicles are big flops compared to high-end competitors. |
AskMen.com
November 11, 2003
Paul Anderson |
The Way Of The Future: Hybrid Cars Efficient, clean and quiet, these modern vehicles are worth a look the next time you're car shopping. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009
John Voelcker |
How Green Is My Plug-In? The carbon impact of the millions of electric vehicles soon to hit the road will depend on the grids that supply them. |
The Motley Fool
November 24, 2010
Travis Hoium |
We're Focusing on the Wrong Electric-Vehicle Market Scooters and commercial vehicles are where progress is really being made. |
BusinessWeek
January 8, 2009
David Welch et al. |
A Green Auto Show This year's Detroit auto show, which runs from Jan. 11 to Jan. 25, promised to be a subdued affair. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2007
John Voelcker |
Electric Atmosphere at Electric Vehicle Symposium Plug-in hybrid cars definitely on the way, but what about vehicle-to-grid technology? |
BusinessWeek
May 13, 2010
Richard McGill Murphy |
Eclectic Electrics With the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf hitting showrooms this year, the mass-produced electric car - a century-old dream - becomes a reality. So what are designers dreaming up next? |
Entrepreneur
October 2007
Andrea Cooper |
It's Electrifying When even Honda can't make a go of its hybrid Accord, it's tempting to write off electric cars as glorified scooters. Can any company make a profit on them? Will consumers ever warm to a ride that needs recharging? |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Don't Let Electric Vehicles Leave You Stranded Electric vehicles aren't ready for prime time, but there's still money to be made in the industry. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2011
Arunava De |
Why Are Carmakers Betting Big on Electric Vehicles? Electric cars could be the trump card for carmakers riddled with rising fuel prices. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2006
Rich Smith |
California Is a Nuisance The California State Attorney General filed a federal lawsuit against the auto industry, alleging that automakers are maintaining a public nuisance by selling cars that emit greenhouse gases. California isn't alone in the hare-brained ideas department. |
BusinessWeek
April 26, 2004
David Welch |
Gentlemen, Start Your Hybrids Ford, Toyota, and Honda are betting on a payoff. GM and others aren't so sure |
The Motley Fool
April 22, 2008
Tim Beyers |
A Lean, Clean, Electron-Burning Machine Venture capitalists are teaming together to bring a new electric vehicle to the U.S. from Norway. Called Think City, this battery-powered car from Oslo-based Think Global purports to give drivers 110 miles to the charge. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2004
Brian Gorman |
The Greenhouse Gas War California's latest emission proposal is likely to cause headaches for Detroit. |
PC Magazine
February 1, 2006
Bill Howard |
Why Buy a Hybrid? Make a hybrid out of the diesel car and you'd likely cut emissions further. |
The Motley Fool
February 1, 2010
Matthew Argersinger |
Automakers Must Know: Green Means Green If the public wants small cars, then the auto industry is going to give it to them. |
BusinessWeek
August 25, 2009
David Welch |
Automakers Go on the Small-Car Offensive Nine new small cars are rolling out in the next 18 months, six from GM and Ford. Will they sell without the incentives of high gas prices and federal subsidies? |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009 |
Why the Chevy Volt Doesn't Add Up Plug-in hybrids with big batteries, like the Chevy Volt, may never save consumers any money. |
