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Popular Mechanics
January 7, 2007
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GM Goes Beyond Hybrid: Chevy's Electric Car Big news from the Detroit auto show, with video: General Motors has a 100-mph, all-electric entry into the market for hybrid 2.0.   |
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? |
Popular Mechanics
March 2007
Jim Motavalli |
3 Big Questions for the Electric Car's Future With big pushes from GM, Ford and Toyota, plug-in hybrids are back in the spotlight, but lurking in the shadows is the same old problem: building a lightweight, powerful, affordable battery. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2012
David Schneider |
Plug-in Vehicles Proliferate Full battery-electric and hybrid-electric plug-in vehicles will start hitting the streets in significant numbers later this year |
BusinessWeek
May 15, 2008
David Welch |
The Heated Rivalry in Low-Carbon Cars The planned eco-friendly fleets of GM and competitors. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2007
John Voelcker |
Electric Power Steals the Show The annual Detroit Auto Show offered a feast of technology, and the best dish of all was an electric-drive concept called the Chevrolet Volt. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2011
John Voelcker |
One Million Plug-in Cars by 2015? Why nobody agrees on how many plug-ins will be on U.S. roads. Since 2008, Barack Obama has consistently promoted the goal of having 1 million advanced technology vehicles on U.S. roads by 2015 |
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. |
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. |
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
January 2010
Philip E. Ross |
Loser: Why the Chevy Volt Will Fizzle General Motors' Chevrolet Volt hybrid car is a courageous design, but it won't make money |
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. |
Popular Mechanics
February 6, 2008
Chuck Tannert |
Inside Plug-in Car Tech's Race to Production (and Top 10 Rides) Big automakers and promising startups say electric vehicles are coming as soon as next year, but there's a lot of work to be done by scientists before lithium-ion batteries are ready for mainstream hybrids. |
Popular Mechanics
September 4, 2008 |
Honda, Ford, Nissan Prep Hybrids to Hunt Prius Before Volt Unveil As it is likely that General Motors will unveil the production version of its much-anticipated Chevy Volt later this month, competing automakers are now codifying their plans for next-generation hybrids of their own. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008
John Voelcker |
Ev Roundup: Electric Vehicles Move Forward...Slowly A Chevrolet Volt update, two tiny Japanese EVs, and even a Tesla lawsuit |
The Motley Fool
November 28, 2010
Wolfgang Gruener |
Land of Confusion: Chevy Volt Gets 60 MPG Rating The EPA muddies the waters. |
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? |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2009
John Voelcker |
Top 10 Tech Cars of 2009 Electric-drive cars take second place to sheer survival. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2007
John Voelcker |
Top 10 Tech Cars Electric cars are back: Tesla 2007 Roadster... Honda FCX/Concept... GMC 2008 Yukon Two-Mode Hybrid... Fiat: 2007 Siena Tetrafuel... Volkswagen 2007 Golf GT TSI... Chrysler 2007 Sebring... etc. |
BusinessWeek
December 2, 2010 |
The Next Generation of Plug-in Vehicles Chevy, Nissan, and Ford all have new electric or hybrid models down the road. |
Popular Mechanics
September 16, 2008
Larry Webster |
GM Finally Unveils Production Chevy Volt: First Look (Updated) We've been able to eke out some details from engineers here on its propulsion technology, sale price and that oh-so-iPod-esque interior. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2007
John Voelcker |
Lithium Batteries for Hybrid Cars Hybrid cars need to travel farther in electric-only mode, and that means lithium-ion battery technologies have a lot riding on them. |
Popular Mechanics
September 17, 2009
James Tate |
Top 8 Next-Gen, Alt Fuel Cars at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show What consumers can expect in the next few years as alternative energy cars are developed. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
Fast and Luxurious Plug-Ins Chasing Tesla General Motors enters the luxury electric with a plug-in Cadillac. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
December 29, 2010 |
Three Ways to Drive Electric Can you live with a tailpipe? Chevy, Toyota, and Nissan offer different electric options. |
The Motley Fool
July 29, 2010 |
The Looming Consolidation in Car Chargers ... and Other EV Predictions Electric cars and plug-in hybrids like the Leaf and the Volt are on the way. Here's how the market will shake out. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009 |
Why Plug-Ins Will Make (Dollars and) Sense Q&A with the electric power research institute's Mark Duvall. |
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. |
Popular Mechanics
October 22, 2007
Ben Stewart |
2009 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Prototype: Test Drive Toyota may be the first to market with a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2011
Lawrence Ulrich |
Top 10 Tech Cars 2011 Automakers double down on technology. |
Popular Mechanics
October 16, 2009
Andrew English |
Test Drive: Volvo V70 and C30EV Show Battery-Powered Promise Rather than go for a traditional hybrid, where Toyota's Prius has an almost unassailable lead, Volvo is choosing to leapfrog into plug-in technology with a diesel engine. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2010
Anne-Marie Corley |
Nissan's All-Electric Leaf Doesn't Stint on Performance The Nissan Leaf is limited only by the range of its battery's charge |
The Motley Fool
June 17, 2010
Howard Lovy |
Own a Volt, Get a Jolt With Free Chargers From GM and the Feds The money to cover the 4,400 freebie 240-volt chargers comes from federal stimulus dollars. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2009
John Voelcker |
Show Recap: Detroit Goes Electro-tastic! Slammed by the economic crisis, most carmakers showed hybrid or electric vehicles |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2011
John Rosevear |
Ford Ups the Electric Car Stakes The new Focus Electric is the first five-seater to get a theoretical 100 mpg. Is it a game-changer? |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008
John Voelcker |
Plugging Away in a Prius Jonathan Sawyer spent $30 000, and voided the warranty, to add a plug to his Prius hybrid. |
Popular Mechanics
October 22, 2009
Larry Webster |
Nissan's CEO Makes the Case for EVs at 2009 Tokyo Motor Show Carlos Ghosn predicts that EVs will make up 10 percent of new-car sales by 2020. To meet this anticipated demand, Nissan partnered with NEC to engineer the lithium-ion battery pack. |
Popular Mechanics
April 4, 2008
Ben Stewart |
GM Testing Volt's Battery, iPhone-like Dash on Track to 2010 Although still not quite set for prime time, it's easy to get excited about the Volt -- which could be America's first production plug-in hybrid vehicle. GM is now testing two batteries in what amounts to a horse race for the future of driving. |
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 |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2008
John Voelcker |
Lithium Batteries On The Way For Hybrids In just one year, the whens and wheres of lithium battery packs for hybrid and electric cars have come into much sharper focus |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2009
John Voelcker |
Electric Cars Rule Detroit Auto Show Car makers showed off their latest electric vehicles to a receptive audience at last month's Detroit Auto Show |
BusinessWeek
September 30, 2009
David Welch |
A Long Bet on Electric Cars Why the Energy Dept.'s funding of green-car start-ups Tesla and Fisker is unlikely to pay off. |
The Motley Fool
January 15, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Time to Plug in Your Car? Toyota has vowed to have rechargeable hybrids ready in three years. |
The Motley Fool
January 7, 2011
Michael Kanellos |
Ford Promises Fast Charging with Electric Focus Three hours to charge an EV? How do they do it? |
The Motley Fool
April 13, 2011
Bruce V. Bigelow |
Ford, Chasing Nissan and Chevy, Rolling Out Focus EV Ford intends to differentiate itself from the rest of the EV crowd in a couple of ways. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2013
Lawrence Ulrich |
Top Tech Cars 2013: Ford Fusion Energi Ford hits the magic mark: 100 miles per gallon |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2010
Lawrence Ulrich |
The Greening of the Supercar Ferraris, just like Fords, must now conform to environmental regulations |
The Motley Fool
January 6, 2012
Alex Planes |
America's Sad Love Affair With the Electric Car The biggest letdown is still under the hood. |
