"Fixing the Great Mistake" means switching cars for non-car options [w/video]
Filed under: Green Culture, Transportation Alternatives, Legislation and Policy, Green Daily, USA Fixing the Great Mistake - Click above to watch video after the jump Cities around the world are engaged in quests to reimagine how to best serve the mobility needs of their citizens. Whether it's Segway-ish vehicles like General Motors' PUMA or bike sharing, going car-free or thinking about electric buses that get power from the road itself, there ...
Fisker says 100,000 plug-in hybrids a year could be built at Delaware plant
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Green Daily, Fisker Fisker Karma - Click above for high-res image gallery Fisker Automotive CEO Henrik Fisker gave a presentation at the New Castle County Chamber of Commerce's annual dinner Monday night about his compnay's plans to build plug-in vehicles (PHEVs) in Delaware. Over 450 people from the community where Fisker's new plant (and General Motors' old plant) is located heard Fisker speak about the Karma a...
California homebuilder offers to pre-wire homes for electric vehicle charging
Filed under: EV/Plug-in Chevrolet Volt home charging - Click above for high-res image gallery If electric cars are ever to make a serious dent in the new vehicle market, owners will have to be prepared to charge their vehicles at home on an almost nightly basis. But, as some early drivers of the Mini E and Tesla Roadster learned it is HIGHLY recommended that you have a high voltage-high current outlet available for charging. Otherwise you could ...
EMXGP inaugural race will be held in Barcelona this October
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Europe/EU, Racing This October, the center of the zero-carbon racing universe would appear to be Spain following the announcement by the eGrandPrix that the inaugural EMXGP will, with apologies to Paris, be held in Barcelona on the 16th and 17th of that month. Of course, one race does not a center-of-universe make and so we remind you, gentle reader, that the TTXGP Grand Final takes place the following weekend down the r...
A123 Systems gets battery supply contract for Navistar-Modec JV
Filed under: EV/Plug-in Modec electric truck - Click above for high-res image gallery The joint venture that was formed last year between Navistar and Modec has selected A123 Systems to develop and produce lithium ion battery packs for its trucks. Modec is a British company that has developed a dedicated electric drive medium duty truck chassis. Navistar will be building the Modec trucks in Wakarusa, IN for the North and South American markets. ...
Markey and Reed: opening up carbon-based energy sector will bring jobs, lots of them
Filed under: Legislation and Policy, USAJust how important are plug-in vehicles (PHVs) to America? According to Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA, pictured), the chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, and Reed Hundt, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 1993-1997, PHVs are one of the three items that can potentially revitalize the U.S. economy with millions of new jobs. Markey and Reed write at TPM: ...
Report: Duracar's Quicc DiVa saved from bankruptcy, production could start soon
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Lightweight, Europe/EU Duracar Quicc! Diva - Click above for high-res image gallery It's been a long and difficult road for the the Dutch Duracar. From its origins as the Innovan in 2007 to a name change to Quicc DiVa from Duracar in 2008 and then to a bankruptcy filing in 2009, there's been good and bad news to report as the electric van has tried to make it in the real world. For 2010, the story has taken a positive t...
Work Truck 2010: Nissan working to bring NV200 to U.S., electric version possible, too
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan Nissan Light Commercial Electric Vehicle sketch - Click above to enlarge At the Work Truck 2010 show in St. Louis today, Nissan Americas president Carlos Tavares announced that the company is working to bring its recently launched NV200 compact van to the U.S. market. The NV200 would join the new full-size NV vans in Nissan's commercial vehicle lineup as a competitor to Ford's new Transit Connect. Tavares didn't p...
Report: Another Prius accelerates unintentionally in New York and crashes
Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota Not one day after a high-profile incident involving a Prius taking off on its owner in Southern California, we're hearing reports that another one of Toyota's popular hybrids has suffered unintended acceleration in New York. This time, instead of the car eventually succumbing to the will of its braking system, it crashed into a stone wall. Fortunately the owner was reportedly just pulling out of her driveway in Harris...
Report: Hyundai i-flow concept could become Euro i40 in 2011
Filed under: Hybrid, Hyundai, Geneva Motor Show Hyundai i-Flow Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery Hyundai's Geneva Motor Show concept, the plug-in hybrid i-Flow, is expected to spawn a new production car for the European market called the i40 in early 2011. The i40 will be a D-segment model meant to compete with the likes of the Ford Mondeo and Opel Insignia. Oddly, that puts it in the same size segment as the recently launched Son...