Electric Cars

Hawaii is Game for Electric Cars

The state is on board for a new plan that involves building an electric vehicle transportation system, complete with a slew of web-based battery recharging stations.
4 December 2008 - 11:00am
The New York Times

Unbridled Fun in an Electric Car

10 November 2008 - 12:02pm

 

This weekend, I had the pleasure of taking a ride up the Pacific Coast Highway in a hot-off-the-assembly-line Tesla sportscar. While I normally fall in with the camp that thinks the focus on alternative fuel cars is distracting from the need to move people out of cars and into transit, walking and biking, I have to say, the Tesla Roadster is a beautiful piece of machinery.

Tesla Laying Off Employees and Delaying All-Electric Sedan

Electric car start-up in Silicon Valley said Wednesday that it would lay off employees and delay production of its second car, the Model S, until 2011.
18 October 2008 - 9:00am
The New York Times

The Future of the Electric Car

Shai Agassi, who's not quite the household name T. Boone Pickens is, has an even more radical plan to end the planet's oil addiction.
26 August 2008 - 8:00am
Wired

Golf Carts on Main Street

Soaring fuel costs are seeing more people turning to non-conforming vehicles, such as golf carts. But studies show that they are a risky mode of transportation.
13 June 2008 - 8:00am
The Globe & Mail

Will Nissan Revive The Electric Car?

The automaker has announced plans for a fully-electric vehicle by 2010, and says it wants to lead the industry towards zero-emission vehicles.
13 May 2008 - 2:00pm
The New York Times

Who Wants an Electric Car?

After opting to use an electric car instead of repairing her Volvo, Cori Howard wonders if the electric car has a future.
9 March 2008 - 11:00am
The Globe and Mail
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