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Sun-Powered Boat Completes Round-The-World Trip
While solar has its place in the electric car world, it's not yet suitable for powering an electric car directly. A Prius or Leaf may come with a small solar panel mounted in the roof, but that's just to power accessories. And if you want to run your car on solar electricity, your best bet is...
Senate To Get Electric-Car Charging Stations (No Tax Dollars Used)
Electric-car charging stations may be coming to the U.S. Senate garage, under a bill passed yesterday on a bipartisan basis. But fear not, zealous guardians of the sacred... May 25, 2012 by John Voelcker 7
2013 BMW ActiveHybrid 7 Gets Updated Full Hybrid Powertrain
BMW's first-ever hybrid sedan, the BMW ActiveHybrid 7 launched for 2011, was an odd beast. Its mild-hybrid system paired a 455-horsepower 4.4-liter twin-turbo V-8 with a... May 25, 2012 by John Voelcker 4
Vintage Electric Cars Benefit From New Electric Car Sales Too
If you’re in the market for an electric car, the chances are you’ve resigned yourself to the fact that you’re going to need to spend upwards of $30,000 in... May 25, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
Healthy Engine Oil Helps Gas Mileage: But Do You Know How To Check It?
There was a time, not so long ago, when car owners were expected to carry out basic maintenance and regular servicing on their car using a handful of wrenches and common... May 25, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 1
2012 Volt Electric Car Brings Chevy Whole New Type Of Customer
Who buys a Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid car? It’s a question that we’ve tried to answer in the past, examining initial sales data from General Motors to try and... May 25, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 8
Unrealistic Gas-Mileage Ratings Widen Gap With Reality In Europe
We occasionally feature cars sold in Europe on GreenCarReports, but often issue a disclaimer with regard to gas mileage figures. Unlike EPA ratings, which are broadly... May 24, 2012 by Antony Ingram
New-Generation Electric-Car Batteries Will Take 10 Years, DoE Lab Says
There's kind of a running joke within the electric car world that the next generation of batteries is just a decade away. And the next time you ask, it's still a decade away... May 24, 2012 by Antony Ingram 13
2012 Ford Focus Electric: Overly Timid Or Cleverly Cautious?
Ford is rightfully proud of its lithium-ion battery powered 2012 Focus Electric. The automaker notes that it can be charged in half the time of a Nissan Leaf (under the right... May 24, 2012 by Kurt Ernst 8
Attacks Abate From The Right On Volt & Electric Cars
A funny thing happened around the politics of electric cars. The screaming stopped. We've waited almost two months to write about it, but it would appear that the chorus of... May 24, 2012 by John Voelcker 16
2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid Tentatively Priced From $27,995
One of the most anticipated cars of the year is the 2013 Ford Fusion, which will be attempting to cater to a much wider audience than the current model thanks to the... May 24, 2012 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 6
Electric Cars Equal $1/Gallon Gas For Life + $1,200 Cash A Year
Car buyers are notoriously fond of focusing only on the purchase price of new vehicles, without much thinking about the total cost of ownership. For electric cars that may... May 24, 2012 by John Voelcker 31
Will U.S. Military's Biofuels Efforts Lose Funding In New Defense Bill?
Politics is never pretty, and the politics of alternative fuels seem even less so. Today, The Detroit News reports that the U.S. military's program to reduce its reliance on... May 24, 2012 by John Voelcker 1
Nissan Will Build Its Electric Van In Spain; NYC Taxis Next?
Nissan announced yesterday that it would start building its e-NV 200 electric van in Spain next year The small van will be Nissan's second electric vehicle globally. It... May 24, 2012 by John Voelcker 3
Aptera: It's Baaaaaaaaack! (We'll Believe It When We See it)
This story is now a couple of weeks old, but we haven't hurried to publish it. The gist is that the unique Aptera three-wheeled electric car is supposedly going to be reborn... May 23, 2012 by John Voelcker 24
2012 Scion iQ: The 37-MPG Minicar We Wish We Liked Better
Small cars are fun to drive--or at least they should be. But there may be a law of diminishing returns in adapting the very smallest cars from Asia and Europe to the U.S... May 23, 2012 by John Voelcker 11
Electric-Car Conversions: Do They Really Stand A Chance?
One of the first experiences many of today's electric car drivers had with EVs may well have been with a home-built conversion. With comparatively few factory-built electric... May 23, 2012 by Antony Ingram 14
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