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Sun-Powered Boat Completes Round-The-World Trip

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...

May 25, 2012 by  2
 
U.S. Capitol

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  7


 
2013 BMW 7-Series

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  4


 
1918 Millburn Electric: Ebay

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 


 
Oil cap

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  1


 
2012 Chevrolet Volt

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  8


 
2012 Ford Focus ECOnetic, high gas-mileage turbodiesel model for Europe

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 


 
Lithium-ion battery pack of 2011 Nissan Leaf, showing cells assembled into modules

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  13


 
2012 Ford Focus Electric, New York City, April 2012

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  8


 
2012 Chevrolet Volt

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  16


 
2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid

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  6


 
Monthly gas price vs. electricity price in $/gallon equivalent 1976-2012 (Edison Electric Institute)

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  31


 
GM's military fuel cell fleet

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  1


 
Nissan e-NV 200 Concept electric minivan, 2012 Detroit Auto Show

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  3


 
Aptera 2e development prototype at company offices in Vista, California

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  24


 
2012 Scion iQ, Bear Mountain, NY, May 2012

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  11


 
Carnegie Mellon University's ChargeCar electric Honda Civic conversion

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  14


 
 
 

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