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Azure Dynamics Bankrupt, Built Ford Transit Connect Electric
Well, that's not particularly good news: Azure Dynamics, the company that converted a handful of Ford Transit Connect small commercial vans to electric power, filed for bankruptcy on Monday. It laid off about 120 employees at a variety of locations in MIchigan, Massachusetts, Canada, and the United...
Rare EV-1 Up For Sale, But It Isn't An Electric Car
Earlier today, our colleagues over at MotorAuthority told us about a collection of over 100 rare cars going under the hammer in Sweden. Among them, a complete EV-1. Complete... January 17, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
Aptera Collapse: How & Why It Happened, A Complete Chronology
It's not the best photo, but it means a lot to the 19 people in it. Posed in front of a mirrored glass office building under a colorful logo, they are the final employees of... December 12, 2011 by John Voelcker 12
Want To Buy A 2011 Think City? You Can (If You Live In New York)
A few weeks back we nominated the diminutive Think City electric car as one of the five electric cars you’ll still be able to buy in five years’ time -- despite... September 12, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 1
Has Bankrupt Electric Car Maker Gone Russian? Da, We Think So
It’s been bankrupt four times now, suffered delayed launches and even resorted to anthropomorphism to sell its excess stock, but now Norwegian electric car maker Think... July 20, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 5
Start-Up Electric Car Company Green Vehicles Folds, Costs City $500,000
Consider today's collapse of electric car company Green Vehicles an object lesson in why it's a bad idea for cities to invest in the risky business of start-up car... July 18, 2011 by Nelson Ireson 4
Think Again: Bankrupt Electric Car Firm Heading To Turkey
If you’ve been following the fortunes of the Norwegian electric car company Think, you’ll know that it recently filed for bankruptcy, the fourth time in its 20... July 12, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 3
Think Went Thunk: What Does Electric-Car Bankruptcy Teach Us?
A little more than three weeks ago, Norwegian electric-car maker Think Global declared bankruptcy--for the fourth time, actually. In a pithy piece published a week later... July 8, 2011 by John Voelcker 9
Think Thunk: Electric Car Maker Goes Bankrupt (Again)
Making an electric car is a particularly tough business, fraught with financial risk, engineering challenges and tough competition from small-scale and mainstream automakers... June 22, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 5
GM Says More Government Money Not Needed--Though Rivals Took It
Well, give them credit for resolve, anyway. General Motors said today it was withdrawing its applications to the U.S. Department of Energy for $14.4 billion of low-interest... January 27, 2011 by John Voelcker 8
If EVs Kill Japan's Autopart Shops, Is The U.S. Far Behind?
Shop owners in the sprawling Japanese industrial town of Hamamatsu are worried: They see a future where their day jobs are under threat, and even worse, by the very companies... November 3, 2010 by Antony Ingram 7
GM To Invest $890 Million In Making Its V-8 Engines Save Gas
Going green on the road may involve smaller engines, electric cars, and clean diesels, but it also requires making all engines far more fuel efficient. To that end, General... April 27, 2010 by John Voelcker 4
The Volt Song: What Happened, and What It Could Have Been
And we thought our piece on the LA Auto Show's Volt dance was pointed. Hah! Look here. Or here, followed by here. Or here. Ouch. Like a good journalist, we wanted to know... December 16, 2009 by John Voelcker 9
2010 Chevy Volt Dance: Hey GM, We Want Our Bailout Back, Now
We don't use a lot of profanity here at the global GreenCarReports.com headquarters. But there were a whole bunch of horrified OMFGs floating around once we finally got to... December 14, 2009 by John Voelcker 9
Why $2.4 Billion of Battery Grants? To Get US Competitive in Electric Cars
It's now clearer than ever: Electric cars are coming to showrooms near you. They will be fully competitive, their makers are deadly serious, and they will be "real cars"... August 6, 2009 by John Voelcker 3
Five Questions: GM's New R-and-D Leader, Alan Taub
Alan Taub, 54, is currently Executive Director in charge of Research & Development at General Motors. He joined GM R+D as executive director in 2001, and on October 1, he... August 5, 2009 by John Voelcker 7
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