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Azure Dynamics Bankrupt, Built Ford Transit Connect Electric

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...

March 28, 2012 by  2
 
Saab EV-1 Experimental Vehicle

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 


 
Employees of Aptera Motors, Vista, California, on the day it closed, Dec 2, 2011

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  12


 
THINK City on hire in the Alps

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  1


 
2011 Think City 2+2

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  5


 
Green Vehicles Triac 2.0

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  4


 
Think City assembly plant, Elkhart, Indiana, Jan 2011

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  3


 
Assembly of Think City electric cars, Elkhart, Indiana, Jan 2011

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  9


 
Assembly of Think City electric cars, Elkhart, Indiana, Jan 2011

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  5


 
GM Logo

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  8


 
Nissan dual injector four-cylinder engine

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  7


 
2010 Chevrolet Silverado

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  4


 
The (terrible) Chevy Volt dance from the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show

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  9


 
2011 Chevrolet Volt dance, Los Angeles Auto Show, December 2009

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  9


 
GM Battery Lab, Warren Technical Center

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  3


 
Alan Taub, General Motors head of Research and Development

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  7


 

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