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New Management, Structure, Cash For Electric-Car Maker Think?
Back in January, we toured the Think electric-car assembly facility in Elkhart, Indiana, "the RV capital of the world." We got some striking photos of hundreds of the City electric two-seater cars that Think was gearing up to sell, assembled in the U.S. out of kits shipped from the manufacturing...
Lexus LF-Gh Hybrid Concept (New GS) Unveiled For NY Auto Show
Last week they teased it; this week, they took the covers off it. In this case, "it" is the Lexus LF-Gh Hybrid Concept car that will be the centerpiece of the Lexus display... April 12, 2011 by John Voelcker
LG Finishes Electric Car Battery Factory, Leads Battery War
South Korean electronics giant LG has just finished what it claims is the world’s largest lithium-ion battery plant for electric vehicle traction batteries. Capable of... April 7, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 2
Battery Advance To Give Electric-Car Charging In Gas Fill-Up Time?
An advance in battery technology could help push past one of the persistent criticisms of electric vehicles: the extended time needed to charge the battery. Researchers at... April 6, 2011 by IEEE Spectrum 5
Nanostructure Research: Electric Car Charging In 5 Minutes?
No sooner do I discuss University of Illinois researchers who have created 3D antennas for mobile phones using nanotechnology than another group of researchers at the... April 4, 2011 by IEEE Spectrum 10
Who Knew? A Car Battery Is the World's Most Recycled Product
A concern raised over upcoming electric-drive cars--the all-electric 2011 Nissan Leaf, the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, and the 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid--is what happens to... March 31, 2011 by John Voelcker 23
Better Place: First Battery Swap Station, Profit In 2 Years?
Better Place, the ambitious program that's launching its electric-car service in Israel, opened its first battery-swap station there on Wednesday. At an event marking the... March 25, 2011 by John Voelcker 10
Batteries For Electric Cars Have Barely Begun To Get Better
Do you remember the shoe sized cell phones of the early 90s? Much of that size was due to the battery. Even with that large battery, you were lucky to get 30 minutes of talk... March 23, 2011 by Patrick Connor 12
How Much Does a Tesla Model S Battery Pack Cost You? We do the Math
Yesterday Tesla Motors Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Ownership Experience George Blankenship wrote an update on the upcoming Model S electric sedan on the company... March 8, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 22
Porsche Recreates The Original Hybrid Car, 111 Years Later
The name Porsche has traditionally been associated with fast, rear-engine sports cars, and more recently with fast heavy SUVs and fast heavy four-door luxury sedans. But it... February 24, 2011 by John Voelcker 2
Do Battery-Pack Failures Reduce the Life of Hybrid Cars? A Reader Asks
Our reader Jonathan P asks: I have a 1997 Saturn that, remarkably, is still running. It probably has the book value of a large watermelon, so if anything major goes wrong... February 23, 2011 by John Voelcker 25
Oil Exec Says Electric-Car Batteries 'Not Ready for Primetime'
It's always good to hear the arguments against electric cars. Some are valid, some are idiotic, and some simply betray a lack of knowledge about how the auto industry really... February 11, 2011 by John Voelcker 34
Electric-Car Battery Packs Irresistible To Rampaging Rodents?
Anyone who's stored a car in a rural area has heard stories of the chaos wreaked by nesting squirrels. Engine compartments stuffed with leaves, twigs, nuts, and even entire... February 8, 2011 by John Voelcker 7
What You Need To Know About Nissan Leaf, Chevy Volt Servicing
A few months ago we asked the question, what exactly do you have to service on a 2011 Nissan LEAF? After all, the LEAF doesn't even contain many of the items that require... February 7, 2011 by Antony Ingram 3
Technical Details Revealed: 2012 Audi Q5 Hybrid Crossover
Sometimes you just never know where you'll dredge up technical details on vehicles that carmakers haven't yet launched. Technology conferences can be a good source. Take, for... February 1, 2011 by John Voelcker
Choice Of Electric-Car Battery Size? GM Investment May Make It Real
A recent investment by General Motors in a new lithium-ion battery cathode technology will give the automaker more pricing options for future generation electric vehicles. It... January 31, 2011 by Alysha Webb 6
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