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Abu Dhabi Sells Off 7-Percent Tesla Stake, Makes $133 Million

Abu Dhabi Sells Off 7-Percent Tesla Stake, Makes $133 Million

Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates, might be working hard to ensure that the oil-producing nation becomes more environmentally friendly--but that hasn’t stopped its state-owned utility company from selling its 7 percent stake in Californian electric automaker Tesla Motors...

April 9, 2012 by  2
 
Fisker quality measures  -  from New York Auto Show presentation

Fisker Emphasizes Its Focus On Product Quality

Things aren’t easy for boutique automaker Fisker these days. First, a Karma manufacturing defect prompted a battery-related recall, which was quickly followed by a... April 5, 2012 by  11


 
2012 Infiniti LE Concept

Infiniti LE Concept: Electric Sedan Full Details, NY Auto Show

Yesterday, we got a brief glimpse of Infiniti's four-door sedan concept car; today, we have all the details of the Infiniti LE Concept. The four-door, all-electric sedan... April 5, 2012 by  15


 
Infiniti LE Concept at New York Auto Show, April 2012

Infiniti Zero Emission Concept: NY Auto Show Live Photos

At auto shows, sometimes cars get uncovered before their official unveilings. The car you see here is Infiniti's Zero Emission Concept, a four-door sedan that will be... April 4, 2012 by  10


 
2011 Chevrolet Volt Production Line

After Record Sales, Chevy Volt Production To Resume A Week Early

Buoyed by record monthly sales of its Chevy Volt hybrid electric plug-in car in March, General Motors will resume production of the Volt at the Detroit Hamtramck plant one... April 4, 2012 by  13


 
Fisker Atlantic concept unveiling before New York Auto Show, April 2012

Fisker Atlantic: Video, Photos From New York Auto Show Launch

Despite the travails of Fisker Automotive, it's safe to say this: Henrik Fisker knows how to design striking cars. The Fisker Atlantic unveiled last night is a stunning... April 4, 2012 by  3


 
Renault Twizy Z.E. electric vehicle

Renault Twizy Electric Minicar: What Would You Like To Know?

Electric cars have some clear benefits over combustion-engined equivalents--zero local emissions, inexpensive "refuelling", luxury-car levels of refinement from silent... April 4, 2012 by  16


 
2012 Chevrolt Volt Gas Station Advert

Plug-In Car Sales Soar In March, Led By Chevrolet Volt

Car sales overall continued their upward trend last month, but sales of plug-in cars soared in March to more than 3,800 units. The bulk of those sales came from a resurging... April 3, 2012 by  49


 
Fox News commentary on Chevy Volt (screen capture), March 2012

Right Wing Volt Flip-Flop? Now It's An Energy Security Hero! (Video)

You may have heard and read more than you want to on the media distortions and lousy reporting about the Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car. Former GM product czar... April 2, 2012 by  20


 
BMW i8 Concept Spyder

BMW's Electric Range Grows With 2015 BMW i8 Concept Spyder

Possibly the most exciting electric cars to appear over the next few years are from BMW. The German maker's electric i3 subcompact and i8 plug-in hybrid supercar have whetted... April 2, 2012 by  11


 
Men's Health 2012 Ford Focus Electric, to be driven from New York to Los Angeles, April 2012

2012 Ford Focus Electric To Do Cross-Country Road Trip

The big worry for battery electric cars is range anxiety, so what better way to shake up that thinking than by driving one cross-country? That's the idea behind a growing... April 2, 2012 by  8


 
Fisker Atlantic (Project Nina) leaked

Fisker Atlantic: Mid-Size Project Nina Sedan Leaked Before NY Show Debut

With Fisker's Karma already on the market and in the hands of customers, all eyes have turned to Fisker's 'Project Nina', a car to slot below the Karma in Fisker's range. And... April 2, 2012 by  12


 
2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid - production model

Electric Cars ARE Coming, But It Will Be Slow: Why Is This So Hard To Grasp?

Major evolutionary change takes a long time. That's as true for electric cars as for opposable thumbs--though it will be measured in decades, not millennia. We frequently... March 30, 2012 by  67


 
New 2011 Think City for sale via liquidation, March 2012

Discontinued 2011 Think City Electric Cars For Sale: $22,300

UPDATES, April 11, 2012: Since this article was published on March 30, we've received the following updates: This morning, Mission Valley Ford received a truckload of 10... March 30, 2012 by  24


 
Musician Thomas Dolby's 'Time Machine' with Tesla Roadster electric car, March 2012

Time Travel With Thomas Dolby, Musician & Electric-Car Pioneer

We're all time travelers, really. The thing is that we only move in one direction, and--in real time--very slowly at that. If you fancy the idea of zipping forward in time to... March 30, 2012 by  1


 
Denver Zoo's poop-powered rickshaw [screen capture from Denver Post video]

Will Poop Power Electric Cars? Sure Will At Denver Zoo

In terms of renewable energy, you have to give credit to the first person who thought of using excrement as a source of fuel. At the risk of dragging things down to... March 30, 2012 by  5


 

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