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  • Tesla Motors website hacked, Apr 2015

    Electric-car maker Tesla sits in the heart of Silicon Valley, a place where software security is--or should be--a constant focus of attention. Still, corporate websites present a juicy and visible target for hackers worldwide. For a brief period Saturday afternoon, hackers appear to have taken over the Tesla Motors website and Twitter account. DON'T MISS: Why Nothing Competes With Tesla Today, Plug-In Hybrids Included Shortly thereafter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk's Twitter account was also briefly hacked. As noted by The Verge, the language of the attacks "suggested this was just an unsophisticated...

  • RideNerd main screen with Toyota Prius and Ford C-Max Hybrid.
    RideNerd Lets You Compare Environmental Impact Of Car Choices

    A new website allows buyers to track the overall environmental impact of new cars.

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    GroupCarpool Puts Road-Trippers & Commuters In The Fast Lane

    Organizing road trips can be hard. Organizing carpools -- sometimes with complete strangers -- can be even harder. First, there are masses of phone calls, text messages, and emails to sort through. Then, every rider's schedule and personal information has to be entered into a database. Once upon a...

  • Toyota's Everyday Drive website highlights the advantages of the Prius Plug-In
    Toyota's Everyday Drive Website Highlights Plug-In Hybrid Benefits: Video

    While purchasing a hybrid vehicle is a relatively easy decision these days, the purchase of a plug-in hybrid can be significantly more difficult to justify, thanks to its greater expense. In terms of the Toyota Prius, a 2013 Prius Two with no options can be configured with a sticker price as low as...

  • Aptera's New Website (Screenshot)
    Aptera: There’s Something Coming, But We Can’t Tell You What

    In the electric auto industry there are three types of car companies: Those who bring a successful electric car to market, those who bring an unsuccessful electric car to market, and those who perpetually claim their ground-breaking electric car is “coming soon”. California-based Aptera...

  • Green Car Reports redesign launch graphic
    Welcome To The All-New, Redesigned Green Car Reports!

    It's here! It's done! It's live! Yes, you are now reading the all-new, totally redesigned Green Car Reports, with our sister site All Cars Electric incorporated to provide the in-depth electric car coverage it's always been known for. As always, our goal is to provide the best, more comprehensive...

  • Nissan website 'The Planet Zero'

    Have a few minutes to kill this Friday? Enjoy online games? Then you might like a walkthrough of Nissan's newest project, a "game-style promotion website" called "The Planet Zero". Nissan's website envisions a planet where everything runs on electricity generated by the sun and wind, and thus, there are no emissions generated from fossil fuels. You play the character of Plug, and by clicking on the planet's surface, you can learn more about the thoroughly green utopia in which he lives. Of course, this is all a branding exercise for Nissan, likely meant to cement the automaker's green...

  • All Cars Electric's New Home on the Internet
    Join All Cars Electric As We Move To Green Car Reports Next Week!

    If you’re a regular at All Cars Electric You’ll know that we have a sister site, Green Car Reports. Together, we’ve been covering the latest news in plug-in vehicles and other green cars for quite some time. In the past few years we’ve seen electric cars move from vaporware...

  • All Cars Electric's New Home on the Internet
    Next Week, We Welcome All Cars Electric Into Green Car Reports

    Many regular Green Car Reports readers also visit our sister site, All Cars Electric. Now we're pleased to announce that next week, the two sites will become a single destination, adding heft, expertise, and depth to our coverage of plug-in electric cars on a totally redesigned Green Car Reports...

  • Green Car Reports redesign preview
    Coming Soon: Bigger, Better, Easier-To-Use Green Car Reports!

    Get ready, folks, for a completely redesigned GreenCarReports. To bring you the best coverage of fuel-efficient, hybrid, clean-diesel, and electric cars, and some of the issues around them, we're preparing to launch an all-new look and feel. Among the changes, we'll have easier access to more...

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    Electric Car Critiques Can Have Merit, But Check Your Source

    Earlier this week, Cnet published a story claiming that the European version of the Chevrolet Volt, the 2012 Vauxhall Ampera, was no more environmentally friendly than an ordinary gasoline car. Aiming to debunk Vauxhall's miles-per-charge and fuel economy claims, the article cited British blogger...

  • New comment design for High Gear Media websites
    Test Out The New, Improved Comments We've Just Launched!

    This site has always enjoyed a vibrant, active discussion among our engaged readers--and we thank you all for it. Now, we're happy to have launched our new and revised Commenting system. Think of it as Comments 2.0. We wanted to make discussions and debates in our comments easier to understand, and...

  • New comment design for High Gear Media websites

    We thrive on comments, pro and con, agree and disagree, especially those that add information and richness to the discussion. And now, we proudly introduce (blare of trumpets, please): Comments 2.0! Our goal was to make it easier for both regular users and sporadic visitors to add your points of view to our posts, and share them with others as widely as you like. We want to make GreenCarReports a better place for you to participate in discussions about gas mileage, new cars, hybrids, clean diesels, plug-ins, and the plain old American value of doing more with the same or less. (Well, used to...

  • 2012 Ford Focus
    Did Hyundai Elantra Ad Make Ford Stretch Focus Leg-Room Claim?

    We're eagerly looking forward to driving the 2012 Ford Focus. It's won raves in reviews--including the first-drive report on TheCarConnection--and been the subject of downright fawning coverage in Detroit media. It has many unique features and options for a compact car, from Ford's excellent...

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    2010 Los Angeles Auto Show: SoCal Edison Launches EV Website

    The 2010 Los Angles Auto Show is nearly upon us, and we're getting excited for the wealth of new electric cars on display at the show. It's not just about the cars themselves though - equally imporant are the companies displaying EV-related technology. One such company is Southern California...

  • The Internet
    Help Plug In America, MBA Student Analyze Social Media EV Role

    As you'll no doubt be aware, websites such as AllCarsElectric and our sister site GreenCarReports use social media such as Twitter and Facebook to allow our readers to keep up to date with the latest EV and green car news. We aren't alone, either. Companies like Nissan, GM, THINK, Smart and various...

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    New For Your Convenience: All Cars Electric Delivered By E-Mail

    We appreciate our readers, each and every one of you. And we want to make it as easy as possible for you to access AllCarElectric.com. So when our reader Peter Mac, in Spain, wrote to us this morning to ask if he could have ACE delivered via e-mail, rather than using an RSS reader, we said, "Sure!"...

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