Lyle Dennis, Editor-in-Chief
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The US Department of Energy had previously allocated $25 billion in funds to be given as low cost loans to companies that would use it to develop advanced technology vehicles. The program was...
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BMW Planning to Launch Megacity Electric Vehicle After MINI EAt a recent conference, BMW chairman Norbert Reithofer announced plans to launch a new electric car called the Megacity. Presently BMW has built nearly 500 electric-conversion MINI coopers called MINI Es. These will go into the hands of willing field testers in NY, NJ, and CA within weeks. The year...
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Toyota MR2 to Return as a Hybrid CoupeThe iconic Toyota 2-seat sports coupe known as the MR-2 is set to make a comeback. The new incarnation will actually be Toyota's first foray into the hybrid sports coupe realm. This new niche has already one member planned, the Honda CR-Z hybrid. Toyota vice president Masatami Takimoto said that...
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VW Says Electric Cars Not Viable for 35 Years?!Stefan Jacoby is the CEO of Volkswagen Group of America. He told Automotive News it is his view that it will take electric cars 35 year to gain a significant share of the global automotive market. The obstacle? Infrastructure. Jacoby argues "What would happen if 50 million new electric customers...
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Review: Think City EVThe Think City is a 2-seat electric vehicle that the company hopes to build in the US and begin production of next year. The car was driven by Autoblog who provides a short but real-world driving experience. Standard and Economy are the two driving mode options, with the latter increasing...
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Breakthrough Spin Battery Size of Hair Could Run Electric Car For MilesPhysicists at the University of Miami and Tokyo and Tohoku have invented a radical new type of battery in the laboratory. The profound findings were published in the journal Nature. The battery uses special nanomagnets inside devices called magnetic tunnel junctions. By applying a large magnetic...
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In these confusing times of automotive fiscal difficulty combined with needs for fuel efficiency R&D, strange bedfellows have appeared.
It was reported that the British government was giving...
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Honda Insight Goes On Sale in US This Month Starting at $19,800The second generation Honda Insight is a highly anticipated vehicle. It has a distinctive hybrid design and now sports 4 doors and 4 seats. Using a new generation integrated motor assist drivetrain including a 1.3 L VTEC engine, the car is able to achieve 40 MPG city | 43 MPG highway. It has...
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Top 5 Electric Cars You Can Buy Next YearElectric cars have been more of a hope for the future than a reality of the present. Driving without gas, without relying on foreign oil, and in silence with instant torque has been demonstrated in many concepts but finding such cars in showrooms has not been possible. However, this is all...
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Th!nk Announces Plan To Launch Th!nk City Electric Car in US in mid-2010Th!nk is the Norwegian automaker that has developed a vehicle call the Th!nk city which is a 2-seat electric car. The company has been testing lithium-ion batteries from A123 Systems as well as EnerDel for use in the car. Despite its financial troubles and near bankruptcy the company has been...
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Smart ForTwo EV to Get Sound Track - Do We Really Want Electric Cars to Make Noise?Despite all the benefits of electric cars, there remains debate about the fact that they are essentially silent. Lacking the continuous controlled explosions that combustion engines rely upon, electric cars can roll along without making a sound. Controversy exists as there are concerns...
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Ford CEO: Electric Cars Will Dominate Lineup in 10 YearsWe at AllCarsElectric.com believe electric cars are extremely important and represent a massive transformation of the automotive industry, and although you cant find too many on the road today, there is little doubt that won't be true for long. Apparently Ford's CEO Alan Mullaly agrees. He told...
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A British company name Romag has designed and begun building a new type of parking structure. The device is essentially parking bay that has a solar photovoltaic (PV) panel roof.
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$300 Per Barrel Oil Coming Soon Better Start Planning NowPublic interest in electric and hybrid cars swelled considerably over the summer of 08 when oil touched near $150 per barrel. Subsequent economic turmoil has among other things caused a retreat in oil prices too. Hybrid sales along with the rest of the auto sector have dropepd consdierably. ...
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Tesla Begins Selling Cars in CanadaNo sooner have we heard about a new dealership in Chicago, the scrappy California start-up electric carmaker Tesla Motors has now decided to venture farther north. The automaker has just announced they will begin selling cars in Canada as of today, with plans for first deliveries starting in the...
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How Many Kilowatts Do You Want With Those Fries? Nissan Plans Fast Food EV Charging StationsNissan is planing the North American release of a 100 mile range 5-seat electric car in 2012. These cars should have the capacity of collecting 80 miles of driving range in 30 minutes of charge time. To capitalize on that, apparently the automaker has plans to deploy a network of public charging...
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2010 Lexus 450h Hybrid SUV: 295 HP and 37 MPG combined!Lexus will be showing its next generation hybrid SUV at the Geneva Auto Show later this week. The vehicle replaces the current 400h and was first unveiled at last years LA Auto Show. At that time Lexus did not release any fuel efficiency figures. The new vehicle has an extensively redesigned...
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Chinese Chery S18 EV Price is Under $15,000Last week we told you about the unveiling of a new Chinese electric car. Joining the BYD F3DM electric car already in production, Chinese automaker Chery unveiled its S18 EV. The 4-door 5-seat car is a highway speed capable all electric car that has a 93 mile driving range, and a top speed of 75...
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Solar cars at this point are mostly science/engineering experiments and are not for public consumption. However the progress they have made over the years since MIT first entered competition in... -
Nissan Swears Off Hydrogen and Will Only Build Electric CarsThere has been debate as to what is the next best propulsion technology for mass adoption. For years the hydrogen economy was touted and most automakers have been developing hydrogen fuel cell programs. Recently, GM and Honda have put hydrogen fuel cell cars on US roads and in customers hands...
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GM to Build Chevy Volt Engines in Exisiting Flint Michigan PlantAn important sidebar to the story of the Chevy Volt extended-range electric car is its gasoline generator. This is used to generate electricity extend the car's driving range beyond the 40 mile capacity of its battery. When GM finally decided it would use a 1.4 L 4 cylinder engine for that role, it...
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Honda Insight Could be Priced About $3500 Less Than Prius and Demand is Already Outstripping SupplyThe Honda Insight hybrid which will go on sale in the UK in early April. It is being reported that the entry level Insight LS will cost £15,490 which translates to about $22,438 USD. In England this price is £2380 or $3500 less than the staring price of the Prius. The upscale model of the...
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Video: Ride Shotgun With AllCarsElectric.com in a Tesla RoadsterI had the chance to take a Tesla Roadster in and around Manhattan for the day. The car is a remarkable phenomenon. Fast as imaginable yet runs on pure electricity. Built by Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors, there have only been 200 models delivered since the first one shipped in 2008, and...
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New Tesla Model S Electric Car Teaser Photo SurfacesTesla Motors is the Silicon Valley start-up that has begun series production of its all-electric Roadster in 2008. Over 200 cars have been delivered and 1000 are on back ordered for the year. CEO Elon Musk, founder of PayPal, has advised us that a new Model S sedan will be unveiled on March 23. ...
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