Electric
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General Motors has enlarged and expanded the battery laboratory at its Warren, Michigan, technical center. The new lab, the company said today, is the largest and most advanced such site in North America. The lab was first shown to the public last summer as the site where packs for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt expanded-range electric vehicle were tested. Now, GM has quadrupled its size to 33,000 square feet. More than 1,000 engineers will research, design, and test battery systems for hybrids and electric vehicles. Those systems include the packs that hold arrays of cells, the cooling and safety...
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Five Questions: Kevin Czinger, CEO, Coda AutomotiveOn Wednesday, we covered the news that Coda Automotive will offer a $45,000 all-electric four-door sedan for sale in California, starting in the autumn of 2010. The car project and the company were formerly part of Miles Automotive, which sells small, slow, plastic neighborhood electric vehicles...
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So What's a Wheego Whip, and Why Would I Want One?
It looks like a 2009 Smart ForTwo, it's made in China, it only goes 40 miles on its batteries, and it has a dopey name. So why should you care about the Wheego Whip? Our colleague Rex Roy has just published his full review of the 2009 Wheego Whip, but we thought a little context would be useful...
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$45K Coda Electric Sedan Will Beat Volt, Tesla, Etc, To Market
The Chinese-built Coda sedan will arrive in autumn 2010--ahead of the Chevrolet Volt
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First Drive: Mini E Electric Vehicle Is Far From Ready For Primetime
BMW rarely screws up, but the 450 Mini E test cars now going to eager US drivers are markedly worse than prototypes from other makers
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Mazda's Hydrogen Rotary Hybrid Van, A Different Approach to Green
Unlike all the other Asian automakers, Mazda's green strategy focuses on hydrogen fuel for its rotary engine--and now they've made it a hybrid
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Tesla's current valuation is a big question in Silicon Valley, and TechCrunch has just rumored that it's about have a billion dollars
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Tesla's New BFF (And Savior?) Is Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler AG announced today it would buy 10 percent of Silicon Valley electric-car startup Tesla. What does it all mean?
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2010 Ford Transit Connect Small Van Comes In At 22 MPG City, 25 MPG Highway
Ford's new small commercial van returns far, far better gas mileage than a full-size van, and it has few competitors on the US market
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Finally, Obama To Announce 42-MPG-By-2016 Requirement As Single US Standard
Fulfilling a campaign promise, the Obama Administration will harmonize national mileage rules with California's limits on greenhouse gas emissions
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Better Place Video Showing EV Battery-Pack Quick Swap: We're Not Convinced
A two-minute video simulating the swap of an EV battery pack within 2 minutes is nice, but it's hardly the whole story
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Renault Unveils Uber-Cute Kangoo BeBop ZE, First of Four Electric Cars
The French automaker livened up its annual meeting by revealing an adorable electric minivan that it will build by 2011
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Ford will invest $550 million in a former truck plant to build its Focus global compact car, including an all-electric model developed with Magna International
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2013 Chevrolet Volt SS: The Next Model (In Our Dreams)
Electric performance is great, so more electric performance would be even greater, right? In Chevy performance tradition, we got to thinking about the Volt SS ....
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Th!nk Confirms City EV Plans For U.S. at Michigan Information Technology Center
The Electric Car Market is Getting Another Player
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The Mindset of the Minimalist Electric-Car Buff
A new Swiss extended-range electric car takes minimalist design to the max
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