electric cars

Electric cars have become an increasingly important topic in the blogosphere as they've moved from niche blogs into mainstream discourse. Why? Because electric vehicles could be the next major technological step for transportation, assuming a variety of hurdles (government support, infrastructure, battery technology, and consumer confidence) are overcome.

Most of the major automotive blogs have at least nominal coverage of so-called "green car technology", and some sites are dedicated to just a single model, like the Chevy Volt.

While many electric car models are already available, the technology is developing at a rapid pace. There's more than just making sure the car will get you to and from the office: they could also become pivotal in our new energy infrastructure by storing wind and solar power.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “electric cars”

• Bolivia has Enough Lithium for 4.8 Billion Electric Cars!

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 675
  Photo: Wikipedia , Free Art License "Lithium could bring us prosperity." At 4,085 square miles, Salar de Uyuni in Southwest Bolivia is the worlds largest salt flat. Those salts contain large amounts of sodium, potassium, magnesium and lithium, and these days, its the last element on that list that is attracting ...
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• Nissan Leaf Coming to San Francisco

  
  GoodCleanTech — Authority: 475
  Good news for Bay Area greenies (which is probably everyone): Nissan is bringing the Leaf , its first all-electric zero-emission vehicle, to the area late next year. Mayor Gavin Newsom made the announcement yesterday on behalf of the Bay Area Electric Vehicle Corridor program. "This collaboration stems from Nissans ...
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• U.S. to receive diesel-powered Vw Beetle and electric Up!

  
  Car news, Car reviews, Spy shots and Videos - 4wheelsnews.com — Authority: 543
  A clean diesel engine is what’s in store for the next-generation Volkswagen Beetle, which will arrive in the US as a 2012 model, according to Volkswagen Group of America President Stefan Jacoby. Another event that that will surely excite US consumers is the arrival of the electrified version of VW’s Up! hatchback ...
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• Tesla Motors Hires Google Recruiter

  
  GoodCleanTech — Authority: 475
  Tesla Motors has hired senior Google staffing expert Arnnon Geshuri to head up the Silicon Valley-based automakers recruiting efforts as it expands in anticipation of its second product release, the Tesla Model S sedan (pictured, top). Currently, Tesla Motors has about 500 employees, and is currently looking to ...
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• Who’s Doing More “Aggressive Work” on Electric Cars – Nissan or San Francisco?

  
  San Francisco Citizen — Authority: 509
  Remember that Tesla Motors  corporation? They were the cock of the walk in the electric car world a few years back. Remember ? They finally got a bunch of money from the feds, but they’re going to need to hurry . Why? ‘Cause a real car company is going to start to sell a vehicle that people might ...
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• Chevy Volt Investment in Detroit Now $700 Million

  
  Green Options — Authority: 150
  GM has announced that it is investing another $336 million to fix up its Hamtramck assembly plant in Detroit, now bringing its total Detroit plant investment in building the Volt extended-range electric car to $700 million. First they’ll clear out the cobwebby remains of the Cadillacs and the Buick Lucernes they ...
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• Chevy Volt Investment in Detroit Now $700 Million

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 162
  GM has announced that it is investing another $336 million to fix up its Hamtramck assembly plant in Detroit, now bringing its total Detroit plant investment in building the Volt extended-range electric car to $700 million. First they’ll clear out the cobwebby remains of the Cadillacs and the Buick Lucernes they ...
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• Climate Change Hypocrites Arrive In Copenhagen

  
  Start Thinking Right — Authority: 428
  The limousine liberals who are of course superior to all the petty little human beings beneath them arrived in Copenhagen – like gods descending from Mt. Olympus of old – and of course they did not forget their limousines. Copenhagen is one of the great moments when your ontological superiors get to pass measures ...
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• Lithium-Ion Battery Maker Ener1 Receives $20 Million Strategic Equity Investment from ITOCHU Corporation TNR.v, CZX.v, WLC.v, LI.v, RM.v, CLQ.v, SQM,

  
  Sufiy. — Authority: 135
  " Another big player enters the battery market for Electric cars, Pike Reseach report is very bullish on the market with projected growth of almost tenfold within next five years, secured Lithium supply will be next big game in this market ." Investors are coming into all value chain of ...
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• Next Volkswagen Beetle to get diesel, electric-car for U.S. due in 2014

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 567
  Known for its diesel lineup in the U.S., Volkswagen will be stepping up the “green” game in 2011. According to Volkswagen Group of America CEO Stefan Jacoby, when the next-generation Beetle come to the United States as a 2012 model, it will eventually get a diesel engine option. The U.S. is also scheduled to get ...
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• Minicar and electric-vehicle top priority at Opel, CEO says

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 567
  Opel’s new CEO Nick Reilly, says that a new minicar is a “top priority” at Opel and Vauxhall. He said that the European brand is also looking into launching an electric-vehicle. As of right now, Opel doesn’t have an entry into Europe’s fast-growing minicar segment to compete with vehicles such as the Ford ...
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• 2010 Honda Insight EX: Realistic Expectations

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 165
  
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• Capstone CMT-380 Hybrid Supercar

  
  CarBuyersNoteBook — Authority: 516
  Hybrid cars are known for lacking in speed but not when you hear that it is powered by a jet engine. With that in mind, expect the car to go over the speed limit which brings us to the Capstone CMT0380 hybrid supercar. This hybrid supercar is driven by electric motors which doesn’t have problems [...]
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• BREAKING: GM to invest $336 million in Hamtramck for Chevy Volt production

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 567
  General Motors Company announced today that it will invest $336 million in its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to begin production of its 2011 Chevrolet Volt. The move brings GM’s total Volt-related investment in Michigan to $700 million, covering a total of 8 facilities. GM said that Hamtramck will be the final ...
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• COPENHAGEN DELEGATES DRIVE 60 BRITISH ELECTRIC CARS

  
  European Motor News — Authority: 151
  British company, The Electric Car Corporation (ECC), has supplied 60 Citroen C1 ev’ie electric cars to be available for delegates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this week.
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• Gavin Shoebridge Electric Conversion Made Easy Review

  
  rotatelogs.com — Authority: 155
  Gavin Shoebridge is an electric vehicle nut and keen environmentalist, who wrote the Electric Conversion Made Easy ebook wherein you will see how you can build your own electric car for much less than you might expect. This easy-to-read ebook will take you step-by-step through every single element of planning, ...
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• The Oracle Divines Electric Vehicles Everywhere by 2030

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 156
  None other than the Oracle of Omaha (Warren Buffett) told a group of Rice graduate business students last week that cars will be electric by 2030. The Houston Chronicle summarized a Buffet response to a students query on peak oil ...
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• Lithium and REE: ESB expects majority of electric cars by 2035 TNR.v, CZX.v, WLC.v, LI.v, RM.v, CLQ.v, SQM, FMC, ROC, AVL.o, RES.v, QUC.v, NSANY, BYDD

  
  Sufiy. — Authority: 135
  " We think that it is the right time to address different junior mining Exploration and Development companies engaged in Lithium and REE mar kets ." THE POST.IE " ESB expects majority of electric cars by 2035 06 December 2009 By Eibhir Mulqueen The head of the ESB’s new electric ...
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• 2009 LA: Fisker Karma delayed until 3rd quarter of 2010

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 567
  Fisker Automotive has been going through a lot of changing since it was founded in August 2007 by Henrik Fisker. At the 2009 LA Auto Show, Fisker outlined those changes during a press conference and one point that stood out the most is that the deliveries of company’s Karma plug-in hybrid sedan have been delayed. ...
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• 10 Hottest Electric Cars …

  
  All Women Stalk — Authority: 440
  We all know that driving an electric or hybrid car is a great way to go green, but some of them are so… ugly! Do you have to trade style for substance? No way! These electric or gas-electric hybrids are eco-friendly and hot! Some of them are available at dealerships now, and some are just concepts or pre-production ...
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