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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Original Technorati articles tagged “electric cars”

• in Autos
  Tesla Model S Pushing Cars to Go Greener
  Tesla Model S is sparking up the auto innovation game.
  by smurfz / on Jan 23, 2013
• in Technology
  Green Tech Beat: Solar Powered Supertrees, Honda Fit Electric Car
  the latest in clean technology news
  by namarchetti / on Jun 12, 2012
• in Autos
  GM to Chevy Volt Owners: Free Loaner Vehicle
  The reasons is the NHTSA’s investigation of the Chevy Volt's lithium-ion batteries catching fire.
  by stephengfm / on Nov 28, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “electric cars”

 

• Adding an electric car cut the payback point of our solar panel investment in half

  
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  When we discussed our home solar panel project in mid-2011 with friends, one of the first questions everyone asked was, “What’s the payback period before you break-even?” The second question was unsurprisingly, “How much is it costing you?” but the focus always ended up on the payback. After all, if you’re ...
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• Adding an electric car cut the payback point of our solar panel investment in half

  
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  When we discussed our home solar panel project in mid-2011 with friends, one of the first questions everyone asked was, “What’s the payback period before you break-even?” The second question was unsurprisingly, “How much is it costing you?” but the focus always ended up on the payback. After all, if you’re ...
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• Lithium Drive: Nissan CEO, Carlos Ghosn, interviewed about electric cars

  
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    The rumours about the death of Electric Cars are greatly exaggerated. Time is to check survivors among junior Lithium mining companies. Chinese companies are securing the supply of strategic... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Have You Ever Wanted a Flying Car? (Video)

  
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  Introducing TF-X: Terrafugia’s Vision for the Future of Personal Transportation Let’s say that you’re traveling on the freeway to a business meeting and your GPS tells you that the road in front of you has just become impassable. There is an alternate route available; however, it adds an hour and a half to ...
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• Nissan Leaf Sales Are Booming In Norway — Second Best-Selling Car In April

  
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  This article originally appeared on EV Obsession . Sales of the Nissan Leaf are booming in Norway. The popular electric vehicle was the second best-selling car, of any type, in the country during the month of April. Image Credit: Nissan LEAF via Wikimedia Commons The Nissan Leaf sold 455 units in April, ...
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• Bosch’s $449 Car Charger

  
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  Most of us can’t afford today’s electric cars of tomorrow. We won’t even talk about the Tesla’s price range, seeing as how even Ford’s electric Focus lies closer to $40,000 – and that’s the lower range of the electric car industry. Have you ever thought about what you’d do if you could afford to pay ...
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• The Tricycle By Terra Motors Is An Electric Tuk Tuk

  
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  If you have ever visited South East Asia and cities like  Bangkok, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, you would have definitely come across Tuk Tuks. These traditional transportation vehicles are quite popular and affordable, but alas contribute highly to urban pollution. Terra Motors seeks to change this by coming up with an ...
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• Tesla Posts First Quarterly Profits in Company’s 10-Year History

  
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  To say that it’s been a good week for Tesla would be quite an understatement. First, the Tesla Model S earned Consumer Reports’ highest-ever rating with a score of 99 out of 100. Then, after 10 years in business, the electric car maker announced its first quarterly profit in Q1 of 2013 with a net income of ...
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• Tesla Beats the Odds — And the Haters — But Now Comes the Hard Part

  
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  The electric car company Tesla has always been an easy target. There’s the CEO,  messianic Silicon Valley entrepreneur Elon Musk, who sometimes actually seems to be convinced that he’s the real-life Tony Stark. There’s the sheer chutzpah of a startup company from outside the auto industry trying to successfully ...
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• News in brief: Ford reveals electric car charging supplier

  
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  Ford has made a serious investment in electric vehicles in recent years: with the likes of the Ford Focus Electric, Ford C-MAX Energi and the Ford Fusion plug-in electric vehicle (pictured) all on the way to our roads. As such, being endorsed as the companys preferred charging station supplier was [...]
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• Report: BMW to price i3 similarly to a well-equipped 3-Series, in the $40,000 range

  
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  AutomotiveNews reports that BMW will be pricing their much-anticipated i3 electric car in the same vicinity as a well-equipped 3-Series sedan. And to actually announce a ballpark figure, BMW of North America’s CEO Ludwig Willisch reportedly said that the price would be around $40,000 for the three-door model. ...
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• Inside the Failure of Fisker Automotive

  
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  Greener Ideal In 2008, Fisker Automotive unveiled the Fisker Karma, a plug-in hybrid luxury sports car that was backed by $200 million in government funding and designed to change the future of green energy and the automotive industry in ways never before seen. Initial orders came in at $100,000 a car. Now, [...] ...
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• Tesla Model S gets Consumer Reports’ top score

  
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  The Tesla Motors Inc. Model S electric car has tied an older Lexus for the highest score ever recorded in Consumer Reports magazine’s automotive testing. The Model S, which starts at $62,400 after a federal tax credit, scored 99 points on a scale of 100 in the magazine’s battery of tests. “It accelerates, ...
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• Terrafugia TF-X “VTOL” flying car

  
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  Terrafugia, a US company based in Woburn, Massachusetts you may have already heard of due to their Transition “roadable aircraft”, has returned to our attention with their next project, the TF-X. If the Transition is a rather conventional (if we can say that with these vehicles) fixed-wing flying car prototype, we ...
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• Model S boosts Tesla, but mass market electric cars still elusive

  
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  Kevin Baillie, co-founder of a visual effects company that works on major motion pictures, had never been in a car like his new Tesla Model S electric sedan, but somehow it looked familiar.
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• Tesla Model S Consumer Reports review: Best car we have ever tested

  
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  The Tesla Model S has just received the highest form of praise from Consumer Reports--best car it has ever tested. That is quite an achievement, and an amazing vote of confidence for the small California-based car manufacturer. Consumer Reports even made sure to reiterate that it didnt just mean best electric car, ...
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• Tesla Motors Worth More tha Fiat which owns most of Chrysler

  
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  Tesla Motors the maker of electric cars run by billionaire Elon Musk, surged as much as 26 percent after posting its first profit and beating estimates on sales of luxury Model S sedans. Tesla’s market capitalization reached about $7.9 billion, exceeding $7.8 billion for Turin, Italy-based Fiat SpA (F), the ...
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• Thomas Edison and the Electric Storage Battery exhibit opens

  
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  Thomas Edison’s 1889 Electric Runabout. Images courtesy Automotive Hall of Fame . Today, electric cars are seen by most consumers as an expensive novelty, delivering modest driving ranges, long recharging times and unattractive sticker prices compared to fossil-fueled alternatives. At the dawn of the 20th ...
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• Another Electric Car Company Falters

  
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  Coda Holdings Inc., an electric car company in Los Angeles, California, has filed for bankruptcy after a 4-year start-up and after selling less than 100 electric cars. [i] The Coda Car , an all-electric four-door sedan, has an EPA-rated battery …
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• Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales in Europe Will Reach 670,000 Units Annually by 2020

  
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  The European transportation market is considerably different from that of other world regions. European fuel prices have been significantly higher than in North America for many years, and therefore small, efficient petrol- and diesel-engine cars have led European sales figures. In the coming years, national energy ...
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