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Popular Mechanics
March 2007
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3 Big Questions for the Electric Car's Future With big pushes from GM, Ford and Toyota, plug-in hybrids are back in the spotlight, but lurking in the shadows is the same old problem: building a lightweight, powerful, affordable battery.   |
BusinessWeek
December 2, 2010
Keane & Green |
Green Energy: Why Hybrids Still Need Government Motors As the next generation of plug-in cars comes online, a decline in hybrid sales doesn't bode well for their success. |
The Motley Fool
November 29, 2011
John Rosevear |
Did Electric Cars Just Hit the Wall? Will Chevy Volt battery fires stop the EV revolution before it starts? |
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2008
Rich Smith |
China Closing GM's Coffin The first car company to reach the market with an actual, workable electric car will not be based in Detroit, but in Shenzhen. BYD is the name. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
John Voelcker |
An Almost All-Electric Car? GM'S 1997 all-electric EV1 failed, but its successor, the plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt, boasts promising new technology. |
BusinessWeek
May 15, 2008
David Welch |
The Heated Rivalry in Low-Carbon Cars The planned eco-friendly fleets of GM and competitors. |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2011
Evan Niu |
GM and LG Renew Their Vows Two familiar partners get together for a new agreement. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2007
John Voelcker |
Electric Atmosphere at Electric Vehicle Symposium Plug-in hybrid cars definitely on the way, but what about vehicle-to-grid technology? |
Popular Mechanics
September 4, 2008 |
Honda, Ford, Nissan Prep Hybrids to Hunt Prius Before Volt Unveil As it is likely that General Motors will unveil the production version of its much-anticipated Chevy Volt later this month, competing automakers are now codifying their plans for next-generation hybrids of their own. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2012
David Schneider |
Plug-in Vehicles Proliferate Full battery-electric and hybrid-electric plug-in vehicles will start hitting the streets in significant numbers later this year |
BusinessWeek
January 29, 2007
David Kiley |
Toyota: How the Hybrid Race Went to the Swift As Toyota prepares to motor past Ford as the world's second-largest carmaker, it has become a textbook case on how a green reputation delivers a competitive edge. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2011
Patrick Martin |
Why Detroit Doesn't Mind the New CAFE Standards For once, American automakers aren't complaining. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2007
John Voelcker |
Electric Power Steals the Show The annual Detroit Auto Show offered a feast of technology, and the best dish of all was an electric-drive concept called the Chevrolet Volt. |
Popular Mechanics
January 7, 2007
Ben Stewart |
GM Goes Beyond Hybrid: Chevy's Electric Car Big news from the Detroit auto show, with video: General Motors has a 100-mph, all-electric entry into the market for hybrid 2.0. |
The Motley Fool
November 1, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Toyota Accelerating Past GM? The Japanese auto company is posturing to become the world's largest car manufacturer. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Have Detroit's Bailout Notions Been Quashed? Recent moves by the federal government may not be good news for Detroit automakers. |
The Motley Fool
February 6, 2009
Rich Duprey |
Detroit's Frosty New Year January sales figures portend a dismal 2009 for the Big Three automobile makers. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2011
Rich Smith |
General Motors: Gunning for Growth Look out, Toyota and Nissan. General Motors is stomping on the gas, and gaining fast. |
The Motley Fool
January 10, 2012
Dan Dzombak |
Energy 101: Electric Vehicles Energy Secretary Steven Chu is in Michigan at the North American International Auto Show today to promote the Obama administration's support for the domestic auto industry. |
The Motley Fool
January 8, 2007
Rich Smith |
Will Anyone Kill the Gasoline Car? Last year's eco-movie Who Killed the Electric Car? bills itself as a documentary -- a movie based entirely on fact. GM investors, meanwhile, will be hoping that in a few years' time, the Volt will turn out to be something more than fiction. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2010
John Rosevear |
Autos Weekly: What Recovery? Auto sales are getting that grim look again. |
The Motley Fool
March 11, 2004
Brian Gorman |
Where Is Ford's Focus? Ford's plan to license hybrid technology from Toyota suggests Ford has lots of catching up to do. |
The Motley Fool
December 12, 2011
John Rosevear |
Why the Chevy Volt Is Such a Scandal What started as teething trouble with new tech is metastasizing into a Great American Scandal. |
The Motley Fool
January 7, 2011
Michael Kanellos |
Ford Promises Fast Charging with Electric Focus Three hours to charge an EV? How do they do it? |
Popular Mechanics
February 6, 2008
Chuck Tannert |
Inside Plug-in Car Tech's Race to Production (and Top 10 Rides) Big automakers and promising startups say electric vehicles are coming as soon as next year, but there's a lot of work to be done by scientists before lithium-ion batteries are ready for mainstream hybrids. |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2011
Evan Niu |
A123 Systems Scores With GM Shares of A123 Systems roared today as the company announced that it was awarded a contract to supply General Motors. Will it be enough? |
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2007
Rich Smith |
Plug It In? If plug-in hybrid cars ever become a reality, they'll open up numerous investing opportunities -- in the automakers, of course; in the ethanol companies, perhaps; in battery makers; but most of all, in electric companies |
The Motley Fool
July 21, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Toyota: Driving the Future If you're looking for innovation, you might need look no further than your garage. It's the way that company CEO Katsuaki Watanabe thinks about the future that really makes Toyota exciting. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2010
John Rosevear |
Tesla: A $1.33 Billion Pile of ... What? Tesla Motors' IPO offering is the first by an American carmaker since Ford's in 1956, and investors are hot for the shares. But what are they buying? |
Outside
April 2007
Amanda Griscom Little |
Detroit Takes Charge Electric cars are poised to make a comeback and this time they might stick around for good. |
The Motley Fool
July 16, 2010
John Rosevear |
Autos Weekly: Ford's Tech Push Continues Auto news: More cars get Googly, Honda bets on hybrids, and Tesla and Toyota get down to work. |
BusinessWeek
April 26, 2004
David Welch |
Gentlemen, Start Your Hybrids Ford, Toyota, and Honda are betting on a payoff. GM and others aren't so sure |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2010
Philip E. Ross |
Loser: Why the Chevy Volt Will Fizzle General Motors' Chevrolet Volt hybrid car is a courageous design, but it won't make money |
The Motley Fool
June 11, 2011
Rich Smith |
Ford Trumps Toyota ... and imitates Volt. |
BusinessWeek
April 11, 2005
John Carey |
Giving Hybrids A Real Jolt A plug-in gas-electric vehicle may be key in saving fuel and cutting pollution. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009
John Voelcker |
How Green Is My Plug-In? The carbon impact of the millions of electric vehicles soon to hit the road will depend on the grids that supply them. |
The Motley Fool
May 26, 2011
Shubh Datta |
General Motors Looks Set to Ride High in 2011 GM posted positive profits in the first quarter of 2011 and looks to grow. |
The Motley Fool
November 20, 2006
Rich Smith |
Toyota Saddles Up This just in: Detroit's got another challenge from Japan, and this one's deep in the heart of Texas. Two trucks roll off Toyota's line, making the "Triple-T" a working ranch. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2007
John Voelcker |
Lithium Batteries for Hybrid Cars Hybrid cars need to travel farther in electric-only mode, and that means lithium-ion battery technologies have a lot riding on them. |
BusinessWeek
March 5, 2007
Ian Rowley |
Toyota's Bid for a Better Battery CEO Watanabe confirms that Toyota will develop new lithium-ion batteries for its third-generation hybrids. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2010
John Petersen |
Toyota's Straight Talk On Plug-in Vehicles Toyota helps consumers separate hype from reality. |
The Motley Fool
July 15, 2008
Joe Magyer et al. |
Fool Blog: This Company Is an Utter Disaster General Motors announces that it would cut white-collar jobs, speed up some plant closings, suspend its dividend, and stop providing health-care benefits to salaried retirees over age 65. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2011
John Voelcker |
Chevy Volt Sparks a Series of Plug-in Hybrids Expect many new plug-in cars to use the gasoline engine only as an extra battery |
Popular Mechanics
September 15, 2008
Daniel Krach |
Living With Hydrogen, Gas Prices Become Incentive for Progress Getting to a future of hydrogen-electric hybrids that will wean us from gasoline for good will require more battery and fuel cell research and convincing Americans that $4/gallon gas can be a good thing. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
Fast and Luxurious Plug-Ins Chasing Tesla General Motors enters the luxury electric with a plug-in Cadillac. |
The Motley Fool
June 5, 2007
Toby Shute |
Quick Take: Revved-Up Auto Sales Auto manufacturers had a great month, with one glaring exception. Do Ford's investors need shock absorbers? They shouldn't -- the auto maker's results should really not surprise anyone. |
BusinessWeek
February 11, 2010
David Welch et al. |
How Detroit Can Gain from Toyota's Recalls GM and Ford have an opportunity to steal buyers from a bloodied Toyota. The trick is not to seem predatory. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2011
Arunava De |
Why Are Carmakers Betting Big on Electric Vehicles? Electric cars could be the trump card for carmakers riddled with rising fuel prices. |
The Motley Fool
March 27, 2008
David Lee Smith |
BMW: Not Just a Great Car The Munich-based auto company is zipping along like a proverbial well-oiled machine. |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2011
John Rosevear |
Ford Ups the Electric Car Stakes The new Focus Electric is the first five-seater to get a theoretical 100 mpg. Is it a game-changer? |
