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BusinessWeek
May 13, 2010 |
Fully Charged As the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf cars near dealers, here's a look at what designers are dreaming up next   |
Popular Mechanics
October 22, 2007
Ben Stewart |
2009 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Prototype: Test Drive Toyota may be the first to market with a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. |
BusinessWeek
May 13, 2010
Richard McGill Murphy |
Eclectic Electrics With the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf hitting showrooms this year, the mass-produced electric car - a century-old dream - becomes a reality. So what are designers dreaming up next? |
IndustryWeek
April 21, 2010
Steve Minter |
Charged Up About Electric Cars Household names and newcomers alike are racing to develop cars that offer freedom from the gas pump. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2007
Willie D. Jones |
Putting Electricity Where The Rubber Meets the Road In-wheel motors improve fuel economy and safety. Though cars with wheel-hub motors won't roll off assembly lines any time soon, companies like GM and Siemens VDO say electric wheels are the future of automotive propulsion. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009 |
Why Plug-Ins Will Make (Dollars and) Sense Q&A with the electric power research institute's Mark Duvall. |
Popular Mechanics
December 18, 2008
Erik Sofge |
Can Battery Suppliers Keep Up With an Electric Car Revolution? If the United States dramatically increases the nation's hybrid and electric car fleet, battery suppliers may find themselves struggling to keep up with the demand. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2008
John Voelcker |
Lithium Batteries On The Way For Hybrids In just one year, the whens and wheres of lithium battery packs for hybrid and electric cars have come into much sharper focus |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2005
John Voelcker |
Top 10 Tech Cars From Toyota to Porsche, a host of hybrids... The Land Rover 'switch-hitter'... The 'super handling' Acura RL... A 'bullet-proof' Mercedes... Limited edition Ferrari Fetish... Michelin's concept cars... etc. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009 |
Why the Chevy Volt Doesn't Add Up Plug-in hybrids with big batteries, like the Chevy Volt, may never save consumers any money. |
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
May 28, 2009
Frank Weber |
Can GM Make Electric Vehicles Relevant? Analysis Electric vehicles aren't simply for niche markets; they are the future of a sustainable global automotive industry. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2008
John Voelcker |
Our First Electric Cars...May Be Trucks The path to bringing hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric vehicles into daily use could have some unexpected twists and turns. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2005
Willie D. Jones |
Take This Car And PLUG IT Customer-modified hybrids can be propelled exclusively by their electric motors for, in some cases, more than 30 kilometers without their gasoline engines ever turning on. The factory-built Prius can run on electricity only, but for just a kilometer or two. |
Inc.
November 1, 2009
Bernard Avishai |
The Connected Car The introduction of the Chevy Volt and other electric vehicles will require a vast ecosystem of entrepreneurial businesses. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2004
John Teresko |
Fuel Cell Hybrid Scoots To Market Parker Hannifin helps Vectrix bet on a hybrid fuel cell/electric scooter. Introduction date: 2006. |
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
November 24, 2010
Travis Hoium |
We're Focusing on the Wrong Electric-Vehicle Market Scooters and commercial vehicles are where progress is really being made. |
The Motley Fool
April 13, 2011
Bruce V. Bigelow |
Ford, Chasing Nissan and Chevy, Rolling Out Focus EV Ford intends to differentiate itself from the rest of the EV crowd in a couple of ways. |
Defense Update
Issue 3, 2005 |
Hybrid Electric Drives (HED) For Armored Fighting vehicles A first hybrid-electric tracked armored vehicle developed by the U.S. Army's National Automotive Center and BAE Systems was the hybrid-drive 15-ton M-113 prototype. |
The Motley Fool
June 8, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Good News for Advanced Battery Technologies A contract for 24,000 scooters should give investors one way to feel good about this stock. |
Popular Mechanics
September 17, 2009
James Tate |
Top 8 Next-Gen, Alt Fuel Cars at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show What consumers can expect in the next few years as alternative energy cars are developed. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2011
Travis Hoium |
3 Companies Innovating the Way We Move Aerovironment, Tesla Motors, and Quantum Technologies are three of the most innovative companies in the electric vehicle business right now and have a chance to change the way we drive. |
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? |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2009
John Voelcker |
Top 10 Tech Cars of 2009 Electric-drive cars take second place to sheer survival. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2010
April Taylor |
Can NRG and GE Save Electric Cars? If more electric cars were produced, costs would decline. |
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. |
Popular Mechanics
July 30, 2009
Mike Allen |
Cities Race to Add EVs -- But Can the Grid Support Them? The electric car revolution seems poised to take a dramatic step forward. Recently, a pair of announcements by the mayors of Portland and San Francisco has created a friendly rivalry between the two cities -- each one investing to be the leader in electric vehicle infrastructure. |
The Motley Fool
January 6, 2012
Alex Planes |
America's Sad Love Affair With the Electric Car The biggest letdown is still under the hood. |
U.S. CPSC
August 2, 2005 |
WaveCrest Laboratories LLC Recall of Electric Bicycles The front and/or rear wheel can collapse, causing the rider to fall and suffer injuries. |
National Defense
August 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Energy Department Sees Promise in Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle Technology The Obama administration has a goal of putting one million plug-in hybrid electric vehicles on U.S. roads by 2015. |
Popular Mechanics
May 1, 2008 |
Top 10 Early Contenders for the Automotive X Prize West Philly EVX... Velozzi Supercar... Loremo LS... Motive Switch... VentureOne... Fuel Vapor ale... Phoenix SUT... Hybrid Tech... Tesla WhiteStar... Aptera Typ-1... |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2007
John Voelcker |
Top 10 Tech Cars Electric cars are back: Tesla 2007 Roadster... Honda FCX/Concept... GMC 2008 Yukon Two-Mode Hybrid... Fiat: 2007 Siena Tetrafuel... Volkswagen 2007 Golf GT TSI... Chrysler 2007 Sebring... etc. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2009
Michael Belfiore |
How Better Place's Robotic Battery Swap Stations Work It takes more than just a vehicle to convince consumers to adopt electric cars. Recharging their batteries has to be as easy as filling up a tank of gas. |
National Defense
February 2009
Frodl & Manoyan |
Converting U.S. Car Park to Hybrids Should Be Priority One Reducing personal vehicle demand for gasoline is the quickest and most effective way to cut our consumption of crude oil, and by extension, make our nation more secure. |
Popular Mechanics
December 8, 2009
Mike Allen |
The MPG-Busting, Jet- and App-Powered Car of the Future At the 2009 LA Auto Show, we ran into two buzzworthy technologies that will redefine interactions with your automobile |
BusinessWeek
September 5, 2005
Aston & Doyle |
Scooters: The Perfect Second Car? Smaller, more fuel-efficient, easier to use than their motorcycle cousins, and popular world wide, scooters are finally gaining fans in the U.S. Here's a look at a few different models -- including a new "supersize" class. |
The Motley Fool
January 10, 2011
Jason Moser |
NAIAS in Detroit: Let the Show Begin! A preview of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2007
John Voelcker |
Can Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles Keep the Electric Grid Stable? Speakers at an IEEE-USA symposium on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles debate the promises and challenges of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Don't Let Electric Vehicles Leave You Stranded Electric vehicles aren't ready for prime time, but there's still money to be made in the industry. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2011
John Voelcker |
One Million Plug-in Cars by 2015? Why nobody agrees on how many plug-ins will be on U.S. roads. Since 2008, Barack Obama has consistently promoted the goal of having 1 million advanced technology vehicles on U.S. roads by 2015 |
Popular Mechanics
October 2, 2008
John Stewart |
Toyota, Experts See Plug-in Car Trouble: Electric Reality Check With lithium-ion technology finally advanced enough for the world to resurrect the electric car by late 2009, why is the world's No. 1 automaker suddenly questioning its viability? |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Some Electric Vehicles Are Already Dead in the Water Mass-market electric vehicles are big flops compared to high-end competitors. |
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. |
Chemistry World
June 7, 2012
Andrew Turley |
Plastics makers to win from electric cars You need lightweight materials to make a good electric vehicle. |
National Defense
August 2007
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Energy Security: Impact on the War on Terror There is a growing consensus that the United States has to find ways to bring along alternative and renewable sources of energy for both the military and the nation. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2008
Jill Jusko |
Steeling a Peak at Future Steel Vehicles Vehicle technologies will respond to the challenge of increasing fuel efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. |
Entrepreneur
May 2006
Karen E. Spaeder |
Ticket to Ride The gas crisis is good news for fuel-efficient transportation businesses. |
U.S. CPSC
March 24, 2005 |
MGA Entertainment Recall of Bratz Stylin' Scooters The wheels of the scooter can break or become damaged, and users of the scooters can fall and suffer injuries. |
