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Popular Mechanics
March 2007
Jim Motavalli |
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.   |
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. |
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
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
September 5, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Automakers Stuck in the August Muck Carmakers' sales slid across the board this quarter. |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2011
Evan Niu |
GM and LG Renew Their Vows Two familiar partners get together for a new agreement. |
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. |
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
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
July 9, 2010
Dave Mock |
A Big Upgrade for Advanced Battery Technologies After spending much of the past year at a less-than-impressive two-star rank, Advanced Battery Technologies has impressed enough top-performing members of the 165,000-strong Motley Fool CAPS community to climb all the way up to three stars. |
The Motley Fool
January 15, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Time to Plug in Your Car? Toyota has vowed to have rechargeable hybrids ready in three years. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2005
Rich Smith |
The Toyota Files Is the Japanese giant eyeing one of Detroit's Big Three? |
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. |
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
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
June 11, 2011
Rich Smith |
Ford Trumps Toyota ... and imitates Volt. |
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. |
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. |
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
July 12, 2010
John Petersen |
Toyota's Straight Talk On Plug-in Vehicles Toyota helps consumers separate hype from reality. |
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
May 22, 2006
Brian Gorman |
Hybrid Help for GM? Even if a newly announced hybrid technology doesn't lead to a resurgence in GM's truck and SUV sales, it could help stem customers' exodus from the category. For GM, that alone would be cause for celebration. |
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? |
The Motley Fool
June 18, 2010
John Rosevear |
Autos Weekly: Toyota's Return to Arrogance? Toyota's efforts at world domination resume. Plus: Good news for GM, and the coming battery glut. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2011
Patrick Martin |
Why Detroit Doesn't Mind the New CAFE Standards For once, American automakers aren't complaining. |
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. |
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 |
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. |
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 |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2007
Rich Smith |
Ford Finds a Friend In addition to whatever else Nissan has to offer, it's got the edge in a new hybrid technology -- one that will replace Toyota's NiMH-based tech. That looks like a pretty good reason to sit down at the table and start talking partnership with Nissan. |
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
August 13, 2007
Toby Shute |
Quick Take: Plugging Into Lithium Demand Plug-in hybrids are one way to relieve pain at the pump, but what's going to power them? Investors, maybe it's time to look at Chile for its lithium reserves. |
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 13, 2010
Dave Mock |
A Big Upgrade for Ford This bullish call comes from more than just one analyst. |
BusinessWeek
February 12, 2009 |
Start Your Engines Although a mainstream market for electric cars may be a decade or more away, governments and companies worldwide are spending massive amounts of money to gain an edge in supplying batteries for them. Here are some key players. |
The Motley Fool
January 14, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Battery Makers Take a Back Seat at Auto Show Makers of electric cars are looking elsewhere for their power. |
The Motley Fool
April 23, 2010
John Rosevear |
This Week in Autos Progress for Tata and Tesla; more setbacks for Toyota. |
The Motley Fool
December 3, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Just Give Them the Money, Already Congress is putting up a front over handing the carmakers a bailout. Just get it over with. |
The Motley Fool
January 14, 2009
Rich Smith |
General Motors: Specifically Shameless No sooner does A123 commit itself to opening battery factories right next door to Detroit, no sooner does it promise to invest $2.3 billion in the effort to supply 5 million hybrid car batteries by 2013, then GM pulls the rug out from under A123, giving the contract to a foreign company. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2009
Tim Beyers |
Automakers Still Don't Get It Car companies take the cash, but skip the innovation. |
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
October 2, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Detroit Gets Its Cash Carmakers get their $25 billion handout. |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Ford Fusion Confusion Ford got its life raft, but there's a bit of a disconnect here between saving American jobs and lavishing billions on the auto industry, when many of Ford's cars are built in Mexico. |
The Motley Fool
October 3, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Automakers Are Speeding South -- With Your Money The Big Three receive handouts from you and me, but people are buying fewer cars. |
The Motley Fool
August 5, 2010
Rich Smith |
GM's Latest Bright Idea Invest in hybrid vans ... and public relations. |
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. |
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? |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2010
John Rosevear |
Autos Weekly: What Recovery? Auto sales are getting that grim look again. |
