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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
April 2009
John Voelcker |
Top 10 Tech Cars of 2009 Electric-drive cars take second place to sheer survival. |
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. |
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. |
Popular Mechanics
September 16, 2008
Larry Webster |
GM Finally Unveils Production Chevy Volt: First Look (Updated) We've been able to eke out some details from engineers here on its propulsion technology, sale price and that oh-so-iPod-esque interior. |
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. |
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? |
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
April 14, 2008
Mike Allen |
Why Detroit Should Build a Plug-in Car With Generators Onboard Imagine a mass-market electric vehicle that can get you can get where you need to be, gas-free. |
Popular Mechanics
April 4, 2008
Ben Stewart |
GM Testing Volt's Battery, iPhone-like Dash on Track to 2010 Although still not quite set for prime time, it's easy to get excited about the Volt -- which could be America's first production plug-in hybrid vehicle. GM is now testing two batteries in what amounts to a horse race for the future of driving. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008
John Voelcker |
Plugging Away in a Prius Jonathan Sawyer spent $30 000, and voided the warranty, to add a plug to his Prius hybrid. |
Popular Mechanics
January 7, 2010
Basem Wasef |
Mercedes-Benz B-Class Fuel Cell Test Drive Mercedes-Benz remains bullish on hydrogen as our future fuel. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
John Voelcker |
Top 10 Tech Cars Ferrari F430 Spider... Ford's EcoBoost... Mercedes-Benz Bluetec system... Chevrolet Corvette ZR1... Saturn Vue Two-Mode Hybrid... Audi hybrid with it's own mobile phone... etc. |
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
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. |
Popular Mechanics
November 29, 2009
Barry Winfield |
2011 Chevrolet Volt Pre-Production Test Drive (With Video!) The Volt is still about a year away from production, with an intended launch date of November 2010. It appears to be just as livable, comfortable and quick (and in sport mode much more so) as conventional hybrids on the road today. |
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
April 20, 2009
Tyghe Trimble |
The Footprint of Air Pressure: CO 2 Comparison Tata Motors announced plans to build an super-green air-powered car. But is using the grid to compress air any more efficient than a hybrid's gas-electric power train or a regular combustible engines? Here are the calculations. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Popular Mechanics
December 14, 2009
Andrew English |
2012 Toyota Plug-in Prius Pre-Production Test Drive The differences between this car and the Prius at the local Toyota dealership are minimal. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2007
John Voelcker |
LA Auto Show: Attack of the 3-Ton Hybrids Automakers show off hybrids, hydrogen fuel-cell concepts, and their thriftiest vehicles at the "green auto show." |
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. |
AskMen.com
November 11, 2003
Paul Anderson |
The Way Of The Future: Hybrid Cars Efficient, clean and quiet, these modern vehicles are worth a look the next time you're car shopping. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2010
John Petersen |
Toyota's Straight Talk On Plug-in Vehicles Toyota helps consumers separate hype from reality. |
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
November 12, 2008
John Pearley Huffman |
Top 10 New Eco and Exotic Car Companies It seems like the whole world is trying to build an electric sports car, doesn't it? |
Popular Mechanics
May 2007 |
GM's Chevy Volt Plug-in Concept: How It Works 1. Gasoline Engine... 2. Generator... 3. Electric Motor... etc. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2006
John Voelcker |
Top 10 Tech Cars Hybrids square off against diesels for the economy laurels |
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. |
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. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2009
John Voelcker |
Electric Cars Rule Detroit Auto Show Car makers showed off their latest electric vehicles to a receptive audience at last month's Detroit Auto Show |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008
John Voelcker |
Plug-ins and Hybrids and Diesels, Oh My! Two automotive conferences show the impact of public policy on core vehicle designs |
Popular Mechanics
August 2006
Ben Stewart |
Why Not One Hundred MPG? Where's the magic carburetor? Where's the car that runs on water? Those are just fantasies but listen up: A four-person car that gets 100 mpg really is possible with current technology. Here's how. |
Wired
April 2005
Brendan I. Koerner |
Rise of the Green Machine In a nation of gas-guzzlers, Toyota made hybrids cool. Now the world's number-two automaker wants to make the internal combustion engine obsolete. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2010
David Schneider |
Volkswagen's Up Lite Marries Electricity to Diesel The VW Up Lite hybrid concept car is small, light, and diesel |
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
November 9, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
A "No Batteries Required" Hybrid Is Coming Hydraulic hybrid drivetrains may answer part of our transportation questions. |
CIO
February 15, 2006
Ben Worthen |
Highway to Value General Motors built the OnStar system according to a simple value proposition - helping drivers on the road helps sell cars. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2006 |
Hybrids at the Crossroads Sales are growing, but so is the controversy. Do gas/electric hybrid vehicles really deliver on their promises? Hybrid hype is put to the test. |
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? |
The Motley Fool
October 7, 2010
Eric Wesoff |
Taking the Tesla Factory Tour A first glimpse of the new Tesla electric vehicle manufacturing facilities. |
Popular Mechanics
September 16, 2008
Paul A. Eisenstein |
Beyond Volt, Insiders Reveal More GM Plug-in Cars on the Way GM designers and engineers are quietly laying the foundation for what could become a full range of plug-in cars that the company refers to as Extended-Range Electric Vehicles, or E-REVs. |
Popular Mechanics
November 16, 2007
Tannert et al. |
15 New Rides You Need to Know from the 2007 L.A. Auto Show Volvo ReCharge Concept... 2009 Nissan Murano... 2008 Jaguar XF... 2009 Chevy Silverado Hybrid... VW Space Up... 2008 Toyota Sequoia... 2009 Chevy Aveo5... Audi Cross Cabriolet Quattro Concept... 2009 Lincoln MKS... etc. |
