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Popular Mechanics
January 14, 2010 |
Orange County Choppers Hybrid Motorcycle Test Drive Except for the computer touchscreen on top of the tank, most people won't recognize that this is not a conventional custom bike.   |
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
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. |
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
June 16, 2009
Gary Inman |
Top 7 Electric Motorcycles at the TTX GP--And How They Work The level of performance at the TTX GP gave some credibility to the emerging electric-vehicle technology. Here are the top four Pro finishers, the top two Open ones, and one very notable contender that didn't cross the finish line. |
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
March 2, 2010
Barry Winfield |
Ferrari's Hybrid Concept Transforms a 559 GTB Fiorano Ferrari is probably the last car company from which you'd expect to see a hybrid vehicle. |
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
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
December 2, 2009 |
Live Pictures from the 2009 LA Auto Show We've already driven a Chevy Volt prototype and came back mighty impressed with the seamlessness of the powertrain as it transitions from pure electric to series hybrid mode. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009 |
Why Plug-Ins Will Make (Dollars and) Sense Q&A with the electric power research institute's Mark Duvall. |
Fast Company
April 2010
Cliff Kuang |
Object of Desire: Yves Behar's Mission One Motorcycle The Mission One motorcycle is undeniably sexy. With a design by Yves Behar and a top speed of 150 miles per hour, it's meant to drop jaws. |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2011
Evan Niu |
GM and LG Renew Their Vows Two familiar partners get together for a new agreement. |
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. |
Popular Mechanics
October 16, 2009
Andrew English |
Test Drive: Volvo V70 and C30EV Show Battery-Powered Promise Rather than go for a traditional hybrid, where Toyota's Prius has an almost unassailable lead, Volvo is choosing to leapfrog into plug-in technology with a diesel engine. |
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
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2009
John Voelcker |
Top 10 Tech Cars of 2009 Electric-drive cars take second place to sheer survival. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
November 28, 2010
Wolfgang Gruener |
Land of Confusion: Chevy Volt Gets 60 MPG Rating The EPA muddies the waters. |
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 14, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Battery Makers Take a Back Seat at Auto Show Makers of electric cars are looking elsewhere for their power. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008
John Voelcker |
Ev Roundup: Electric Vehicles Move Forward...Slowly A Chevrolet Volt update, two tiny Japanese EVs, and even a Tesla lawsuit |
Entrepreneur
April 2010
Susan Carpenter |
Batteries Included Electric motorcycles are set to take off in 2010, and three West Coast startups are leading the pack. But will the macho motorcycle world accept bikes that run silently - and are sold and serviced at Best Buy? |
Popular Mechanics
April 23, 2009
Larry Webster |
7 Geeky Tech Designs from the 2009 Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress Every year automotive engineers from around the world converge on Detroit for a four-day summit. While few companies display the real gee-whiz stuff, there's still plenty of cool new tech. Here are some favorites. |
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. |
PC Magazine
August 16, 2006
Errol Pierre-Louis |
Tesla Unveils The Electric Roadster The feeling, and drivetrain, was electric when Tesla Motors unveiled the Tesla Roadster in July. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2011
Lawrence Ulrich |
Top 10 Tech Cars 2011 Automakers double down on technology. |
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 |
Plugging Away in a Prius Jonathan Sawyer spent $30 000, and voided the warranty, to add a plug to his Prius hybrid. |
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. |
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
December 29, 2010 |
Three Ways to Drive Electric Can you live with a tailpipe? Chevy, Toyota, and Nissan offer different electric options. |
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 |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2011
Evan Niu |
General Motors Gets Serious About Plug-In Hybrids General Motors has officially confirmed that its concept Cadillac Converj has been approved for production. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
October 13, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Can GM Save A123 Systems? General Motors announces that A123 Systems will supply battery packs for the upcoming Chevy Spark EV and the market jumps back on the electric-vehicle bandwagon again. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2010
Lawrence Ulrich |
The Greening of the Supercar Ferraris, just like Fords, must now conform to environmental regulations |
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? |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008
John Voelcker |
Electric Vehicles Move Forward...Slowly An electric vehicle photo spread. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2008
John Voelcker |
Battery Czar Denise Gray had to take a city bus to her first job at GM, but now she holds the company's green-car future in her hands |
Popular Mechanics
April 2008
Seth Porges |
Electric Bike Hits 75 Miles Per Charge, Could See Third World Because it runs on a mix of muscle and machine power, this bike can travel twice as far as most powered cycles. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2007 |
GM's Chevy Volt Plug-in Concept: How It Works 1. Gasoline Engine... 2. Generator... 3. Electric Motor... etc. |
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. |
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
July 2006
John Voelcker |
What If You Had to Build a Socially Responsible SUV? At GM's Challenge X competition among teams from 17 North American universities, turbodiesel electric hybrids running on biodiesel are par for the course. Even hydraulic hybrids and ultracapacitors don't raise eyebrows. |
Car and Driver
December 2004
Dave Vanderwerp |
Ford Escape Hybrid 4WD After a million man-hours, Ford cranks out the first hybrid SUV. |
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. |
