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Electric Cars Won’t Bring the Power Grid Down!

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo: Michael Graham Richard It’s All About Timing I’ve said it many times before , and I still haven’t seen evidence to make me change my mind: The transition to

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Chevy Volt Battery to Have 8 Years/100,000 Miles Warranty

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo: General Motors Other Automakers Will Have to At Least Match It GM seems pretty confident that the Chevy Volt’s battery pack, which is based on LG Chem cells but is packaged by GM, will last a long time without too many problems. It has just announced that it will be offering a standard warranty of 8 years or 100,000 miles (whichever comes first) covering the all of the 161 battery components. Read on for more details…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Tesla Roadster Featured in Popular XKCD Comic

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image: Randall Monroe, XKCD, Creative Commons license. Non-Geeks Can Skip This One Geek-favorite XKCD has a new strip that features the Tesla Roadster electric car. It’s about the ” Green Flash ” phenomenon, as described by the evil Hat Guy (you can see him use eBay here and nerd sniping here ). Of course, this isn’t as good for Tesla business-wise as a New York Times or Wall Street Journal piece, but it’s still cool to see an electric car featured on a comic r… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Tesla Electric Roadster v2.5: The iPhone 4 of Electric Cars

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo: Tesla Motors Sadly, It Still Costs an Arm and a Leg Hot on the heels of its quarter-billion dollars IPO , Tesla Motors is opening two new stores in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Newport Beach, California, and unveiling a refreshed version of its all-electric Roadster (version 2.5, for those keeping track). What has changed? Read on for more details and photos…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Nemesis "Wind-Powered" 100mph Car: Yet Another Update (Video)

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Zero Carbonista You know something has gone amiss when someone posts video #12 in a series of 6. But despite reaching speeds of 100mph in his “wind-powered” electric car , wind turbine entrepreneur (and renewable energy millionaire ) Dale Vince has clearly had trouble getting the project finished. I reported back in April that he was still tweaking, and I can now report that he is, well, he’s still twea… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Oil, War, Mobile Phones and Electric Cars: The Fully Charged Show (Video)

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Fully Charged From fast-charging electric vehicles , to checking out the Tesla Model S , legendary comic actor Robert Llewellyn has already produced some great material for electric vehicle enthusiasts on his “Gearless” internet show. But it seems it was time for a change. “Gearless” has just relaunched as “Fully Charged”. And it seems Mr Llewellyn is getting more confrontational. Watch… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Dispatch from the Gulf Oil Spill: Why We Are All Responsible for the Cleanup

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo courtesy of Philippe Cousteau We made it into Tampa late last night and took the one hour drive to the beach near St. Petersburg. It was going to be another long day and we were prepared to get up early and get to the beach for the cleanup. I had come here in partnership with the Ocean Conservancy, one of the leading ocean conservation organizations in the country. The whole idea was to organize a beach cleanup as a way to channel the collective sense of frustration and demonstrate that people can take action to help the oceans…with or without oil. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Tesla’s $178 Million IPO Set For June 29

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo: Wikipedia , CC Might Not Be Able to Afford a Tesla Electric Car, But You Can Buy a Share It’s official, Tesla Motors will have its initial public offering (IPO) on June 29th, 2010. The electric car maker is planning to sell 11.1 million shares between $14 and $16 per share, for a total of about $178 million. It has applied to list on the Nasdaq exchange under the symbol “TSLA.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Will Ford’s Electric Car Strategy Succeed?

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo: Ford Do People Really Want Dedicated EV Models? It’s interesting to note how different Ford’s electrification strategy is from most of the other auto makers who are making electric cars and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs). The majority seems to have learned from Toyota’s experience with the Prius and decided to make dedicated EV/PHEV models that don’t have gas-only versions: GM has the Volt, Fisker the Karma, Tesla the Roadster and Model S, Nissan the LEAF, etc. Ford’s is taking a different route…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Will Afghanistan Become the "Saudi Arabia of Lithium"?

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image: Flickr , CC The Bolivia of South-Central Asia? Who would have thought that “Afghanistan” would someday be associated with “electric cars”? Well, maybe some people did. As John points out in his post today , it’s been known for a while that Afghanistan contains vast mineral resources, including immense quantities of the main component of most portable electronics and electric car batteries: lithium. But what does this mean for electric cars, the… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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