Electric Car Blogging

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Daniel Simon is an automotive futurist. He’s interned with Lamborghini and worked on concept cars for VW. But the auto industry — indeed, the galaxy — could not contain his imagination.

In a time of all talk and no action by car companies promising us the car of the future, Simon’s new book [...] [...]

Chrysler is unveiling today three electric cars, all with the intent for production, but at least one will be in production by the end of 2010:

  
  
Honda Insight: Adding side skirts
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The first “clean diesel” vehicles are making their nationwide debut in late September and early October. The diesel vehicles from Volkswagen and Mercedes will start showing up in dealerships in California and other states that had previously not allowed diesels because of stricter emissions guidelines. Two factors could boost sales of these vehicles: a recent [...] [...]

As the current congress scrambles to pass an energy bill before its term expires at the end of the year, some parts of the House version of the legislation should be of note to green car enthusiasts.
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As the Honda Insight and Chevrolet Volt prepare to vie for a piece of the green car market share, rumor has it that Toyota could counterpunch by launching a family of Prius-branded automobiles.
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If you’ve watched any cable news or read the editorial pages of a major newspaper in the past few months, you’re likely to have come across advertisements energy baron T. Boone Pickens’ plan to decrease America’s dependency on foreign oil. One element of the plan is the promotion of a long existent but relatively unused [...] [...]

Every two years, thousands of car enthusiasts and journalists flock to see what’s new at the Paris Auto Show. This year however, it’s more than just about what’s new, it’s about what’s green.
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Despite all the recent buzz about gas-free electric cars, car shoppers can’t find a single affordable highway-capable four-wheel model available at a local dealership. That could change in the next years, as nearly every major carmaker rushes an electric car to market. But you’ll need to cut through layers of hype to get [...] [...]