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Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Santa Monica Alt Car Expo click above for more of the Lola EV During the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo, someone joked to me that the Lola EV, a flashy electric kit car, was the “poor man’s Tesla.” Paul Pearson, the man behind the project, said, “That’s a compliment,” but there’s really [...] [...]
Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Contests, Government/Legal, Green, Chevrolet, GM Click above to view high-res gallery of the 2011 Chevy Volt Now that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has an agreement with General Motors regarding how to measure the fuel mileage of the 2011 Chevy Volt, our attention turns to the EPA, which now has to decide [...] [...]
Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green click to visit AutoblogGreen AutoblogGreen continues its AltCar 2008 coverage with a look at the “poor man’s Tesla”, the Triac and an electric motorcycle. And what’s that that the LA Times guys said? Interesting stuff, that’s what. But we all stop our yammering and listen to Uncle Neil when he gives us a [...] [...]
The current credit crisis—with or without a 0 billion bailout—has already spread from Wall Street to commercial banks, and from the financial sector to other parts of the economy, including to the auto industry. Here’s how the credit crisis is impacting key players in the hybrid vehicle market. read more [...]
Back in early 2006, when Toyota took the wraps of its new bigger, badder, and more powerful Tundra pickup, the company was clearly taking aim at Detroit’s last stronghold: the full-size pickup truck. At that time, company executives hinted at a hybrid version, but Toyota was going for Detroit’s juggler vein—so a gas-electric drivetrain [...] [...]
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Santa Monica Alt Car Expo, Green Daily The headline above is what we call a “bait & switch,” and it recreates the feeling I got when I approached the AMPLE Motion booth at the AltCar Expo. AMPLE, a new company incorporated on Earth Day this year, is trying an unusual [...] [...]
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Santa Monica Alt Car Expo Click for more shots of the Triac We heard about the Triac back in April and got more details in May. When we saw the prototype sitting on the floor of the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo floor over the weekend, we knew we needed to stop [...] [...]
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, GEM, USA Click above for a high-res gallery of the Dodge EV We’ve taken a good look at each of the three electric vehicle concepts that Chrysler took the wraps off of last week, plus one extra for good measure. For various reasons, none of these vehicles really seems quite [...] [...]
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