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Not all hybrids are created equal

 
If you drive a hybrid vehicle, or are thinking about buying one, how much of your driving is, or will be, in clean electric mode?
 
The answer will depend, to a significant degree, on your driving speed. In most hybrid vehicles, the gasoline engine kicks in to power the vehicle at about 35 miles per hour. [...] [...]

Tesla Motors CEO: Model S is cheaper than it looks

After wowing the auto press with the sleek design of Tesla Motors’ all-electric Model S, company CEO Elon Musk is now making an economic argument to consumers–and, perhaps, the U.S. government–for buying the luxury sedan.

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk
(Credit: Corinne Schulze/CNET)

After months of anticipation, Tesla …
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Photos: Tesla S electric sedan unveiled in LA

Tesla shows off two prototypes of its new electric sedan.
(Credit: Laura Burstein/CNET)

Now that its electric roadster is in production, Tesla showed off prototypes of its upcoming electric sedan. The sleek-looking car, which launches in late 2011, should come in at around ,000, making it half the …
Originally posted at The Car Tech blog
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Zenn plans to be the ‘Intel Inside’ of electric cars

Zenn Motor is expanding its lineup to include a highway-legal electric car and an all-electric drivetrain for other automakers, the company announced Thursday.
Zenn (for “zero emission no noise”) has been working on these particular products for some time.

The ZENN '08 model in blue shadow.
(Credit: Zenn Motor)

Originally posted at Planetary Gear
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Does D.C. get energy independence? Pickens is of two minds

PALO ALTO, Calif.–T. Boone Pickens offered qualified support Thursday for the Obama administration’s plans to reduce the nation’s reliance on imported energy but said Washington’s track record doesn’t fill him with a lot of confidence about the will of the political class to get the …
Originally posted at Coop’s Corner
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Kevin Rose leaks Tesla Model S pics via Twitter

View more leaked photos of the Tesla Model S on Flickr.
(Credit: Tesla Motors)

Digg.com co-founder Kevin Rose has a bit of a penchant for being uncannily accurate with his Apple predictions. Is it possible that he now has some sort of inside information on Tesla Motors’ upcoming Model S …
Originally posted at The Car Tech blog
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Tesla Roadster

Whether or not Tesla Motors is still with us in 10 years, no one who’s driven the 2009 Tesla Roadster will forget the experience. Its continuous, smooth, unstoppable surge of power from 0 to 100 mph, and higher, will turn any driver into an electric car acolyte.
In Performance mode, the Tesla Roadster will do 0 [...] [...]

Sales Update- Buying a Tesla Roadster just got easier

Hello Tesla customers and enthusiasts,
As you have probably heard or read, there’s a lot happening at Tesla:
Roadster production is now at a steady 80 cars per month, and will increase to over 100 cars per month this spring. We have delivered approximately 300 customers with another almost 1000 waiting for their Roadster, and we [...] [...]