Electric Car Blogging

Are you worthy?
According to Silicon Valley, Detroit is already dead, they just don’t know it yet. Eventually, some of the world’s biggest venture capitalists believe companies like Fisker Automotive will replace iconic names like GM and Chrysler.
Consequently, today the government loaned Fisker $1/2 billion to help put their plug-in hybrids to the test. While the [...] [...]

A Mercedes hybrid at NAIAS
While small city EVs are just around the corner, EVs with range similar to today’s vehicles are still 20 years away according to Thomas Weber, the research and development boss of Mercedes-Benz.
Thus, Mercedes will continue to work on EV technologies, but the short term focus will be on improving conventional technologies, [...] [...]

Silverado outsells Prius
Boy, what’s up with the government’s cash for clunker data? For weeks, according to the government, the Toyota Prius was one of the top selling vehicles via the Cash for Clunker program. In fact, I believe it was 4th for at least a couple of weeks.
Yet, according to the latest data, the Prius [...] [...]