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How will Bolivia manage its lithium?

All about the lithium South Korean state-run Korea Resources Corporation (KORES) is working hard in Bolivia to gain access to the country’s large supplies of lithium, as are many other companies. With hybrid cars and other electric vehicles on a path to capture as much as 25 percent of the world’s automarket by 2025, Bolivian lithium appears [...] [...]

Clearing the Air on our DOE Loan

Tesla Motors was among the first automakers to apply for a low-interest loan under the Department of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Program. The program, created as part of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 and appropriated in the fall of 2008, is unrelated to the current stimulus or “bailout” package of some [...] [...]

Legislators Debate Solo Hybrid Access to Carpool Lanes

In the mixed bag of hybrid incentives designed to encourage car shoppers to buy greener cars, access to carpool lanes while driving solo has been one more push in the right direction. But California legislators are now [...] [...]

Have you converted your hybrid into a plug-in hybrid?

A plug-in Prius Many hybrid owners dream of converting their hybrid cars into plug-in hybrid vehicles, but few have actually made their dreams come true. Have you converted your hybrid into a plug-in hybrid? [...]

Prius Takes Center Stage in Toyota Turnaround

2010 Toyota Prius Toyota is in the midst of its worst downturn since the company was founded in 1937—but it’s raising the price of the 2010 Toyota [...] [...]

Even more corn-ethanol?

Can you really go green by going yellow? Well, gas prices are going down, and that means interest in ethanol is also subsiding, at least in terms of consumers. Thus, a number of players in the ethanol industry want to increase the amount of ethanol than can be mixed into gasoline, despite the fact that almost every [...] [...]