Electric Car Blogging

The Nissan Leaf on display in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Nov. 24, 2009.

The national tour for the all-electric Nissan Leaf continues to [...] [...]

Any after Thanksgiving deals?
One of the biggest shopping days of the year is fast approaching, and the deals aren’t limited to laptops or a new pair of socks. Often, Black Friday can be the best day to buy a new car.
Unfortunately, demand for hybrid cars has typically been too high to offer many deals on [...] [...]

Is the grid ready for plug-ins?
The Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for smart grid demonstration projects. And that’s fine. Of course, inevitably, one must ask how much will full scale implementation cost?
Numerous estimates thus far have put the cost at hundreds of billions. Yet, even some utilities have claimed that very little smart [...] [...]

Toyota said today it will reshape or replace accelerator pedals on 3.8 million vehicles involved in the company’s largest recall ever. The announcement expands the scope and expense of the recall, which was announced [...] [...]

Still coming?
Not long ago I had high hopes for Hyundai’s upcoming hybrid cars. Now, I’m not so sure.
Last week, Korean rumors suggested that Hyundai’s hybrid program might be cancelled. While Hyundai has not confirmed those rumors, the US launch of the Sonata hybrid has been pushed back from the fall of 2010 to the summer [...] [...]