Electric Car Blogging

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Global Warming Solutions Act into law back in 2006.

Energy industry money is fueling a campaign currently underway [...] [...]

By Gavin Newsom

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom

Almost two years ago to the day, I sponsored a Green Taxi Law requiring San Francisco cab companies to lower their greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2012. When [...] [...]

Far fewer buyers interested in Toyota vehicles
Based on auto sales figures today, it would seem that Toyota has weathered its recall woes very well. New research, however, warns that Toyota’s sales are a result of the “pull-ahead affect”. Essentially, incentives brought would-be Toyota shoppers to market a bit sooner.
Moving forward, Toyota will need new consumers, [...] [...]

How much interest?
A new study by PRTM, a global management consulting firm, suggests recent predictions of large format lithium-ion battery surpluses within the next decade are largely “unfounded.”
Instead, PRTM is predicting a battery shortfall by 2016. Likewise, even if plug-in demand is less than expected, utility demand for large format batteries could pick up the [...] [...]