By Jeff Cobb As Tesla Motors continues to build excitement for its all-electric Model S sedan and Model X CUV, an enthusiasm-quelling story about its Roadster’s battery pack turning into a proverbial “brick” has been circulating and prompting a predictable backlash of re-reporting and commentary. The anti-excitement got started by a report that cited “at least” [...] [...]
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The Evolve electric motorcycle Now that’s breaking the electric mold When I learned that more than 100 million electric bikes have been sold in China in the last decade, I was, well, a little shocked. To me it suggests that the world mold of transportation could be very much in flux, especially since places like China are [...] [...] Tesla Motors projects that its revenue will increase in the second half of 2012 as production and sales of the Tesla Model S are expected to outpace the automaker’s now-extinct Roadster. Though the carmaker lost money last year, CEO Elon Musk told reporters last week that his company is fully capitalized and ready to meet [...] [...] By Jeff Cobb Toyota wants you to mark the date: March 6 is when it will reveal the FT-Bh Concept, a mini hybrid car that saves production expense with lower cost materials and helps save the environment with emissions that are 50-percent lower than other cars in its segment. Shunning costlier materials like carbon fiber which competitors [...] [...] By Jeff Cobb Since receiving federally underwritten help through bankruptcy, and developing the extended-range electric Chevy Volt, GM has for the most part turned the other cheek to a cottage industry of critics, but that may be changing somewhat. The company’s head of communications, Selim Bingol has launched a new blog which attempts to correct erroneous [...] [...] Natural gas cars too expensive without hybrid technology? Or is it just a matter of scale? I watch a lot of financial news, but my viewing habits have little to do with investing, although I am interested in the concept of green investing — for that day I actually have some extra cash. It’s just that typically [...] [...] Prius incentives here today, gone tomorrow if gasoline prices hit $4.00? $5.00 per gallon fill ups on the coasts very likely Well, it’s a good thing Americans are driving less these days. It’s a habit most Americans will probably have to exercise even more this summer, now that the Iran story is heating up and gasoline prices [...] [...] |
 
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