Posts tagged "electric car"

Wireless Charging: Neat, But It’s Still an Electric Car

All a driver has to do to start the charging process on their electric car is to drive over a mat or charging pole. There's no need to pull out a cable and plug it into a car. [more]

November 9th 2011 Cecil Helton

Fisker Karma Gets 20 MPG: Worst “Green” Car Ever?

Despite federal loans and promises to utilize a defunct General Motors manufacturing plant to produce their cars, Fisker has outsourced production and their cars aren't being built in the United … [more]

October 24th 2011 Cecil Helton

Fisker Got Half-Billion Dollar Government Loan, But Offshores Manufacturing

An extended-range electric vehicle (EV), the Fisker Karma employs a powertrain similar to that in the Chevrolet Volt. [more]

October 21st 2011 Cecil Helton

GM Teams with LG for New Generation of Electric Cars

There's a reason automakers are going so slowly in offering EVs. No one knows how large the market will eventually be for electric vehicles, let alone how big it is now. [more]

August 26th 2011 Cecil Helton

How Automakers Will Deliver 54.5 MPG: Will it Impact Insurance Premiums?

We've got answers to each of these questions, and we'll answer them by looking at the potential steps automakers will take, and how each of these steps could influence what consumers will pay … [more]

August 2nd 2011 Cecil Helton

Electric Cars Through the Years

Electric motors offer more than loads of torque - they also produce zero tailpipe emissions and may help alleviate environmental issues caused by the burning of fossil fuels. [more]

July 7th 2011 Cecil Helton

Ford shows Torontonians the 2012 Focus Electric

The new Focus has been a critical hit around the globe and the electric version shares the same platform [more]

February 28th 2011 Gary Grant

Venturi America Brings Open-Air Fun to the World of Electric Cars

The folks at Venturi have found a happy medium between fun and function that has been missing from the electric car market. Enter the America, an off-road "buggy" that's dead sexy to look at … [more]

January 25th 2011 1 comment Gary Grant