The Ford Focus EV If Ford can acquire about $120 million in state funding from Michigan , the automaker will invest up to $500 million to develop batteries for its EVs in the state while hiring up to 1,000 workers. If the future of the automobile is the battery, it seems Michigan has no choice but to acquiesce to Ford’s demands if keeping Ford in

The UP Lite at the LA Auto Show There aren’t many details, but it has been reported that an EV version of the UP, based closely on the UP Lite concept version pictured in this post, is coming to the US market. Early word suggests the new EV will be called the Space UP!

Green Cars : Report on hybrid and other alternative fuel cars. In terms of green car technology, North America is just catching up to the rest of the world. As green technology costs come in line with the value to the consumer, we’ll probably see more eco-friendly cars hit the street. Whether it’s gasoline-electric hybrids, hydrogen fuel cells, electric, new-generation diesel or the next big thing,… Study…

Prius … the green car that Clarkson loves to rubbish – ok so he likes to rubbish all green cars … has just won the Top Gear City Car of the Year Award. I guess stranger things have happened at sea. … Daimler plant closures, Daimler Smartfortwo, December car sales, Defender 90, eco-friendly …

Plug-in adoption to be slow and gradual In the past week Nissan/Renault head, Carlos Ghosn has been on an EV publicity tour. Yesterday, however, Ghosn seemed to take a more tempered approach towards electric vehicles. “We’re not going to take the market by storm,” said Ghosn at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York . “Electricity is going to complement oil.” …

Green Car Site > Compare green hybrid, electric & fuel efficient eco friendly cars . Posted by Carl Jonas in english, news. … Electric Cars, Hybrid Cars & More | Green Car · Green Cars , Hybrid Cars, Electric Cars, Hydrogen Cars – Kelley Blue Book · Fuel Efficient Sports Car from BMW · link to original news source. News was taken from feed: http://feeds.delicious.com/rss/tag/sustainability. Subscribe …

Green Cars : Report on hybrid and other alternative fuel cars. In terms of green car technology, North America is just catching up to the rest of the world. As green technology costs come in line with the value to the consumer, we’ll probably see more eco-friendly cars hit the street. Whether it’s gasoline-electric hybrids, hydrogen fuel cells, electric, new-generation diesel …

Green Cars : Report on hybrid and other alternative fuel cars. In terms of green car technology, North America is just catching up to the rest of the world. As green technology costs come in line with the value to the consumer, we’ll probably see more eco-friendly cars hit the street. Whether it’s gasoline…

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And plug-ins don’t help much if coal-powered Some great information coming out of the “ Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use ” study completed by the National Research Council for Congress. Essentially, America’s energy paradigm costs Americans MUCH more than what we pay at the gas pump our in our utility bills. In 2005, for instance, America’s ‘hidden’ costs of …

A Prius about to be converted into a plug-in hybrid My power went out just before midnight last night and I’ve blown through both of my notebook’s batteries. No worries. My hybrid is full of juice, so I’m working in my car right now, and this whole experience has me…