Is fracking inherently so much more dangerous than foreign oil dependence? The new world order of energy? If you attended the recent Deloitte & Touche oil and gas conference in Houston, you were left with one realization, according to Bob Lutz of BMW, Chrysler, Ford, and GM fame: US energy independence is now a potential reality. Thanks to an …

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Lutz: Peak oil, global warming myths; electrification real

Who needs a Volt when you can just Cruze? Are plug-ins to follow the path of fuel cells? I’ve made it clear that I don’t believe the hybrid and plug-in hype is fading into irrelevance because of advancements in gasoline engines, which undoubtedly have the capability to achieve much higher levels of efficiencies. Of course, those gasoline engines will …

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Theoretically: Could advanced gas engines make electrication irrelevant?

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Carmakers Unsure Over the Future of Green Cars – Breitbart

The Leaf is a great car, but can it really change the world? Can the world wait for electrification? I was never much of a car guy growing up. It wasn’t until the first hybrid cars hit the street that autos started catching my attention, especially since code was such a big part of their powertrain, and coming from the software industry…

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EVs are awesome, but they can’t save the world. What now?

The Chevy Volt is bigger than Obama Time to take a little hype out of the plug-in movement — good and bad Did plug-ins fail in 2011? Is 2012 a make or break year for plug-ins? Should automakers pull the plug on plug-ins if they don’t sell in 2012? Is a Volt failure …

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Why the DrudgeReport is wrong about the Volt and plug-ins

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HHO Video : Tv9 – Hydrogen eco car

Tesla's EV range superstar A few thoughts about battery strategies Getting old sure is fun, and funny, especially in terms of technology. As a boy, renting a VCR for the weekend was one of the greatest technological highlights of my pre-teen years. Of course, eventually my family bought a VCR, with no regard…

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Taking on the future: Model S versus Volt versus Prius plug-in

The Volt isn't the key energy policy conversation point. Burn, baby, burn I’m not sure what to think of Ray LaHood. Without solid evidence, LaHood crushed Toyota’s image during the sudden acceleration scandal that so suddenly disappeared. Yet, he allegedly hid evidence suggesting there might be some minor flaws in Chevy Volt plug-in engineering (And I do mean, minor.). Thus, it’s …

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Crashing a Chevy Volt into Republican Party headquarters

The Prius is driving Toyota's future, despite the skeptics Trying to take hybrids — and not just the Prius — into the mainstream When it comes to hybrid sale’s forecasts, Toyota has thus far defied the doubters — which has pretty much been the rest of the entire auto industry. But, now that fuel economy is becoming more important, automakers are taking notice. However, as other automakers move to …

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Toyota’s hybrid plans can’t make sense

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