All-electric cars (and those in-betweeners) are coming. The Tesla sedan, the Leaf, the Coda, and the Volt are all on the way. And a looming question, of course, is where...
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Activists end protest on Chevron oil ship in the North Sea
AFP - Greenpeace campaigners who attached themselves to an oil drilling ship in the North Sea ended their protest Saturday after the ship's operator, Chevron, won a...
California push for renewables could blow across West
Montana and other states in the West could wind up being the unintended beneficiaries of an aggressive push to decrease fossil fuel use in California, industry...
Months after W.V. coal mining disaster, new US rule on coal dust
US issues emergency order to suppress coal dust blasts. Probes of the Upper Big Branch coal mining disaster, which killed 29 people in April, are focusing on coal dust as...
Volvo working on a car battery that could be shaped into body panels
Where can you put an electric car's power source? Pretty much anywhere, as Volvo's new "Tomorrow's Volvo Car" sketch shows us. The idea here is t
Proposition 23 poll shows a dead heat among California voters
California voters believe global warming is a significant issue and are inclined to trust scientific views on the subject, but they remain closely divided on a November...
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US public and private entities are adding publicly accessible electric-vehicle charging stations at a clip of about 180 units a month, which would put the country's...
Report: Better Place's battery-swapping Coda taxis coming to California in 2014
Using funds from a $3 million grant from the California Energy Commission, Better Place will launch the project with four Coda Sedan EVs that will be customized by FEV to...
BMW backs electric car charging startup Coulomb
BMW's venture fund, BMW i Ventures, has invested in electric car charging company Coulomb Technologies, according to a release.
Tesla planning super charging station between SF and LA
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on an earnings call on Wednesday that the company is planning a “super charger” station somewhere between Los Angeles and San Francisco that can...
DOE helps standardize EV charger permit process with online tools
Electric vehicles are a relatively new thing here in the United States (as long as you ignore vehicles like the short-lived EV1 and the first-gen RAV4 EV and the whole EV...
AeroVironment to install Level 3 fast chargers along I5 in Oregon
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODoT) has selected AeroVironment, Inc. to install high-power Level 3 electric vehicle (EV) fast charging stations along the I-5...
Pike Research projects California, New York and Florida to lead US in PEV sales
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GM bets on Powermat for wireless charging in cars
The Volt and wireless charging is an early adopter power match made in heaven. At CES, GM said it will offer wireless charging in some cars -- including the Volt -- via...
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Hatch: Natural-gas bill must move ‘if we are interested in this country at all’
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) isn’t giving up on striking a deal this year with Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on legislation to spur deployment of natural-gas-powered...
Siemens launches lineup of residential, commercial charging stations
Siemens Energy, Inc.has launched a lineup of electric vehicle charging station that include residential, commercial and integrated smart grid systems equipped with...
Report shows Toyota Prius has a dirty side after all: manufacturing
There are plenty of revelations in the annual sustainability report recently released by Toyota. By and large, the company is as ecologically-minded as a multi-national...
Coming soon to Best Buy: Electric car charging
Will big box retailers play a key role in ushering in the era of electric vehicles? Today charging infrastructure developer ECOtality announced an agreement with Best Buy...
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