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EV PSAs Produced by Plug In America (Episodes 3-5)
Plug In America is a California non-profit corporation (officially a 501(c)(3) public charity), produced a series of Public Service Announcements (PSAs) in support of electric vehicles in June of 2010, here are few [Continue]
EVs on a Roll of Good News
Good news continues for EVs as electric car components continue to improve at faster rates than most anyone expected. Recently: In EV batteries porous aluminium promises to increase the capacity of lithium ion batteries [Continue]
GM Green Lights Cadillac Version of Chevy Volt
General Motors has decided to reverse a prior decision and commit to producing an upscale luxury version of the Chevy Volt under the Cadillac brand. The Volt Cadillac (aka Converj) was first introduced as a plug-in-hybrid [Continue]
Tesla Roadster Sold Out in the USA
The Tesla Roadster is the famous EV that helped usher in the electric car revolution by proving that the technology to produce fast Electric cars with good range was possible many years before the world automotive [Continue]
BMW i3 Megacity EV
BMW officially enters Electric Car business with the BMW i3 Megacity. The i3 BEV is heading for mass production and will be available for purchase starting in 2013. The BMW i3 will be produced in Leipzig along with [Continue]
Lithium-ion Battery Capacity Triples via Holey Aluminum!
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (SEI) of Japan says that their newly developed material Aluminum-Celmet increases current lithium-ion battery capacity 150 to 300% or could make current batteries volumes shrink to [Continue]
Lowe’s to Sell GE EV Chargers at Stores and Online
Lowe’s and GE partner to provide electric vehicle chargers for both home and commercial use. Both companies announced at the Plug-In 2011 Conference and Exposition in Raleigh that they will be partnering to help [Continue]
Walgreens Becomes EV Charging Host Extraordinaire
The Walgreens pharmacy chain is proving its green pedigree by planning to install approximately 800 EV charging stations by the end of 2011. That would give Walgreens a 40% market share of all public EV charging stations [Continue]
AAA EV Roadside Assistance to the Rescue
The largest motor club in the USA rolls out their new roadside assist program to reduce range anxiety of electric vehicle owners. AAA will deploy mobile level 2 & 3 mobile chargers that can get EV owners back on the [Continue]
NYC Leads US Cities in EV Deployment
NYC government is stepping up it’s commitment to go green. Mayor Bloomberg announced that the city will add another 70 new electric vehicles to the city’s 100% electric fleet giving NYC “the largest [Continue]
USA Details Plans for Ending Dependence on Foreign Oil
The USA can’t drill their way out of their energy problems. They only own/control 2% of the world’s oil reserves, but yet they are consuming 25% of the world’s oil (even though the citizens make up 4.5% [Continue]
Some Rare Earth Minerals Become More Common
Currently China supplies over 90% of the worlds rare earth minerals. Until alternatives are found they are currently necessary to produce LED lights, high-efficiency magnets for electric motors, jet engines, thin-film [Continue]
Is Your State Naughty or Nice to EVs?
USA Federal and State Electric Vehicle (EV) Incentives Federal Tax Credits Many EVs qualify for a $7,500 Federal Tax Credit in 2011. See IRS Plug-In Electric Vehicle Credit (IRC 30 and IRC 30D). The US [Continue]
US Oil Refineries Offer EVs 1988 Trips to the Sun!
Just the electricity purchased by USA Oil refineries in 2010 could propel one EV 184,908 million miles! For comparison purposes that amount of electricity could be used to send: 69,228,004 EVs from Washington DC to Los [Continue]
Ford Turns Over a New Green Leaf?
Ford announces new green goals to triple North American production of electric vehicles and hybrids to more than 100,000 units by 2013. William Clay “Bill” Ford is the great grandson of Henry Ford and is the [Continue]
Shocking Electric Cost to Produce Fuel Dooms Todays Cars
Many are shocked to discover that just the electricity used to refine crude oil into 1 gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel can propel an EV farther than the average passenger car using the very same gallon of gasoline or [Continue]
EVs Coming by Land, Sea and Air
The quiet invasion of the world by electric vehicles is being welcomed by many that are tired of paying the big oil man at the pump or with their tax dollars via subsidizes to the oil and gas industry. Many understand [Continue]
Innocent Office Humor Escapes to Social Networks
The answer to a simple question goes borderline viral on Facebook and Twitter. Funny boss quote gave us all the biggest laugh, which was: “Oh you mean in real-life? That would be with my g/f in front of her house [Continue]
What Electric Cars Not So Green After All?
Several statements in an article published in The Australian (June 10, 2011) featuring the headline “Electric cars may not be so green after all, says British study” and the referenced study itself contain [Continue]
Chevron Continues to Hold Green-EV Trump Card
Chevron only has the ability to hold on to their green trump card for alternative energy and electric cars for a relatively short time longer. They have been holding this resource perhaps waiting too long for the [Continue]
Revenge of the Electric Car to be Released
The much anticipated film “Revenge of the Electric Car” will soon make it’s way out of the film festival circuit and will start playing in standard movie venues across the USA this fall and EV fans [Continue]EVs Make-Model
GM Green Lights Cadillac Version of Chevy Volt
General Motors has decided to reverse a prior decision and commit to producing an upscale luxury version of the Chevy Volt under the Cadillac brand. The Volt Cadillac (aka Converj) was first introduced as a plug-in-hybrid concept car at the 2009 North American International [Continue]- Tesla Roadster Sold Out in the USA
- BMW i3 Megacity EV
- BMW i8 Plug-in Hybrid EV Sports Car
- Brammo Girls at the Laguna Seca 2 Red Bull Event
- Chery Riich M1 EV
- Honda Fit EV
- Wheego Whip LiFe EV
- Ford C-Max Energi
- Ford Turns Over a New Green Leaf?
- Luxgen7 MPV EV+ Ready for Mass Production
- New EV Doubles Range of Nissan LEAF
- Is the Chevy Volt Treated Fair at Fox News?
- Tesla Roadster Sell Out Imminent
- CODA EV
- QQEV by Chery Auto
- BYD K9 EV Bus
- BYD F3DM Hybrid
- BYD e6
- Chevy Volt Comes to Canada
- Ford Focus Electric
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Government EV Incentives
Colorado State Electric Vehicle Incentives
Colorado residents have additional EV incentives above and beyond the USA Federal Government Electric Vehicle (EV) Incentives of up to $7,500 USD tax credits for new qualified plug-in electric vehicles, up to $4,000 USD for EV conversion kits, and tax credits for EV charging equipment of $1,000 USD for each charging station for individuals and [Continue]
- California State Electric Vehicle Incentives
- Arizona Electric Vehicle Incentives
- Alaska State Electric Vehicle Incentives
- USA Federal Government EV Incentives
- Japanese Government EV Incentives
- UK Electric Vehicle Incentives
- Spanish Government EV Incentives and Tax Rebates
- Romanian Government EV Incentives
- Portugal Government EV Incentives
- Norway Electric Vehicle Incentives
- Ireland Electric Vehicle Incentives
- German Electric Vehicle Incentives
- French Government EV Incentives
- Denmark Electric Vehicle Incentives
- Chinese Government Electric Vehicle Incentives
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- Texas State Government EV Incentives
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DIY EV Conversions
Couple Cuts Car Fuel Bill to Zero
Couple cuts car fuel bill to zero by converting their car to electric. Les and Jane Oke not only moved off the electric grid over 15 years ago, but they power their home 100% using only alternative energy (windmills and solar power). Recently they were also able to cut [Continue]Green Living
Petro Politics Cause Huge Waste of Energy?
Can the USA (or any country for that matter) afford such a gross misallocation of energy resources? It’s not very funny that the wealth of the [Continue]
What if Climate Change is a Hoax?
What if Climate Change is a Hoax as has been reported by Fox News for years! What’s the worse that could happen if we choose instead to agree [Continue]
Lithium-ion Battery Capacity Triples via Holey Aluminum!
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (SEI) of Japan says that their newly developed material Aluminum-Celmet increases current lithium-ion battery [Continue]
What is that Gasoline Smell?
Benzene is a clear, colorless liquid with a characteristic, aromatic hydrocarbon odor and is often described as “that gasoline smell”, [Continue]
NYC Leads US Cities in EV Deployment
NYC government is stepping up it’s commitment to go green. Mayor Bloomberg announced that the city will add another 70 new electric vehicles to [Continue]
USA Details Plans for Ending Dependence on Foreign Oil
The USA can’t drill their way out of their energy problems. They only own/control 2% of the world’s oil reserves, but yet they are [Continue]
Some Rare Earth Minerals Become More Common
Currently China supplies over 90% of the worlds rare earth minerals. Until alternatives are found they are currently necessary to produce LED [Continue]
Why Worry About a LITTLE Melting Ice?
Obviously the Climate & Carbon Crisis is much larger than some people would care to admit. Note this photo IS to scale and comes [Continue]
Shocking Electric Cost to Produce Fuel Dooms Todays Cars
Many are shocked to discover that just the electricity used to refine crude oil into 1 gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel can propel an EV farther [Continue]
Japan – Germany Drop Nuke Plans for Renewable Energy
The Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan has scrapped a national energy plan which had called for nuclear power to meet 50% of Japan’s energy [Continue]
Support for Climate Action Low Reports Some Australian News
“Poll – support for climate action low” is the message that is currently being sent via the mass media through multiple outlets all [Continue]
Gasland: Natural Gas Proponents Must See Film
Currently there are many in the US that believe natural gas is at least part of the best answer to help solve their energy issues, anyone [Continue]
What Electric Cars Not So Green After All?
Several statements in an article published in The Australian (June 10, 2011) featuring the headline “Electric cars may not be so green after [Continue]
Chevron Continues to Hold Green-EV Trump Card
Chevron only has the ability to hold on to their green trump card for alternative energy and electric cars for a relatively short time longer. They [Continue]
Global Warming-Climate Change Too Dated?
First we had Global Warming as the preferred term to try and explain what was happening as the average atmospheric temperature of the planet had [Continue]
Ovshinsky Makes Fossil Fuels Obsolete?
Stanford Ovshinsky says solar power can now be made as cheap as coal, which would make fossil fuels obsolete! The 88 year old American scientist and [Continue]
EV Entities
Revenge of the Electric Car to be Released
The much anticipated film “Revenge of the Electric Car” will soon make it’s way out of the film festival circuit and will start [Continue]
New Bipartisan EV Legislation Introduced
The Electric Drive Vehicle Deployment Act of 2011 is new bipartisan legislation that was just introduced in the US House of Representatives. The [Continue]
Reverend Gadget (aka Greg Abbott)
Reverend Gadget besides being an ordained minister since 1986 is an advocate of alternative energy. Greg Abbott is known for holding 10 Guinness [Continue]
Left Coast Electric Inc
Left Coast Electric is now converting and restoring classic cars. They can convert any car to run on electricity, but typically Left Coast Electric [Continue]
Bob Lutz aka Robert “Bob” Lutz
Bob Lutz (aka Robert “Bob” Lutz) The GM vice chairman, known for his love of gas-guzzling sports cars and was the man behind the Dodge [Continue]
Electrification Coalition
The Electrification Coalition is a nonpartisan, Washington-based not-for-profit group of business leaders committed to promoting policies and actions [Continue]
Electric Vehicle Authority Website EV.com
EV.com is the Electric Vehicle Authority Website, where fans of: Electric cars, Electric boats, Electric planes and green living can learn about [Continue]
EV Promotion
Is Your State Naughty or Nice to EVs?
USA Federal and State Electric Vehicle (EV) Incentives Federal Tax Credits Many EVs qualify for a $7,500 Federal Tax Credit in 2011. [Continue]
Unleaded Gasoline Prices Country Comparison
The actual price of fuel paid at the pump for American consumers is actually hidden. As all US taxpayers (if they drive or not) continue to pay [Continue]
Hidden Costs of Pump Prices
The cost of gasoline (unleaded/diesel) is substantially higher than the price consumers pay at the pump, the vast majority of this cost is hidden [Continue]
Who Killed the Electric Car? Feature Film
Who Killed the Electric Car? was a 2006 electric vehicle (EV) documentary film that explores the creation, limited commercialization, and subsequent [Continue]
Fossil Fuel Addiction World’s Worse Vice
Sure the war on drugs or the global economic crisis are big issues, but with the number of ships involved in the BP Gulf oil clean-up starting to get [Continue]
Walking Fish Threatened by Oil Spill
Your petroleum-powered car could be the indirect cause for several animal species to soon go extinct in the Gulf of Mexico. The odd fish was named [Continue]
Faces of Climate Change Victims
Residents of 33 atolls that make up the Kiribati Island nation in the South Pacific have become de facto celebrities for all the wrong reasons. [Continue]
Green Bloggers Wanted
EV.com is currently seeking to contact an assortment of Eco-Green friendly: writers, authors, journalists and bloggers willing to contribute content [Continue]
EV Related Domains for Sale-Lease
There are currently quite a few valuable Electric Vehicle, Electric Car, and Hybrid related domains available for sale or lease on the open [Continue]
Free EV Charging Station Promotion Offered
EV.com has started offering Electric Vehicle Charging Station manufacturers worldwide the ability to promote their EV chargers for free and to help [Continue]
Solar Powered EV Claims World Speed Record
Students from the University of New South Wales built and successful raced a solar-powered car specifically modified to break a 22 year old Guinness [Continue]
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