electric cars

Nissan Partners in Off-Grid Solar EV Charging Project

November 1, 2011

AllCell Technologies, a leading manufacturer of lithium-ion battery packs, has teamed up with multiple cleantech companies to create a completely off-grid solar EV charging station. Located in Amman, Jordan, the station can charge both a Nissan LEAF and multiple light electric vehicles simultaneously, is off-grid and includes a lithium-ion energy storage system that is protected from the scorching…

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Could an Electric Car Be Right for You? Meet The Most Affordable Electric Car in America at The Mitsubishi i 100% Electric Experience and Find Out

October 19, 2011

Could an Electric Car Be Right for You? Meet The Most Affordable Electric Car in America at The Mitsubishi i 100% Electric Experience and Find Out

Mitsubishi says their new all electric i is “the…

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Experimental Zero Carbon Development is Antithesis of Eco-bling (Video)

October 17, 2011

Image credit: SSE Zero Carbon Homes

Lloyd has railed against “eco-bling” in the past, also known as the practice of strapping on solar panels or other sexy clean tech onto fundamentally unsustainable homes or communities. But, when done right, solar …

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Is London Considering Paris-Style Electric Car Sharing?

October 17, 2011

The huge Parisian electric car sharing network that just launched is a powerful symbol for a new economic model. Combining the environmental benefits of electric cars with the environmental and social benefits of a collaborative, sharing economy has …

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GM’s Super-Smart Pod Vehicle Looks at Future Transportation

October 15, 2011

An end to gridlock. An end to accidents. An end to driving. In fact you can conduct a video conference in traffic, and this podcar parks itself. As GM readies to roll out its electric mini-car, the Chevy Spark, as reported in Treehugger last week, it…

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The Week in Pictures: New Zealand Oil Spill, How Steve Jobs Changed the World, and More (Slideshow)

October 14, 2011

Since the Rena, a Liberian ship, ran aground on a reef off the coast of New Zealand 10 days ago, an environmental catastrophe has been brewing. Oil is spilling into the ocean, harming wildlife and reaching shore.

We also have Steve Jobs’ use of des…

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Chevy Spark EV to Become GM’s First 100% Electric Car Since EV1 was Crushed

October 12, 2011

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Not a Plug-in Hybrid Like the Volt.. More Like the EV2
So far, GM hasn’t been all that enthusiastic about electric-only vehicles. They made the EV1, but it ended up in the junkyard. The Chevy Volt can run on electricity alone for about 35 m…

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Fully Charged Tests Unusual Mia Electric Car (Video)

October 11, 2011

Image credit: Fully Charged

From the Ford Transit electric delivery van to the Mitsubishi MiEV to the Nissan Leaf, Robert Llewellyn has been busy documenting the mainstreaming of electric vehicles (EVs)—cars and vans that don’t look out of plac…

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A Man & His Electric Car (Video)

October 10, 2011

Electric cars may be steadily going mainstream, but plenty of folks think ‘steadily’ isn’t fast enough. So one particularly effusive EV lover put together a video extolling the virtues of his Nissan LEAF. It’s hard to believe this isn’t actually a ca…

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