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BMW i3 Concept

2014 BMW i3: Autonomous Urban Driving Nearly With Us?

Concepts featuring autonomous driving have so far concentrated mainly on highway driving, previewing the car-trains we may see some time in the future. For many people though city driving is the most stressful situation you can encounter, so surely self-driving cars would make sense in crowded...

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2012 Ford Focus Electric

Ford Asks, 'How Should The 2012 Ford Focus Electric Sound?'

Electric vehicles have upsides and downsides. On the upside, they crank out far fewer pollutants than their fossil-fuel-swilling cousins, and they may help ease dependence on... June 30, 2011 by  2


 
Gordon Murray Design T.27 electric car prototype

Gordon Murray T.27 Could Be World's Most Efficient Car

Gordon Murray Design (GMD) has today unveiled its T.27 electric vehicle, touting it as the world's most efficient electric car. Since the average electric car is already more... June 29, 2011 by 


 
2011 Nissan Leaf

Renault-Nissan Opens Tech Research Office In Silicon Valley

Renault might not sell any cars in the United States but that won't stop them moving into town. With partner Nissan the international group has opened a research and... June 14, 2011 by 


 
GreenGT LMPH2 hydrogen fuel cell race car

GreenGT LMPH2 Electric Racer To Run 2012 Le Mans: Video

It turns out the Delta Wing concept won't be the only experimental car to run the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans. The hyrdrogen fuel cell electrc GreenGT LMPH2 prototype racer will... June 13, 2011 by  3


 
Google's Electric Vehicle Fleet Infrastructure

Google Buys 30 Leafs, Volts, and 250 Charging Stations: Video

Google built its reputation as a small, simple search engine, but there's nothing small about the company's investment in electric vehicles. Google has just placed an order... June 10, 2011 by  1


 
2011 Tesla Roadster Sport. Photo by Joe Nuxoll.

Tesla Winding Down The Roadster, Introducing Model X Crossover Concept

Well, after years of giving electric car hopes and dreams, the Tesla Roadster is winding down toward an end. According to paperwork filed with the SEC, Tesla plans to stop... May 27, 2011 by 


 
ZMP RoboCar automated vehicle

Video: Look Ma, No Driver! ZMP RoboCar Memorizes Route Map

Feeling lazy? Don't feel like driving home from work tonight? Sounds like an autonomous car would be right up your street... ZMP's RoboCar doesn't quite have the aesthetics... May 23, 2011 by 


 
2009 Toyota FT-EV Concept

You Don't Own, You Don't Even Drive: The Future Of Cars?

It's enough to make the car enthusiast's skin crawl. Visions of autonomous cars making their way along the highway while the occupants go about their daily business. If you... May 23, 2011 by 


 
Cloud-based energy optimization

Cloud-Controlled Energy Saving From Google And Ford

It's 7am, and your alarm is blaring to raise you bleary-eyed from your slumber. You grab breakfast, chuck some clothes on and get ready to head to work. As you step into your... May 12, 2011 by 


 
Google and DOE map of alternative fuel locations

Need To Charge Your Electric Car? There's A Google Map For That

Despite the best efforts of some in the auto industry to keep electric cars off the roads, they're back. Given the current state of technology, the EV's revenge will likely... April 25, 2011 by  2


 
BMW EVolve app

New 'EVolve' App From BMW Decides Whether You're Ready For An EV

Electric vehicles and other alt-fuel rides are big news these days. Tech fans and green enthusiasts can't wait to get their hands on 'em, while others think that hybrids and... April 19, 2011 by 


 
2011 Nissan Leaf

2011 Nissan LEAF And Others 'Connected To The Cloud'

Cloud computing is very much a feature of 'Web 2.0'. Rather than using a location-dependent center of resources such as a server, cloud computing uses shared servers, all of... January 28, 2011 by  1


 
Fabio shills for Plug-In America

Video: OMG Fabio Is Alive And He's Hawking Electric Cars

The life of a model/actor is hard. "Oh, right", you say, "lying on a sofa and staring vacantly into a bank of cameras is way tougher than military service or manual labor or... December 1, 2010 by 


 
Ron Howard

Ron Howard: If Electric Cars Can't Be Gay, The Terrorists Have Won

If you keep up with Hollywood and/or the car scene, chances are pretty good that you're aware of the whole "Electric cars are gay" conflamma surrounding Ron Howard's new... November 2, 2010 by 


 
Alexandra Paul

Drop Everything: Baywatch's Alexandra Paul Wants To Hear Your Questions About The Volt NOW

This is actress Alexandra Paul. Perhaps you remember her from such films as Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534, Murder Dot Com, or her star turn on Baywatch. We don't. We... October 26, 2010 by 


 
 
 

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