Dems Demand Plan From Automakers
Congressional Democrats gave Detroit automakers until December to develop a plan to show that money from a potential bailout would make their companies economically viable.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Congress would return to work in early December...
Posted by Skycypher in Accelerating Shift, Electric Cars, High Energy Prices, Tesla Motors on 11 19th, 2008 | No Comments
A Car Who’s Time Has Come
Technology
Electric Car Manufacturer Hopes To Generate Sales
by John McChesney
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Tesla’s Roadster can accelerate to 60 mph in 3.9 seconds. It’s like a slingshot, and just as quiet. Courtesy of Tesla Motors Inc.
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Another look at Tesla Motors
Tesla Motors; problems with Elon and with the transmission
Filed under: ELECTRIC Vehicles, NEWS — editor
from “Tesla’s wild ride”
By Michael V. Copeland, senior writer, FORTUNE MAGAZINE, July 9, 2008
You need to be a little nuts to start a car company. And by most accounts Martin Eberhard always...
Posted by Skycypher in Accelerating Shift, Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, High Energy Prices, Renewable Energy Breakthroughs on 08 3rd, 2008 | 1 Comment
Electric Cars Are the Key to Energy Independence
By David Morris, AlterNet
Posted on August 2, 2008, Printed on August 3, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/story/93609/
Al Gore’s heroic speech challenging us to make our electrical system 100 percent renewable promised it would simultaneously address three major crises: the weak economy, catastrophic...
Posted by Skycypher in Accelerating Shift, Environment, High Energy Prices on 06 13th, 2008 | No Comments
New Fuel Cell System ‘Generates Electricity with Only Water, Air’
Jun 13, 2008 19:30
Kouji Kariatsumari, Nikkei Electronics
Prototyped vehicle
120W fuel cell system
Internal portion of the 120W fuel cell stack
300W generation system mounted in a luggage room (left)
Genepax Co Ltd explained the technologies used in its new fuel cell system “Water...
