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Category: Electric Vehicles

Tesla Model S Wows Them Over At Consumer Reports

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Consumer Reports gives the Tesla Model S a score of 99 out of 100, making it one of the lightest rated cars ever reviewed by the consumer group. Read more →

Rich, Educated, Middle-Aged Men Main Buyers Of Electric Cars

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The typical early-adopter of an electric vehicle is likely to be a man, probably middle-aged, living in or near a big city, according to a recent study. Read more →

Electric Vehicle Charger Prices A Little More Affordable

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A simplified Level 2 charger for electric cars goes for less than half the usual price. Read more →

African Jeep Safari Experiences Set To Go All-Electric

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Electric off-road vehicles are coming to the African safari experience, offering up a quieter, and perhaps cleaner driving, outing in the bush. Read more →

Putting The Muscle Into Electric Cars

2014 Cadillac ELR at 2013 Detroit Auto Show (image copyright EarthTechling)

Even as EVs appeal to feminine sensibilities, they can likewise appeal to the testosterone-fueled, tech-savvy masculine side of some of us (men and women). Read more →

Tesla Motors Had An Awesome First Quarter

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Tesla has finally released its first quarter financial reports for 2013, and they look quite impressive for the luxury electric car company. Read more →

The Power Of Community Helps Get Ready For Electric Cars

Workers put the finishing touches on installing a plug-in electric vehicle charger that is part of the West Coast Electric Highway. (image via Columbia-Willamette Clean Cities Coalition)

Clean Cities coalitions all across the country are using local knowledge to help their communities get ready for plug-in electric vehicles. Read more →

DOE Drives Hydrogen Car Infrastructure Push

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If fuel-cell vehicles are ever going to get anywhere, they'll need places to fuel up, and the public-private H2USA initiative is aimed at developing the infrastructure. Read more →

Venturi, Ohio State Aim For Most Powerful Electric Car

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Venturi is teaming up with Ohio State University to build the VBB-3, a electric car with a top speed of over 372 mph. Read more →

Chinese Company To Build Electric Buses In California

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Chinese automaker BYD will establish its first U.S. manufacturing plants in the city of Lancaster, California. Two facilities are planned. Read more →