| Similar Articles |
|---|
 |
National Defense
February 2009
Frodl & Manoyan |
Converting U.S. Car Park to Hybrids Should Be Priority One Reducing personal vehicle demand for gasoline is the quickest and most effective way to cut our consumption of crude oil, and by extension, make our nation more secure.   |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009 |
Why Plug-Ins Will Make (Dollars and) Sense Q&A with the electric power research institute's Mark Duvall. |
Chemistry World
March 7, 2008
Richard Van Noorden |
Ditching Fossil Fuels Could Stretch Water Resources Running vehicles on alternatives to fossil fuels could stress scarce water resources, US scientists have warned. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009
John Voelcker |
How Green Is My Plug-In? The carbon impact of the millions of electric vehicles soon to hit the road will depend on the grids that supply them. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009 |
Why the Chevy Volt Doesn't Add Up Plug-in hybrids with big batteries, like the Chevy Volt, may never save consumers any money. |
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2007
Rich Smith |
Plug It In? If plug-in hybrid cars ever become a reality, they'll open up numerous investing opportunities -- in the automakers, of course; in the ethanol companies, perhaps; in battery makers; but most of all, in electric companies |
National Defense
August 2007
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Energy Security: Impact on the War on Terror There is a growing consensus that the United States has to find ways to bring along alternative and renewable sources of energy for both the military and the nation. |
Popular Mechanics
December 21, 2007
Ben Stewart |
Aptera's Super-MPG Electric Typ-1 e: Exclusive Video Test Drive An investigation into whether a drivable prototype really exists. |
PC Magazine
April 19, 2006
Bary Alyssa Johnson |
Green Car Tech In February, Hymotion unveiled the Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) technology for hybrid cars. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2, 2008
John Stewart |
Toyota, Experts See Plug-in Car Trouble: Electric Reality Check With lithium-ion technology finally advanced enough for the world to resurrect the electric car by late 2009, why is the world's No. 1 automaker suddenly questioning its viability? |
BusinessWeek
May 13, 2010
Richard McGill Murphy |
Eclectic Electrics With the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf hitting showrooms this year, the mass-produced electric car - a century-old dream - becomes a reality. So what are designers dreaming up next? |
The Motley Fool
June 21, 2007
Toby Shute |
Go, Go, Google Hybrid! Through its nonprofit arm, Google.org, the company is taking up the cause of electric vehicles. Investors, take note. |
Popular Mechanics
April 20, 2009
Tyghe Trimble |
The Footprint of Air Pressure: CO 2 Comparison Tata Motors announced plans to build an super-green air-powered car. But is using the grid to compress air any more efficient than a hybrid's gas-electric power train or a regular combustible engines? Here are the calculations. |
PC Magazine
August 2, 2006
Errol Pierre-Louis |
An Energy-saving Concept The XR3 hybrid, with its sleek clamshell canopy and three-wheel platform, could set the stylistic standard for future fuel-efficient vehicles. |
Popular Mechanics
April 14, 2008
Mike Allen |
Why Detroit Should Build a Plug-in Car With Generators Onboard Imagine a mass-market electric vehicle that can get you can get where you need to be, gas-free. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2007
John Voelcker |
Can Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles Keep the Electric Grid Stable? Speakers at an IEEE-USA symposium on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles debate the promises and challenges of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. |
Reason
June 2009
Ronald Bailey |
It's Alive! Alternative energy subsidies make their biggest comeback since Jimmy Carter. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2011
John Voelcker |
One Million Plug-in Cars by 2015? Why nobody agrees on how many plug-ins will be on U.S. roads. Since 2008, Barack Obama has consistently promoted the goal of having 1 million advanced technology vehicles on U.S. roads by 2015 |
The Motley Fool
April 10, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
PG&E Plugs a Problem Pacific Gas & Electric shows how a new hybrid car could also power homes and businesses. Investors, this is a trend to watch. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2010
David Schneider |
Biofuel's Water Problem Irrigating biofuel crops on a grand scale would be disastrous. When water enters the equation, biofuels are a lot less attractive than the stuff they're replacing. |
CIO
April 6, 2011
Nancy Gohring |
Microsoft, Toyota to Build Car Telematics Service Microsoft and Toyota plan to use Windows Azure, the software giant's cloud offering, to build a telematics service that will initially serve people who have the car maker's electric and plug-in hybrid cars. |
IndustryWeek
April 21, 2010
Steve Minter |
Charged Up About Electric Cars Household names and newcomers alike are racing to develop cars that offer freedom from the gas pump. |
National Defense
August 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Energy Department Sees Promise in Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle Technology The Obama administration has a goal of putting one million plug-in hybrid electric vehicles on U.S. roads by 2015. |
AskMen.com
November 11, 2003
Paul Anderson |
The Way Of The Future: Hybrid Cars Efficient, clean and quiet, these modern vehicles are worth a look the next time you're car shopping. |
Outside
April 2007
Amanda Griscom Little |
Detroit Takes Charge Electric cars are poised to make a comeback and this time they might stick around for good. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2005
Willie D. Jones |
Take This Car And PLUG IT Customer-modified hybrids can be propelled exclusively by their electric motors for, in some cases, more than 30 kilometers without their gasoline engines ever turning on. The factory-built Prius can run on electricity only, but for just a kilometer or two. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2007
Jim Motavalli |
3 Big Questions for the Electric Car's Future With big pushes from GM, Ford and Toyota, plug-in hybrids are back in the spotlight, but lurking in the shadows is the same old problem: building a lightweight, powerful, affordable battery. |
Popular Mechanics
March 26, 2008
Robert Bryce |
7 Energy Efficiency Myths Debunked: Guest Analysis From the book "Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence." |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008
John Voelcker |
Plug-ins and Hybrids and Diesels, Oh My! Two automotive conferences show the impact of public policy on core vehicle designs |
Wired
Kevin Kelleher |
Make Conservation Simple (and Easy) A smart grid requires smart electric meters that let households track and manage their power consumption in real time. The key is making the meters easy to use. |
BusinessWeek
December 29, 2010
Eric Pooley |
Electric Cars Get Charged for Battle The first serious contenders for a mass-scale electric car are on the road. They've already changed GM and Nissan; will they change the world? |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
John Voelcker |
An Almost All-Electric Car? GM'S 1997 all-electric EV1 failed, but its successor, the plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt, boasts promising new technology. |
BusinessWeek
April 11, 2005
John Carey |
Giving Hybrids A Real Jolt A plug-in gas-electric vehicle may be key in saving fuel and cutting pollution. |
National Defense
September 2009
Frodl & Manoyan |
National Security and Energy: Setting the Right Priorities The Center for Naval Analyses report, "Powering America's Defenses: Energy and the Risks to National Security," makes a case that national security interests are consistent with concerns about climate change. |
Popular Mechanics
October 22, 2007
Ben Stewart |
2009 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Prototype: Test Drive Toyota may be the first to market with a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. |
Popular Mechanics
January 7, 2007
Ben Stewart |
GM Goes Beyond Hybrid: Chevy's Electric Car Big news from the Detroit auto show, with video: General Motors has a 100-mph, all-electric entry into the market for hybrid 2.0. |
The Motley Fool
February 26, 2007
Mary Dalrymple |
Do You Drive With a Lead Foot? If your gas consumption seems unreasonably high, or gasoline's taking a big bite out of your wallet, you might want to examine your car or your driving habits. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2010
Peter Fairley |
Speed Bumps Ahead for Electric-Vehicle Charging Plugging in cars, even overnight, will strain local grids and could boost pollution |
Popular Mechanics
September 2008 |
Inside the Future of Electric Cars, Hydrogen and Next-Gen Biofuels The market has never looked better for alternative fuels and electric vehicles. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
Fast and Luxurious Plug-Ins Chasing Tesla General Motors enters the luxury electric with a plug-in Cadillac. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2009
Peter Fairley |
Software Looks at the Road Ahead to Boost Hybrid-Car Efficiency Algorithm uses trip plan to maximize the use of battery power. |
Popular Mechanics
September 4, 2008 |
Honda, Ford, Nissan Prep Hybrids to Hunt Prius Before Volt Unveil As it is likely that General Motors will unveil the production version of its much-anticipated Chevy Volt later this month, competing automakers are now codifying their plans for next-generation hybrids of their own. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Hybrid Cars Drive Big Savings Save thousands while you help Earth. |
Wired
March 23, 2009
Brendan I. Koerner |
Power to the People: 7 Ways to Fix the Grid, Now The grid took more than a century to grow into the unwieldy beast it is now. Given the urgency of climate change, energy independence, and economic demands, we have only a fraction of that time to fix it. |
The Motley Fool
February 13, 2011
John Petersen |
Distinguishing HEV Efficiency From Plug-In-Vehicle Waste The problem with plug-ins. Regardless of chemistry, advanced batteries are terrible things to waste because they require prodigious inputs of scarce mineral resources and are difficult to recycle economically. |
Popular Mechanics
February 6, 2008
Chuck Tannert |
Inside Plug-in Car Tech's Race to Production (and Top 10 Rides) Big automakers and promising startups say electric vehicles are coming as soon as next year, but there's a lot of work to be done by scientists before lithium-ion batteries are ready for mainstream hybrids. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2011
Patrick Martin |
Why Detroit Doesn't Mind the New CAFE Standards For once, American automakers aren't complaining. |
The Motley Fool
January 10, 2012
Dan Dzombak |
Energy 101: Electric Vehicles Energy Secretary Steven Chu is in Michigan at the North American International Auto Show today to promote the Obama administration's support for the domestic auto industry. |
BusinessWeek
December 2, 2010
Keane & Green |
Green Energy: Why Hybrids Still Need Government Motors As the next generation of plug-in cars comes online, a decline in hybrid sales doesn't bode well for their success. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008
John Voelcker |
Plugging Away in a Prius Jonathan Sawyer spent $30 000, and voided the warranty, to add a plug to his Prius hybrid. |
