Hybrid and Electric Cars News published on August 1, 2010

• The benefits of electric cars skew toward the rich
  PRESIDENT OBAMA was back in Michigan recently, breaking ground on a plant that will make batteries for the Volt, the plug-in hybrid electric car forthcoming …
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• Tesla Electric Cars – Revved Up, but Far to Go – NYTimes.com
  Elon Musk, who made a fortune selling PayPal, has poured a lot of his money into Tesla, the maker of electric cars. But it has been hit with delays, …
  www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/business/25elon.html
• From electric cars to golf to burgers
  Chevrolet has attached a $41000 sticker price to the Volt, the company's first mass-market electric car. Don't let the price scare you too much. …
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• Chrysler Bets on Fiat-Efficient Engines Over Hybrids, Electric Cars
  DETROIT–Chrysler Group has scaled back its ambitious plans for hybrids and electric vehicles and instead is placing its green bets on internal combustion …
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• President Obama Drives Chevrolet Volt Electric Car
  Gibbs confirmed it was a highly unusual, though not unprecedented, opportunity for Obama. The President last drove a private vehicle three to four months …
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• Hybrid and Electric Cars News published on July 31, 2010| Electric …
  Hybrid cars have become very popular in recent years. Even though these cars are portrayed as a way to save money on gas, you may want to reconsider paying the extra premiums for this car. A hybrid car is one that utilizes a combination … … Government funding for electric cars cut by 80%. Environmental groups, politicians and electric car-makers argue that cutting the incentive will reduce the amount of green jobs and harm the cars' take up. …
  Electric Cars | Hybrid cars – http://car-elec.com/
• Tell-It-Like-It-Is: Electric Cars Ready To Charge
  Electric Cars Ready To Charge. Sparks flew in the electric-car market last week, capped off Friday by President Obama's short test drive of a Chevy Volt while visiting a General Motors plant in Michigan.Obama's visit came as GM and …
  Tell-It-Like-It-Is – http://kaips4shizzo.blogspot.com/
• Sparks Fly over Electric Car Funding-The Alternative: Fuel Cells …
  Auto Alliance members are also worried that emission standards on electric cars will leave auto makers uniquely responsible for upstream emissions from power plants — a source which they have no control over. …
  FuelCellsWorks – http://fuelcellsworks.com/news/
• Can't afford an electric car? Rent a Nissan Leaf | The Energy …
  “When you think about the daily urban commuter, electric cars are in the sweet spot.” He says Enterprise, which currently offers nearly 7000 hybrid cars for rent, is also talking to other electric carmakers. …
  The Energy Collective – http://theenergycollective.com/rss
• Gemstone Pendants blogs » Blog Archive » Electric-car race could …
  There are widely divergent views on whether the existing producers of lithium–most located in South America and China–can keep pace with an onrush of hundreds of thousands or millions of new plug-in hybrid cars in the next few years … Geologist R. Keith Evan, for one, calculated worldwide reserves and concluded there is an abundance of lithium to meet electric-car demand. Eye on South America Today, Toyota's Prius hybrid electric cars have nickel-metal hydride batteries …
  Gemstone Pendants blogs – http://www.ghjuventu-indipendentista.com/
• Fully electric car unveiled in Indianapolis
  The two seat, rechargeable electric car is being introduced in Indianapolis and four other US Cities as part of a test program. Indianapolis was chosen as a …
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• This IS His Grandfather's Bug, But Now It's Electric
  "I was actually looking online with my dad at electric cars, because we heard a lot about them and thought they were kind of cool," Ashton says. …
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• DIY Electric Cars?
  Electric cars are making a bold move onto America's highways. Nissan is coming out with its all-electric Leaf in December. And Silicon Valley's Tesla …
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• prAna blog » Blog Archive » Who Killed The Electric Car? (video)
  Who Killed The Electric Car? (video). Bookmark and Share. Tags: automobile, big business, electricity, emissions, EV1, General Motors, GM, government, technology, Who Killed The Electric Car? This entry was posted on Saturday, …
  prAna blog – http://www.prana.com/blog/
• Electric car sticker shock | Washington Examiner
  Most of these lots won't be equipped to handle electric car repairs, which means greater expense and time; you can't go to Joe's Automotive because they aren't set up to fix electric cars. And that means even more expense which the …
  Examiner Opinion Zone – http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/rss/?section=%2Fopinion%2Fblogs%2FExaminer-Opinion-Zone%2F
• 14-Year Old Builds Electric Car
  A teenager named Ashton Stark converted a 1972 Volkswagen into an electric car: The vehicle is driven by a single cylindrical drive shaft connected to the original shaft of the Volkswagens transmission. It is powered by nine separate 8 …
  NeatoBambino – http://www.neatorama.com/neatobambino/
• Think City Electric Cars Add Juice In Their Batteries [Think City Electric …
  The biggest problems in introducing an electric car here in the United States have been, basically: range, recharge rate, top speed and image. …
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• GM provides a big jolt, but electric cars still offer hope
  He boosted the GM electric car and his administration's controversial bailout of GM and Chrysler at the depths of the recession. …
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• World Tech Update: Defcon Hacking Conference, Electric Cars, and More…
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