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Electric VW Beetle Completes Trans-Canada Drive

6,400 km trip is first recorded for an all-electric car. [...]

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Wednesday September 8th, 2010

Motown Wheel Thieves Working Overtime

Jesse Jackson joined Mayor Dave Bing of Detroit as prominent victims of wheel thieves in the city. [...]

NewYorkTimesAutoBlog.com -
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Saturday September 4th, 2010

Ford Focus EV Will Use Liquid-Cooled Battery

Small but interesting nugget of news out of Ford, which says it will use a liquid-cooled and heated battery in the Ford Focus Electric we’ll see late next year. Ford is still developing the car, but the prototype we drove had a 23 kilowatt-hour lithium ion pack, which makes it about [...]

Wired.com.com -
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Friday September 3rd, 2010

Japan Taxi Fleets to Expand Use of Electric Cars

Better Place battery swapping technology is catalyst for adoption. [...]

Toyota Studies Etios Hybrid for India

Company will begin trial production of 500 conventional petrol-only versions first. [...]

MG TD Replica Looks Great as an EV Conversion

When Doug Small started drawing up plans for a homebrew electric car, he wanted to start with something lightweight, easy to work on and stylish. Naturally, he decided on an MG TD. Purists needn’t worry, however, as no British roadsters were harmed during the construction of this electric car. This is [...]

E.P.A. Develops Grading System for New Car Stickers

The E.P.A. is proposing new window stickers for new cars. [...]

What It’s Like Going 307.7 MPH in an EV

What’s the most exciting part of setting a land speed record in an electric vehicle? Roger Schroer, who drove the student-built Buckeye Bullet to a record-breaking 307.7 mph, says the true thrill comes from witnessing the teamwork involved in building the car. No, that’s not the feel-good copy of a cheesy [...]

Toyota, San Francisco Partner of Plug-in Prius Trial

First two PHV version of Prius will join San Francisco city fleet, the first of 150 vehicles that will be deployed in across California. [...]

Letters reveal discord in Brooks jury

A letter from a second juror in the David Brooks fraud case also complains that other jurors are not deliberating conscientiously. [...]

Newsday.com -
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Sunday August 29th, 2010

US, Indian Companies Discuss Electric Scooter Merger

NEAH Power in talks with EKO Vehicles of Bangalore. [...]

Improved Hydrogen Catalyst Could Make Low-cost Energy Storage Practical

MIT-developed catalyst seeks to mimic photosynthesis, using wind and solar-generated electricity to electrolyze water into hydrogen and oxygen. [...]

Schumacher apologizes to Barrichello by text

Michael Schumacher has apologized by text message to fellow Formula One veteran Rubens Barrichello after their near high-speed crash at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

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Thursday August 26th, 2010

Buckeye Bullet Sets EV Land Speed Record

Topping 307 mph is an amazing feat in any vehicle. It’s even more so when the vehicle in question is a student-built electric vehicle. The Venturi Buckeye Bullet built by students at Ohio State University achieved an average speed of 307.7 mph during a two-run pass at the Bonneville Salt Flats [...]

ODOT seeks federal grant to establish statewide network of electric cars and charging stations

Electric cars could be humming along streets in Lakewood, Shaker Heights and Oberlin if the Ohio Department of Transportation receives a federal grant to establish a plug-in electric car network around the state. [...]

Fox Business.com -
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Thursday August 26th, 2010

Venturi Streamliner Sets New World Speed Record

Lithium-ion powered vehicle achieves 500 km/hr record at Bonneville. [...]

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