photo: Todd Woody I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. With the first mass-produced electric cars set to hit American streets next month, there’s been a lot of to-ing and fro-ing in the media about whether consumers will actually buy the vehicles once they’re in showrooms. But as General Electric made clear [...]
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GE hits the electric car showroom
Posted in electric cars, tagged Chevrolet Volt, General Electric on November 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
GE plugs into Better Place, Sharp buys U.S. solar developer
Posted in alternative energy, Better Place, electric cars, energy, environment, green tech, renewable energy, solar energy, tagged GE on September 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
photo: GE I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. General Electric on Wednesday gave a jump-start to Better Place, the Silicon Valley startup developing an electric car infrastructure in several countries. Better Place plans to deploy a network of urban charging posts and swapping stations where drivers can exchange depleted company-owned batteries [...]
SolarCity, Tesla to test storing solar energy in EV batteries
Posted in electric cars, energy, environment, green cars, green policy, SolarCity, SunPower, Tesla Motors, tagged California Public Utilities Commission, energy storage, SolarCity, SunPower, Tesla Motors on September 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In Wednesday’s New York Times, I wrote about two experimental projects in California to store solar energy produced by photovoltaic rooftop arrays: In the garage of Peter Rive’s San Francisco home is a battery pack. It is not connected to Mr. Rive’s electric Tesla Roadster sports car, but to the power grid. The California Public [...]
The electric car battery conundrum
Posted in Better Place, electric cars, green cars, green policy, green tech, IBM, tagged batteries, Better Place, electric cars, IBM, lithium air batteries on September 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
photo: Better Place In The New York Times on Monday, I wrote about the challenges of developing electric car batteries that will match the range of gasoline-powered vehicles: Silicon Valley may be an epicenter of the nascent electric car industry, but don’t expect the battery revolution to mimic the computer revolution, one of I.B.M.’s top [...]
Will Berkeley become an electric car capital?
Posted in electric cars, green cars, green policy, Uncategorized, tagged Berkeley, Chevrolet Volt, electric cars, Nissan Leaf, Toyota Prius on August 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
photo: Todd Woody I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. With months to go before the first mass production electric cars hit American streets, the $41,000 question (before rebates and tax incentives) is whether drivers will buy them en masse. Which is why you should keep your eye on Berkeley, Calif. While [...]
Can’t afford an electric car? Rent a Nissan Leaf
Posted in electric cars, green cars, green tech on July 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
photo: Todd Woody I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. Judging by the comments on my previous post comparing the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid and Nissan Leaf electric car, more than a few readers are suffering sticker shock at the price of greening their rides. Now there’s another option for those wanting [...]
Volt vs. Leaf: Choosing your green drive
Posted in electric cars, green cars, green tech, tagged Chevrolet Volt, electric cars, Nissan Leaf on July 28, 2010 | 8 Comments »
I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. Are you a Volt kind of gal or a Leaf guy? With General Motors and Nissan revving up to put the first mass-produced electric cars in showrooms in a few months, the shape of the nascent market is starting to emerge as the engineers complete [...]
GM reveals Volt sticker price: $41,000
Posted in electric cars, green cars, tagged Chevrolet Volt, electric cars, General Motors, Nissan Leaf on July 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
photo: Todd Woody In The New York Times on Tuesday, I write that General Motors has finally unveiled the retail price for the Chevrolet Volt plug-in electric hybrid: General Motors began taking orders for the long-awaited Chevrolet Volt on Tuesday, pricing the plug-in hybrid car at $41,000. A federal tax credit can reduce the net [...]
San Diego utility charges ahead with electric car plan
Posted in electric cars, environment, green cars, green policy, San Diego Gas & Electric, smart grid, tagged California Public Utilities Commission, Chevrolet Volt, electric cars, Nissan Leaf, San Diego Gas & Electric, smart grid on June 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
photo: Nissan This post first appeared on Grist. With the first mass-market electric cars set to hit California roads later this year, the state’s utilities have been working to ensure that early adopters – who tend to be clustered in places like Berkeley and Santa Monica – don’t overload neighborhood transformers and trigger local blackouts. [...]
Think to sell electric cars at Swiss supermarkets
Posted in electric cars, green cars, green marketing, Think, tagged electric cars, Migros, Think, Think City on June 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
photo: Think This post first appeared on Grist. “Honey, could you run down to the store and pick up some milk, tofu and one of those new Think City electric cars?” That could be a conversation you’ll be hearing soon in Switzerland (in French, German Italian and Romansh, of course) now that Norwegian electric automaker [...]
