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Tesla Roadster 3.0 Update: San Jose To LA Without Recharging

Green Car Reports

from 2008 through 2011. Back in December, we first received confirmation of the "3.0" update for the Tesla Roadster, the electric-car maker''s very first product, sold in the U.S. Tesla claimed the update would boost the Roadster''s range 40 to 50 percent, and said a real-world demonstration was forthcoming. MORE: Tesla Roadster 3.0:

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Plug In 2008

Plug In Partners

T he Plug in 2008 National PHEV Conference in San Jose by most accounts was a big success. The announcement, which follows Google's request for proposals from companies with electric car technologies, came Tuesday during the Plug-In 2008 conference in San Jose, Calif. Aptera, of Carlsbad, Calif.,

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Nissan and City of San Francisco Collaborate on EV Charging Network

Green Car Congress

Nissan and the City of San Francisco, on behalf of the Bay Area EV Corridor program, are working to advance zero-emission mobility by promoting the development of an electric vehicle (EV) charging network in the nine-county region. The Nissan LEAF will be the pilot vehicle for the implementation of this streamlined process.

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Meet Your Next Car At Plug-In 2009

Creative Greenius

Last year’s Plug-In 2008 gave attendees an insider’s advantage on the Plug-In technology that will quickly replace today’s obsolete, planet-killing fossil fuel centric cars. Creative Greenius readers were right there with me as I live blogged from the event: Top Ten Things I Learned At Plug In 2008. Drive Clean.

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Coulomb Technologies Secures $14M in Series B Funding

Green Car Congress

From the first installation of ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations in San Jose, Calif., in 2008, to the latest opening in Honolulu Hawaii, the ChargePoint Network is used by thousands of EV drivers looking to quickly and safely fuel their electric vehicles.

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Aeromexico flying commercial route with 15% blend of Honeywell Green Jet Fuel

Green Car Congress

Aeromexico is using a 15% blend of Honeywell Green Jet Fuel, produced from camelina using process technology from Honeywell’s UOP, on flights on its Mexico City to San Jose, Costa Rica route, marking one of the first uses of renewable fuels in everyday airplane passenger service.

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Smart Move

Revenge of the Electric Car

Smart will be launching a test fleet of 250 electric cars in selected areas, including: Portland, San Jose, Indianapolis, Orlando, and the Washington, D.C. San Jose, Calif.; After a fast start in which sales outstripped supply in 2008, Smart has fallen on hard times. in 2008, but its sales fell to 14,595 in 2009.

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