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Bring on the EV Trucks

Revenge of the Electric Car

Read more about it in the article: EVI Lauches Electric Delivery and Work-Truck Sales in U.S. Here’s the full text of the entire article in case the link goes bad: [link]. ———- EVI’s Class 3 truck (white) on display at Chicago truck show. Trucks especially. by John Dell. launch is worth noting.

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Profile: Farmers Ethanol: Focusing on Sustainable Corn Ethanol Production and a Triple Bottom Line

Green Car Congress

In an article “Falling thirst for Fuel Leaves Ethanol Enthusiasts with a Hangover” published on 4 May 2009, The Wall Street Journal summarized three of the challenges traditional corn ethanol faces today. The closest commercial location was just south of Chicago, so it was 7 hours over, 2 hours there and 7 hours back.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Governor Kulongoski is currently pushing a plan before the state legislature to cut some hefty tax breaks for electric vehicle manufacturers who choose to come to Oregon, as well as provide huge tax credits to purchasers of electric cars. “My I also wrote an article about cars and what’s good and not good.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Even this article keeps showing the old futuristic version model which GM said can’t be done. The high cost of manufacturing the Volt is exactly why the tax credits of $2500 for a vehicle with 4 kWh of battery capacity and $417 for every kWh over 4 (so that there is a $7500 credit for the Volt) were legislated.

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