Revenge of the Electric Car

article thumbnail

Nissan Leaf – Taking Reservations

Revenge of the Electric Car

Funny that this article cites “a shortage of public charging stations&# as the sole reason for auto makers scrapping electric vehicles in the 1990s. Read more about it in the San Jose Mercury News Article: Reservations for the all-electric Nissan Leaf start Tuesday. By Dana Hull for the San Jose Mercury News.

Nissan 160
article thumbnail

Tesla + Toyota

Revenge of the Electric Car

From the article: After being sucker-punched first by the recession and then by the closure earlier this year of the NUMMI plant with its nearly 5,000 auto-worker jobs, the Bay Area’s fourth-largest city is suddenly coming to — buoyed by last week’s news that electric-car maker Tesla will jump-start NUMMI. By Patrick May.

Toyota 191
article thumbnail

U.S. Battery Makers Power Up

Revenge of the Electric Car

As this article explains, we now have movement toward a domestic supply. See the LA Times article: U.S. A coalition of 14 companies this week announced the creation of a new business alliance aimed at promoting domestic production of lithium ion batteries. Tags: EV News Production News Inside Track.

Power 100
article thumbnail

Tesla Prepping IPO

Revenge of the Electric Car

Here is the full text of the article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. A combination of factors has driven the recent interest in developing electric, or partially electric vehicles, including the Obama administration’s push to have 1 million rechargeable vehicles on U.S. Tags: EV Economics Production News. by Reuters.

Tesla 140
article thumbnail

When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

This Christian Science Monitor article takes an in-depth look at an age. Read more in the article: Can electric cars break out of niche status in US, China market? Quote from the article: “Investors, too, are excited. Here is the full text of the article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. percent of $1.9

China 133
article thumbnail

Bring on the EV Trucks

Revenge of the Electric Car

The more the merrier, the market for these is going to explode soon with Obama’s stimulation plan, and its tax of $7,500 to $15,000 for electric trucks. 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].

Chicago 124
article thumbnail

Smart Meters and Electric Cars

Revenge of the Electric Car

This is a well written story in the Pasadena Star News about how the utilities are gearing up for the coming plug-in vehicles. By 2012, we should have made some progress on this, just in time to re-elect Obama to his second term. Here’s the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link].