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$25 billion green car grant scheme dodges the axe

Green Cars News

A $25 billion fund for green cars dodged the axe yesterday as the conservative member of the US Congress agreed drop attempts to trim the fund as part of the US government’s budget reviews. However, according to the USA Today, the attention on the fund will put the Department of Energy, which administered the Advanced [.].

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Chrysler Changes Its Mind About EVs

Revenge of the Electric Car

That includes the Dodge Circuit, a two-seat, all-electric sports car that Chrysler engineers had rushed into prototype by using a Lotus platform. More details below: Tags: Obama Energy chrysler. “Until the (battery) storage gets resolved, I think electric vehicles are going to struggle,&# he said.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

REDDIT STUMBLE UPON MYSPACE MIXX IT Paste this link into your favorite RSS desktop reader See all CNNMoney.com RSS FEEDS ( close ) By Peter Valdes-Dapena , CNNMoney.com senior writer Last Updated: April 15, 2009: 2:59 PM ET The Dodge Circuit, slated to enter production late next year, is based on a vehicle platform engineered by Britains Lotus.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Breaking News Feed Chryslers first EV will be the Dodge Circuit Vectrix in trouble, may be for sale REPORT: Toyota claims 40,000 pre-orders for new Prius Cadillac Converj reportedly approved for production *UPDATED New York 2009: Mitsubishi confirms i-MiEV will come to U.S. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Follow us on Twitter!

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

With more than a 40 percent market share, our Chrysler and Dodge minivans continue to lead the segment we created more than 25 years ago," said Frank Klegon, Executive Vice President-Product Development, Chrysler LLC. produces Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Mopar® brand vehicles and products. Postal Service for mail delivery.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Early Days in the Obama Administration An Address I'd Like to Hear Global Warming Solutions Included in Transportatio. Intelligent Charging Infrastructure for New Electr. Tree Planting as Carbon Offsets – Does Latitude Ma. Here we go again.or Carbon trading vs t. 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA SZ (1) 6753.T SZ (1) 6753.T

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Breaking News Feed Chryslers first EV will be the Dodge Circuit Vectrix in trouble, may be for sale REPORT: Toyota claims 40,000 pre-orders for new Prius Cadillac Converj reportedly approved for production *UPDATED New York 2009: Mitsubishi confirms i-MiEV will come to U.S. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Follow us on Twitter!