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World's First All-Electric Monster Truck: Wimpy No Longer! (Video)

Green Car Reports

Public preconceptions of electric cars as wimpy fiberglass golf carts are starting to wane, ever so slowly. Now, another plug-in electric vehicle is literally looking to crush those outdated images. Shown above is the world's first all-electric monster truck, formally known as the Odyssey Battery Bigfoot No.

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Tesla Model S at 36,000 miles: Car and Driver's long-term Midwest test

Green Car Reports

We're long past the days when car enthusiast publications sneered at electric cars as underpowered golf carts. Much of the credit for that goes to Tesla, the first all-electric carmaker, whose Model S won the hearts of 'buff-book' writers everywhere for its speed and shape.

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IIHS awards Chevrolet Volt & Nissan Leaf top ratings in 1st US crash tests of mainstream electric cars

Green Car Congress

The Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf earned the highest safety ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the first US crash test evaluations of plug-in electric cars. The addition of the 2 electric cars brings to 80 the number of award winners so far for 2011, including 7 hybrid models.

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Are electric cars just golf carts? Learn the truth at National Plug-In Day

National Green Transportation

Electric vehicle advocacy group Plug-In America is organizing a nation-wide day of awareness, National Plug-In Day, this Sunday, October 16. With events scheduled across America they wish to demonstrate newly built highway-capable electric.

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Electric Car Watch #9: Where is the Strom-R3 electric car?

Plug In India

By Abhishek & Kamlesh ​ In this episode of Electric Car watch, we will talk about the Indian electric car startup Strom Motors and what they need to do to be a relevant player this decade. Electric Car Watch ? A 3 wheeled reverse trike electric car to be made in India.

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Are electric cars just golf carts? Learn the truth at National Plug-In Day

National Green Transportation

Electric vehicle advocacy group Plug-In America is organizing a nation-wide day of awareness, National Plug-In Day, this Sunday, October 16. With events scheduled across America they wish to demonstrate newly built highway-capable electric.

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Bad Battery Charger Blues

Electric Cars are for Girls

Usually when I plug the charger into the golf cart battery pack there is momentary pause, then hum, then the charging needle moves left to right to about

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