article thumbnail

Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Policy (Update2) Share | Email | Print | A A A By Alan Ohnsman April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co. , General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. and startups Tesla Motors Inc. from its reliance on imported oil. Oil prices are going to go up. policy shifts to favor battery-powered autos. “We

Obama 53
article thumbnail

Li-ion Reserve in the World: How it Revolutionised the EV Industry

Get Electric Vehicle

The developments and innovations that happened in the Internal combusting engine and the newly found oil reservoirs along with other few reasons made the gasoline cars favourite among the growing middle-class families in the U.S Newly found reservoirs of petroleum and crude oil decreased the oil price. The Great Fall.

Li-ion 52
article thumbnail

Nissan’s Big Gamble

Revenge of the Electric Car

. – Toyota Motor Corp. – Tesla Motors Inc., “A lot of Americans really want to stop using imported oil,&# he says. Pricing isn’t set. Oil vs. electrons. But Ghosn thinks rising oil prices will tilt the economics in favor of electrons. Batteries are expensive.

Nissan 124
article thumbnail

September '06 - Tesla Roadster Unveiled, Electric Cars NOT DEAD YET!

Plugs and Cars

set the stage for the dramatic unveiling of the Tesla Motors Roadster in Santa Monica on July 19th. Tesla Unveiled Riding this wave of publicity, with movie reviews across the nation asking the question “Who Killed the Electric Car?,” Tesla Motors provided one convincing answer in the business pages.

article thumbnail

Tesla Announces IPO

Revenge of the Electric Car

According to their SEC filing, California electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. Read more in the LA Times story: Tesla Motors plans $100-million IPO. From the article: “California electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. Tesla Motors plans $100-million IPO. By Robert Faturechi.

Tesla 140
article thumbnail

Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Millions of EVs and PHEVs would expand the sale of electricity as an alternative to oil. No more Big OIL - think of the extra money stimulating the economy! Let the Interstate trucks and farm equipment stay on oil until the residential is done and slowly begin to move them as their fleets age out. Then we are done! Email Neal.

Grid 28