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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

How many plug-in electric vehicles does President Barack Obama wish to see on U.S. roads by 2015? The president is hoping to use incentives to get one million plug-in hybrid vehicles to consumers by 2015. Match the auto maker with its electric car: A. Five million. Two million. One million. Google Inc. Tesla Motors.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

The total cost of purchasing and driving one—the cost of ownership—has fallen nearly to parity with a typical gasoline-fueled car. You also must consider the electricity that charges the vehicle. In our model, using electricity from the 2019 U.S. passenger-vehicle fleet over the period between 2015 and 2050.