The Truth About Cars

MARCH 11, 2025

It seems as Wolfsburg preps itself for the impending all-electric ID.Golf, the gasoline-powered variant will shift its production home to Mexico potentially by the 2027 calendar year. That article was mainly talking about the next-gen hatchback and its designs on being all-electric.

Mexico

The Truth About Cars

JUNE 16, 2025

From the sound of things, the next incarnation of the convertible would probably be all-electric. After the partnership, Smart’s final gasoline models were promptly converted to EVs (abandoning our market in the process) and were subsequently discontinued in 2024. However, the cars would come with all-electric motors as an option.

Mazda

The Truth About Cars

JULY 16, 2025

Confirming the news yesterday , it will instead assemble an array of light-duty pickup trucks and the Cadillac Escalade, said to be all part of a $4 billion push to meet demand for gasoline-powered vehicles in this country. Local media, specifically The Freep (Detroit Free Press) were among the first to report on the story.

Gasoline

The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 29, 0002

Despite previous assurances that Audi would only develop electrified models after 2026, and pivot exclusively to selling all-electric vehicles by 2033, the company has abandoned those deadlines so it can continue building combustion models. But the lineup will be undoubtedly vary between regions. Images: Audi] Become a TTAC insider.

Audi

The Truth About Cars

MAY 5, 2025

But California is no longer just requiring higher levels of efficiency, it now has plans to effectively ban the sale of all new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035. However, all-electric vehicles arent seeing the kinds of adoption rates automakers and emissions-focused legislators had hoped for.

Congress

The Truth About Cars

JULY 21, 2025

More than a few studies have claimed that all-electric vehicles may be creating more instances of motion sickness. In a battery-powered car, the electric motor makes no such noises. In addition to general unfamiliarity, research has found links between specific features common to electric vehicles and motion sickness.

Environment

Energy Institute at HAAS

JUNE 16, 2025

Skip to content Menu Home About Contributors Open Menu Overlay Energy Institute Blog Research that Informs Business and Public Policy Posted 2 hours ago by Maximilian Auffhammer Uncategorized Taxing the Distance What if we taxed miles not gallons? If you come to this blog, you will get a lecture about taxes. This is the pickle.

Tax

The Truth About Cars

JULY 8, 2025

Those clearly stem from the STLA Medium platform that will underpin the Gamma, which is assumed to come as both a hybridized-gasoline model and pure electric. But we don’t really have enough solid information about the presumed Delta to go on, so it’s unfair to make any major assumptions regarding how it’ll be built.

Dodge

The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 11, 2025

Despite having attempted to pivot its lineup to cater toward electric vehicles, the company has grown concerned that EV mandates will functionally cripple the automotive market. Poland currently estimates only about 5 percent of its new vehicle registrations pertain to electrics. We must not lose sight of our economy," Kaellenius said.

Mercedes

The Truth About Cars

JULY 30, 2025

With Trump back in office, the White House has resumed efforts to try and scale back subsidies for all-electric vehicles and create less aggressive emission standards. being electric or plug-in hybrids by 2030. President Trump campaigned against "electric vehicle mandates," and once in office, pledged to roll back such rules.

EPA

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2014

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk announced in a blog post that the company is opening up access to its patents; Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use the company’s technology. At best, the large automakers are producing electric cars with limited range in limited volume.

Tesla

Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2013

Fletcher is responsible for the Extended Range Electric Vehicle propulsion system in the Chevrolet Volt as well as the propulsion systems in GM’s upcoming line-up of Plug-In Hybrid Elecrtic Vehicles. The small electric motor and lithium ion battery provide more power and give the car a little “boost”, under heavy accelerating.

Hybrid

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 24, 2022

Any light-duty electric vehicle available in the United States for the 2022 model year will save drivers thousands of dollars over gasoline or diesel vehicles, the Department of Energy said last week in a blog post.

Fuel

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2011

Hyper-miler Wayne Gerdes and his colleague Chris Bernius, driving a factory-standard 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid ( earlier post ), aim to set a new record for lowest fuel consumption in a gasoline hybrid car while driving an 8,000-mile route through all 48 adjoining states of the US.

Kia

Green Energy Consumers

JANUARY 5, 2023

When we talk about the environmental benefits of electric vehicles (EVs), we get a lot of questions about the lifetime greenhouse gas (GHG) impact of EVs vs internal combus t ion engine (ICE) cars. Electric cars don’t have tailpipe emissions when running on electricity, but battery manufacturing is an energy-intensive process.

Gasoline-Electric

Teslarati

APRIL 23, 2024

“We’re really headed for an electric vehicle autonomous future. Gasoline cars will be like riding a horse and using a flip phone,” Musk said. 16:26 CDT – Hello, everyone, and welcome to our live blog of Tesla’s first-quarter 2024 earnings call. ” Musk also mentioned that Tesla has roughly 35,000 H-100s.

Tesla

Energy Institute at HAAS

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The year’s most popular blog posts addressed rooftop solar policy and the path to electrifying homes and transportation. The widespread adoption of solar energy by California households led the state’s … Continue Reading Top 10 Blog Posts of 2022.

Solar

Energy Institute at HAAS

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Insights on the future of the electric grid, affordability, artificial intelligence and more drew readers to the Energy Institute Blog this year. The past is no longer a good guide … Continue Reading Top 10 Energy Institute Blog Posts of 2023

Energy

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2013

On Friday, Tesla Chairman, Product Architect & CEO Elon Musk posted a brief analysis of the accident and fire on the company blog. At the time, NHTSA noted that: NHTSA continues to believe that electric vehicles show great promise as a safe and fuel-efficient option for American drivers. The stock price began slowly climbing again.).

Li-ion

Open Source Civic EV Kit

APRIL 7, 2008

After spending the past year and a half converting a Porsche 914 to an electric vehicle, I decided to expand my horizons by designing an open-source electric vehicle (EV) conversion kit for a commonly used car. This project started about a month ago when I became co-chair of the Oregon Electric Vehicles Association.

Kits

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

GM’s Britta Gross, Director of Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Commercialization will participate in a webchat tomorrow to field questions about the development of the plug-in ecosystem. Percentage of 2010 electricity consumption required by 10M plug-ins. of projected 2010 electricity consumption in the US. Earlier post.).

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

There's much I should be blogging these days and hopefully will shortly. The pathetic CARB staff ZEV recommendations ( here ); Bob Lutz's latest inanity about inefficient windshield wipers effect on electric cars' range; London's step backward on the congestion charge. Check out the blog Stuff White People Like on the Prius.

Prius

Green Energy Consumers

MAY 23, 2022

For months, we have seen rising energy costs – natural gas, electricity, and gasoline. But this blog is about the heating oil market as it would affect consumers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and the rest of New England.

Rhode Island

Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 13, 2009

Tesla will be producing battery packs for Daimler's electric Smart, reports Ken Basinger in the LA Times blog Up to Speed. Daimler needlessly procrastinated on bringing the gasoline Smart Car to the US. The electric Smart is eligible today for $7500 in federal tax credits. In 2007 Tesla pulled out of an agreement with Th!nk

Tax Credit

Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

Less than two months later Chrysler's EV guy Lou Rhodes held an impromptu drag race against his own best gasoline sports car. It doesn't surprise that the electric car outpaced the competition. Check out Dan Neil's LA Times blog and view the race. We first heard about Chrylser's plug-in car plans at the end of September.

Dodge EV

DIY Electric Car

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Then towed the vehicle back to our hometown at the cost of $200 in rental and gasoline. Got home too late to do anything but blog about my electric car! 9/19/2011: Bought 1993 Plymouth Laser for $300. 10 hours of work, $500 spent, starting weight of vehicle: 2531 pounds. 9/20/2011: Cleaned car. 9/23/2011: Worked at my real job.

2011

Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 1, 2006

ev world This is from the EV World Blog. The President wants to accelerate the development of domestic, renewable alternatives to gasoline and diesel fuels. The Administration will also step up the Nation's research in better batteries for use in hybrid and electric cars and in pollution-free cars that run on hydrogen.

Plug-in

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

APRIL 5, 2008

I drove the electric 914 back out to Camp914 where I originally purchased the car and drove it away as a gasoline vehicle. The 914ev blog might be winding down as I put more time and energy into the open-source project with its own blog. Yesterday was fun. Craig was happy to see me and took several pictures.

Kits

Plugs and Cars

MARCH 7, 2009

Wesley Clark, retired general and one-time presidential candidate, once headed Wavecrest, a company that produced an awesome electric bike. But the lobbying must go on, as reported in the NY Times blog Green Inc. Now he heads the ethanol industry trade group Growth Energy. The ethanol industry is struggling.

Sacramento

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

The Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Long Electric Range (PHEVLER - pronounced “fevler”) is a new category emerging in the electric vehicle marketplace. PHEVLERs are defined as PHEVs with sufficient battery capacity for all electric driving of twice the average daily distance. [ and UC-Davis Emeritus and Bruce R.

Cleaning

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle Concept uses the Voltec platform. mpg in 2016, GM’s short term answer is to get greater mileage out of existing gasoline engine technologies. As a gasoline technology, HCCI provides the fuel economy benefits of lean burn without requiring additional NO x after treatment.

GM

Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 25, 2010

Darryl Siry blogs over at Wired's Autopia. He's a bit surprised, as are all of us, that Nissan has emerged as the first big automaker to manufacture a mass-produced electric car. He's pretty plugged in, having worked at Tesla and consulted for CODA. The LEAF pack has fewer kWh than my RAV4 EV, but could be almost as heavy.

Nissan

Plug In Partners

OCTOBER 10, 2006

T he Plug In Partners Blog celebrates its first year of publishing this month. Here are the years most important stories that we have either highlighted or linked.

2006

Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 8, 2021

Throughout our blogs, we have established that IC engine dominance in our roads is coming to an end. Upon hearing the term ‘Hydrogen-Powered Car’ for the first time, I assumed it to be like a gasoline car with a few changes. This initiates an electrochemical reaction, which generates energy, and is used to power the electric motor.

Hydrogen

Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 13, 2023

What do people say about electric cars ? We have collected a few best quotes about electric vehicles. A collection of electric car quotes is presented here in this post. Read the following electric vehicle one-liners and share with your friends if you find them interesting! It’s about buying a better car.”

Electric Vehicles

EV Connect

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As electric vehicles (EVs) gain popularity, governments and utility companies are actively encouraging their adoption by offering a range of incentives. In this blog post, we will provide an overview of these incentives, including eligibility requirements and application procedures.

Oregon

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. report titled, “The Comeback of the Electric Car? and Chrysler. .’s

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