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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. IIHS says that the result demonstrates that automakers are using the same safety engineering in new electric cars as they do in gasoline-powered vehicles.

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Feature: Are Electric Fire Trucks in the Near Future?

Clean Fleet Report

It’s a series plug-in hybrid like the Chevrolet Volt. The truck features two electric motors with a total output of 490 horsepower and off-the-chart torque. Still, slow fleet turnover means most vehicles on the road will run on gasoline and diesel for decades to come. However, the vehicle isn’t fully electric. Opinion: New U.S.

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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

Plugs and Cars

Out in the desert as part of Burning Man , our encampment, Snow Koan Solar, is setting up a solar photovoltaic EV Charging Station (at 7:30 and Desert) for electric scooters, golf carts, sofas and barstools. The electric sofas and scooters were so much cooler - and quieter - than the gasoline powered stinkers that predominate.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The government sees environmental upsides and a chance for its car makers to gain ground on foreign rivals, since electric vehicles are simpler to engineer than gasoline-engine ones. Great Wall Motor Co., Those prices are much lower than that of General Motors Corp.s and Korean golf cart maker CT&T Co.

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Proud of its roots

Electric Auto Association

David McNeil first joined the Denver Electric Vehicle Council (DEVC) , a chapter of the Electric Auto Association, soon after its founding in 1974, but he’s never owned a Tesla, a Chevrolet Bolt, or any other likely suspects. I cut the frame and extended it, and then a guy from the DEVC donated a golf cart motor,” he explained. “I

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

" In other words, General Motors is going to lose its shirt until the Volt establishes itself in the marketplace. The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. General Motors has sought $10.3

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