Green Car Reports

AUGUST 5, 2016

Tesla has officially opened its lithium-ion battery cell "gigafactory," but the company still has substantial work to do. It must ramp up cell production in order to help meet CEO Elon Musk's goal of producing 500,000 electric cars per year by 2018—and use renewable-energy sources to do it.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

In late July, we published an article describing one electric-car driver's experience in adding solar panels to his home to help with charging his family's five electric cars. That reader, who'd like to be known just as Shiva, has now owned a 2016 Tesla Model S for a year.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

Policy (Update2) Share | Email | Print | A A A By Alan Ohnsman April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co. , Still, the company will respond to a push by theObama administration for carmakers to sell plug-ins, he said. “We General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. and startups Tesla Motors Inc. at 4:01 p.m.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 21, 2016

In August 2006, Elon Musk issued a "Top Secret Master Plan" for Tesla Motors, outlining the goals of what was then a small and largely unknown company.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Learn About Plug-ins What Are Plug-ins? Real Life EV Stories A Case for Electricity Plug In America Positions Energy Policy Frequently Asked Questions About Plug-in Buses Who Killed the Electric Car? 3 CARB Date with Destiny Move CARB Forward Plug In America Podcasts! Where Can I Buy One? 4 Great Gifts!

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 17, 2009

Add to Mixx Add to Newsvine Add to Connotea Add to CiteUlike Add to Furl Googlize this Add to Rojo Add to MyWeb Favorite Print E-mail The price of green: The Fisker Karma, on display at the New York Auto Show, is a plug-in hybrid that can run on batteries alone for 50 miles. Price: $87,000. It takes the Volt about 9 seconds.)

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 27, 2008

It had only been hours since I eased out of the Tesla dealership in West Los Angeles and already I had a date with the police. “This is the Tesla that I told you about. My first electric car, twelve years ago, turned me from a car-hater into a car-lover, and the Tesla only heats this up more. Even I was surprised.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2012

The converted RAV4 is the result of the partnership between Toyota and Tesla Motors announced in May 2010; Toyota has contracted for 2,600 units. He or she owns a home, which is perhaps solar-powered. Toyota held its first media briefing and drive for the RAV4 EV ( earlier post ), due to go on sale later this year in California.

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

All Wheel Drive (AWD) : An electric vehicle whose all wheels are powered from electric motors (either from a single motor or multiple motors). All Wheel Drive (AWD) : An electric vehicle whose all wheels are powered from electric motors (either from a single motor or multiple motors). It’s easy!

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

JULY 29, 2009

They both live in Rochester , New York and purchased a Tesla Roadster to make a difference in the way Americans travel. by partnering with other Tesla Roadster owners to drive cross country in their all-electric sports car this summer. She is a medical student, who plans to study international medical law.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 1, 2015

Last night, as promised, Tesla unveiled the new, non-automotive product line it had previously teased--confirming that the carmaker will enter the energy-storage business. Under the Tesla Energy brand, the electric-car manufacturer will also sell lithium-ion batteries for utilities, businesses, and houses.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Across the street from City Hall, some drivers are already plugging converted hybrids into a row of charging stations. Across the street from City Hall, some drivers are already plugging converted hybrids into a row of charging stations. Here’s the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link].

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

AUGUST 3, 2009

Element Hotel General Manager, D Dave Smith, plugs in the RAR'ster. Tesla Roadster Drives Coast to Coast in 15 Days Electric Auto Association Chapters and Tesla Owners Group Unite to Provide Cross Country Support for Renew America Roadtrip by Stan Hanel (LVEVA), assisted by J. This time it would be with a Tesla Motors Roadster!

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Creative Greenius

JULY 2, 2009

Steve Westly (left) with Jeremy Snyder, General Manager, Tesla Motors (c) 2009 Joe Galliani. Don’t forget that the big brains at General Motors used toasters, lamps and electric fans as the spokespeople last time they had a sexy electric car to market. Having the world’s greatest car is nice.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Toyota has now built a plug-in version of the Prius, which may again see the company beat its rivals to the punch on name value alone. So who is leading the green car race? In part one of our summary, we look at the leaders and the chasing pack. The green car race – the leaders. It has also launched flexible fuel vehicles in Brazil.

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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. is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. and Chrysler. .

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? In the future, utilities will pay you to plug-in your vehicle. Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technology is a bi-directional electric grid interface that allows a plug-in to take energy from the grid or put it back on the grid. Here we go again.or

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

And in a true smart grid, electric cars will not only be able to draw on electricity to run their motors, they will also be able to do the reverse: send electricity stored in their batteries back into the grid when it is needed. Analysts are sanguine about this kind of thing becoming more common — someday. We will own the battery.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Written by Josie Garthwaite 9 Comments Posted March 31st, 2009 at 5:00 am in Automotive Before unveiling the concept version of its Model S sedan, an $57,400 electric car that Tesla Motors wants to build using loans from the Department of Energy, the startup said the Model S battery would be designed to handle rapid charging.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

" In other words, General Motors is going to lose its shirt until the Volt establishes itself in the marketplace. " In other words, General Motors is going to lose its shirt until the Volt establishes itself in the marketplace. General Motors has sought $10.3 "The Volt is a case study.

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