My journey from Gas to Electric
Archive for April, 2010
Our man drives an electric car – BrooklynPapers.com
Apr 1st
The makers of the Think electric car let our reporter drive it around — in a bubble to prove that there’s no exhaust. Recipients’ email addresses (Up to ten, separated by commas.) Is the electric car the future of transportation as we know it …
Ford, Microsoft Announce “Hohm” Electric Car … – Gas2.0
Apr 1st
One of the biggest arguments against electric cars is that all those cars plugging in at the same time will overload our already beleaguered electric grid. And there might be some truth to that. When the flat screen television became popular almost …
Korean Electric Car Maker to Build Plant in China – Digital Chosunilbo
Apr 1st
Korean electric cars will be driving on China’s roads. Korean electric car manufacturer CT&T on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with China’s state-run Beijing Automotive Group and Korea’s SK Energy to form a joint venture to produce and …
Ford, Microsoft to work on electric-car charging – KHOU
Apr 1st
The system would start with the all-electric Ford Focus compact car that is scheduled to go on sale late in 2011. Called “Microsoft Hohm,” it will allow … electric rates and loads on generating systems, said Derrick Kuzak, Ford’s global product …
In Japan, drivers start buying affordable electric cars – San Jose Mercury News
Apr 1st
… showrooms Thursday as the futuristic technology becomes more affordable amid a burgeoning price war. The four-seater bubble-shaped i-MiEV from Mitsubishi Motors, Japan’s fifth-biggest automaker, costs 2.8 million yen ($30,500) after government …
Small Croat firm has big dreams for electric car – Arab News
Apr 1st
ZAGREB: Fancy electric cars are hardly the first thing that comes to mind when talking about Croatia. Ethnic wars of the 1990s or the booming tourism on its pristine Adriatic coast are the far more common associations. Yet a small Zagreb-based …
Japan buys affordable electric cars – Omaha World-Herald
Apr 1st
Proud i-MiEV buyer Chitoshi Okunuki, 72, placed an advance order at a higher … orders for its own electric car, the Leaf. “I’m so happy,” said Okunuki, who runs a convenience store, during a visit to a Mitsubishi showroom. “It’s so quiet …
Ford, Microsoft to work on electric-car charging – San Francisco Chronicle
Apr 1st
Ford Motor Co. and Microsoft Corp. have signed a deal to work together on a computerized link between houses, electric cars and utility companies to help manage energy use. The companies said Wednesday at the New York International Auto Show that …
In Japan, drivers start buying affordable electric cars – San Jose Mercury News
Apr 1st
… showrooms Thursday as the futuristic technology becomes more affordable amid a burgeoning price war. The four-seater bubble-shaped i-MiEV from Mitsubishi Motors, Japan’s fifth-biggest automaker, costs 2.8 million yen ($30,500) after government …
First Electric Car Goes On Sale In Japan – Industrial Distribution
Apr 1st
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s first mass-market electric car went on sale in showrooms Thursday as the futuristic technology becomes more affordable amid a burgeoning price war. The four-seater bubble-shaped i-MiEV from Mitsubishi Motors Corp., Japan’s fifth …