LOS ANGELES — So what’s it like driving the Chevrolet Volt?

Nice, actually. There are still some bugs to work out before production begins late next year, but at this point the Volt promises to be a sweet ride.

General Motors turned us loose in a pre-production model to do some laps around Dodger Stadium. We spent about 45 minutes with the range-extended electric vehicle and added 8 m… Continue

Whether it's voluntary or enforced, it seems to be a safe bet that most electric vehicles will eventually break their silence in one way or another to warn nearby pedestrians -- especially the blind.

Chevrolet looks to be taking a slightly different approach than most with the Volt, however, and it recently tested out its system with a group of visually-impaired folks at its Milford Proving Grounds.

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So, picture this. You get the itch to start some chaos at around 3AM local time. You snatch up your stolen shotgun, load a few slugs in there and roll out with a mind to come home in a shiny new vehicle. As fate would have it, you choose to carjack a 2009 Chevy Tahoe, and while everything seems kosher at first (look, there's even a half-full bottle of Coke Zero over there!), the mighty V8 just seems to be struggling all of a sudden. As the horrifying reality sets in (you know, the one that invol… Continue

Better Place has a savvy plan for getting the world to switch from gas to electric cars, but there's no guarantee that it will be the company to execute the plan.

Nissan and Better Place say that while they've partnered in Israel and Denmark to test out charging infrastructure for electric cars, there's no exclusive deal in place to work together in the future. The trick for Better Place, as near as we can tell, is that it could be left in the cold if the tests are successful.

Better Place wou… Continue

Subject: THREE CONTRACTORS and the Stimulus Plan.



THREE CONTRACTORS

Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House.

One is from Chicago, another is from Tennessee, and the third is from Minnesota.

All three go with a White House official to examine the fence.

The Minnesota contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil.
“Well,” he says, “I figure the job will run about $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crew an… Continue

Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.

Watch this video of one of our favorite actors in his now famous electric car...
Tom Hanks- on guilt free cruising in his electric car.

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The Electric Car Owners Club was started in 1982 by Frank Didik as an informal association of electric car owners and enthusiasts. At that time, interest in electric cars developed during the second gasoline crises in 1977, had died out, and it was very difficult for electric car owners to obtain information on maintaining and improving their electric cars. The club acted as a focal point for electric car owners. By 1986, over 900 electric vehicle owners world wide had joined the group. Most own… Continue

The battery electric vehicle, or BEV, is a vehicle that utilizes chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs, and electric motors and motor controllers instead of internal combustion engines (ICEs). Some confusion arises because the industry often refers to BEVs when it means electric cars.

Vehicles using both electric motors and ICEs (hybrid electric vehicles) a… Continue