Having garnered more than 20,000 global reservations for the LEAF so far — 14,000+ of which are in the U.S. — Nissan’s senior vice president for sales and marketing in North America, Brian Carolin, is now saying that more than 90% of those 14,000 $99 reservations are from people who’ve never considered buying a Nissan [...]
Scientists Create a Much Better Lithium Battery by Adding Carbon Nanotubes
June 21, 2010 By 28 Comments
Researchers at MIT have developed a new method of adding carbon nanotubes to lithium-ion batteries that give the batteries the best characteristics of both capacitors and traditional lithium-ion batteries while simultaneously increasing their energy storage. The experimental batteries, which used layered carbon nanotubes as the positive electrode (the cathode) and a lithium titanium oxide as [...]
Porsche 918 Spyder Eco-Supercar Production Likely to be Announced in August
June 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Ever since the surprise debut of the Porsche 918 Spyder at the Geneva Auto Show this year, many of us have been salivating at the prospects of its eventual production… and for good reason. With a 0-60 time of around 3 seconds, a lithium-ion battery that can take the car 16 miles on battery power [...]
UK Electric Car Tests Reveal Average Driving Range of 23 Miles
June 17, 2010 By 22 Comments
One of the biggest perceived drawbacks of electric cars is the limited range. We are, after all, rather spoiled these days by fuel efficient cars and hybrids that can go 400 miles or more on a single tank of gas. But most people don’t need to go more than a hundred miles a day, especially city dwellers. [...]
BP Oil Spill: 2.5 Million Gallons Of Oil Per Day Into The Gulf?
June 17, 2010 By 46 Comments
I’ve been avoiding over covering the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico for a reason; it is just about everywhere else on the internet already. Don’t get me wrong, this is one of those rare stories that actually deserves the crazy amount of coverage it is getting. But in the nearly two months since [...]
EV Sports Concept Performance Car Races to the Clouds
June 17, 2010 By 2 Comments
Tesla IPO Coming Last Week of June
June 16, 2010 By 5 Comments
Do you consider yourself a savvy investor? Did you buy Apple stocks when they were a few bucks a share? Do you like making money? If so, you might want to prep your portfolio. Tesla, the world’s first (seemingly) successful maker of electric cars is reportedly getting ready to release its Initial Public Offering on the week [...]
First Drive: Nissan LEAF – It's a Zippy, Roomy, Well-Designed Car
June 16, 2010 By 42 Comments
As one of the first non-Nissan people invited to spend some time behind the wheel of a pre-production Nissan LEAF in Japan this week, I wasn’t sure what to expect. But, the word is in folks, and after having a good amount of time to experience the car from the inside out, my overwhelming feeling [...]
