Charis Michelsen spent 7 years living in Germany and Japan, studying both languages extensively, doing translation and education with companies like Bosch, Nissan, Fuji Heavy, and others. Charis has a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and currently lives in Chicago, Illinois. She also believes that Janeway was the best Star Trek Captain.
December 4th, 2012 | by Charis Michelsen
I believe I have found an excellent vehicle to drive through the zombie apocalypse - or at least a good one for hauling stuff around on a regular basis. I've had a Mitsubishi Outlander Sport tossed at me for the week, and it's turning out to be a lot of fun!
August 14th, 2012 | by Charis Michelsen
Another step towards market readiness for electro-mobility: The BMW group and the Technical University Munich fired the starting shot for the first project to be showcased in Bavaria-Saxony. Over the coming five months, 25 test drivers will take to Munich’s streets behind the wheels of their own electrically-powered MINI Es
August 9th, 2012 | by Charis Michelsen
Those of you who love two-wheeled transportation - and there are a lot of you - have one more reason to go green. The Senate Finance Committee approved a federal tax credit for purchasers of electric bikes and motorcycles last week
August 9th, 2012 | by Charis Michelsen
Anyone who knows me will tell you that there is absolutely no objectivity when it comes to a DeLorean - despite being painfully slow and almost laughably unreliable, they're gorgeous classic cars. I mean, look at it. Have you ever seen anything so pretty? (Don't answer that.)
August 7th, 2012 | by Charis Michelsen
One might say that Toyota’s plug-in hybrids are plugged into the future (of course, that would be a terrible, terrible pun and which no one sane would actually make, right?). Either way, Toyota has been markedly successful with the Prius. The Japanese automaker is not, however, standing still
July 16th, 2012 | by Charis Michelsen
It’s not easy being green, apparently. Successful German automakers BMW and Opel have both come out and stated that they
July 11th, 2012 | by Charis Michelsen
KTM has been promising an electric off-road bike for ages. It’s been in development in Austria, but KTM now claims
July 9th, 2012 | by Charis Michelsen
French student Vianney Bureau has just completed a road trip around France. This is not unusual. He has completed the
July 6th, 2012 | by Charis Michelsen
Tiny little single-seater electric vehicles are apparently doing pretty well in Japan, as Toyota just announced the second generation of
June 25th, 2012 | by Charis Michelsen
Solar cars are what they are – very, very cool but not entirely practical for everyday use. Honda hasn’t let
May 24th, 2012 | by Charis Michelsen
Nissan has announced that the 100% electric compact van (which is not the same thing as a minivan) will go into production in the Barcelona plant in [...]
May 24th, 2012 | by Charis Michelsen
If a Frenchman can drive an electric vehicle 3,000 miles through Africa, you can certainly handle driving an EV the fifteen miles to work and back, plus around the city for shopping [...]
May 2nd, 2012 | by Charis Michelsen
Solar cars are fun – even if they’re not yet eminently practical (it’s hard to get enough electricity to continuously
April 27th, 2012 | by Charis Michelsen
Public transportation running on alternative fuel is always fun (fuel cells, batteries, you name it), and San Diego has added
April 26th, 2012 | by Charis Michelsen
American Honda Motor Co., Inc. has chosen its EV supply equipment provider – the company announced this week that it
April 21st, 2012 | by Charis Michelsen
Lufthansa may have given up on using biofuel to power its planes, but Japan’s ANA (All Nippon Airways) has not
