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Chevy Bolt: Is GM poised to mainstream EVs?

January 11, 2016 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

At the Detroit Auto Show this week, GM is still riding high on the buzz surrounding the new 2017 Chevy Bolt since officially unveiling the fully electric vehicle (EV) during CES last week, and not only because the car has a range of 200 miles. Part of the reason is neatly encapsulated in the title […]

Filed Under: EVs & Green Transportation Tagged With: Chevrolet, Chevy, Chevy Bolt, Electric Car, Electric Vehicle, EV

Tesla Motors open sources its EV patents

June 12, 2014 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

This is big. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, today announced that his company is open sourcing all of its patents. Could this be the spark that sets off the electric vehicle (EV) revolution? In a post on the company’s blog, cheekily titled “All Our Patent Are Belong To You,” Musk explained the rationale behind […]

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: Electric Car, Electric Vehicle, EV, patents, Tesla

OnStar app brings cloud-based EV fleet management to Google

January 20, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

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Video: The arrival of technology-laden EVs promises to empower and liberate car fleet managers in ways they could only just imagine a few short years ago. Just ask Rolf Schreiber, Google’s Electric Transportation Manager. As you know, Google is big on cleantech. And one of the ways it promotes this is by keeping a fleet […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: Android, app, Chevrolet Volt, Chevy Volt, Electric Vehicle, EV, Google, Volt

New Nissan Leaf TV ads skewer gas powered lifestyle

June 13, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Nissan is airing a clever new ad campaign in support of its Leaf electric vehicle. The TV spots feature average Joes and Janes going about their lives using everyday gadgets. Instead of running on electricity, they’re powered by gasoline instead — complete with chattering little engines and bleak, soul-draining plumes of exhaust. The car maker’s […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: advertising, Chevy Volt, Electric Vehicle, EV, Leaf, marketing, Nissan, Nissan Leaf

EV 101: With V2G, your car is the battery

May 3, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

Besides reducing carbon emissions from car travel and ending America’s love affair with the fuel pump, electric vehicles (EVs) can perform another important function: energy storage for renewable energy sources. GE’s new Txchnologist website has an infographic that illustrates how your (future ?) plug-in can one day become a pivotal piece of the smart grid […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Smart Grid Tagged With: Electric Car, Electric Vehicle, energy storage, EV, GE, Smart Grid, V2G, vehicle-to-grid

GE: “Everyone is talking about the Volt”

January 10, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez

A fair assessment, judging by the press its getting by winning The North American Car of the Year title. And if you’re in any way invested in the EV ecosystem, there’s reason to be happy. GE spokesman Robert Peterson thinks that the other General’s win (GM) is significant because it represents a not only a […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: car charging, Chevrolet Volt, Chevy Volt, Coulomb Technologies, Ecotality, Electric Car, Electric Vehicle, EV, EV charging, GE, GM, Panasonic, plug-in, Siemens, startup, Tesla

CES 2011 Green Watch: This year’s hits and misses

January 7, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

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Move over 3D HDTVs, CES 2011 was a tablet maker’s playground. But beside the iPad fighters, what did the trade show have in store for green consumers? Let’s have a look at trends and companies that made this year memorable for eco-conscious techies, and those we’d rather forget. Hits Ford: Who needs an auto show? […]

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Filed Under: Featured, Gadgets & Mobile, Green IT Tagged With: Asus, CES, Control4, Electric Car, Electric Vehicle, EV, Ford, Greenpeace, home automation, home energy management, NRG Energy, ON 24, Reliant Energy, Samsung, teleconferencing, telepresence

GE wants EVs, 25,000 of them

November 11, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

(click here for the full-sized image at GE) It’s somewhat fitting that a company that’s big lately on EV (electric vehicle) chargers is trying to spur the adoption of electric EVs — and avoid a chicken and egg problem — by committing to replace half its global automotive fleet with EVs by 2015. All told, […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy, Featured Tagged With: Chevy Volt, Electric Car, Electric Vehicle, EV, GE, GM

A123 spinoff: New battery tech reduces cost by 85%

August 16, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Is that a cheap electric vehicle I see on the horizon? Yet-Ming Chiang, A123 Systems founder and an MIT materials researcher, claims to have come up with a new battery design that will cut the cost of battery packs — currently upwards of $10,000 — by up to 85 percent.  The tech will be at […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: 24M, A123 Systems, batteries, Electric Car, Electric Vehicle, EV

Chevy Volt: California First

December 2, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

*Grrr.* Though it comes as no surprise that GM would want to roll-out the first Chevy Volts in the state that popularized the Prius and is home to Tesla Motors, it still stings that NJ gets no love. California…

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Chevrolet Volt, Chevy Volt, Electric Car, Electric Vehicle, EV, plug-in, Volt

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