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31 Aug. (Denver Post) An Electric Performance By Daryl Hannah >

31 Aug. (GreenCarWebsite) Demand for green cars keeps growing >

31 Aug. (Sunday Mail) DJ Mark's Electric Car Has A Shocker >

31 Aug. (Sunday Times) Nissan EV-02 >

30 Aug. (TampaBay) Top 6 hollywood types doing their bit for the environment. George Clooney, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Ed Begley Jr. drive electric cars >

30 Aug. (KNDO) Small Electric Cars Cruise into Yakima >

30 Aug. And Alkè, an Italian manufacturer, has also started advertising worldwide. Website

30 Aug. Greenland Vehicle Co has begun a worldwide advertising campaign to sell their electric vehicles from China. Check out their website here

29 Aug. (Popular Mechanics) Will Chevy Volt Breed a 2011 Plug-in Pontiac Electric Car? >

29 Aug. (CBS11TV) Frisco Working To Accommodate More Electric Cars >

29 Aug. (Aften Posten) Electric cars increasingly popular >

29 Aug. (Earth2Tech) Tesla to Charge Daimler’s Electric Smart Cars? >

29 Aug. (Information Week) This article leads to an image gallery of Tesla and Volt pics >

29 Aug. (BBC) Electric cars for flat residents in Scotland for £5 per day >

29 Aug. (Pensacola News Journal) Funny cars cruise the islands >

29 Aug. (Car Trade India) Update on electric cars in India, plus a form to send your email to a number of car dealerships in India selling cars, including electric cars >

28 Aug. (Autopia) Mazda is testing an electric car in conjunction with Ford >

28 Aug. (Automotive World) i Miev by Mitsubishi, now due for production in 2009 (subscription) >

28 Aug. (Courant) Electric Porsche (conversion) + video >

28 Aug. (Financial Post) Article on how 3 Hybrids are 'halo' vehicles >

28 Aug. (Business Week) Toyota plans completely electric car for 2010 >

28 Aug. (Grist) More about the electric vehicle rolling showcase >

28 Aug. (Yakima Herald) Electric car show coming to the Valley this weekend >

28 Aug. (The Australian) Real key to viable hybrid is in its battery, says Ford >

27 Aug. (The Day) Car dealer swaps for electric sales >

27 Aug. (Denver Post) Al Lewis: Electric roadshow rolls into DNC >

26 Aug. (Ecorazzi) New Electric Car Company Turns Out To Be Hoax Attacking Barack Obama >

26 Aug. (Market Watch) "The Electric" to Embark on Historic Transcontinental Drive >

26 Aug. (CNW) Hybrid-electric cars subject of evening course at Centennial College  >

26 Aug. (ABS CBN) Nissan eyes launch of electric car in RP by 2012 >

25 Aug. (MFR Tech) Kentucky Lands Electric Car Plant and 4,000 New Jobs - Groundbreaking Scheduled >

25 Aug. (Deepikaglobal) New Indica Electric to make its Norway debut by fiscal-end >

25 Aug. (The Daily Green) Run down on US presidential hopefuls views on EV support >

25 Aug. (Ohio) More conversions >

25 Aug. (WWMT3) Kalamazoo man converting gas cars to electric >

25 Aug. (EE Times) Greener cars set to change IC landscape >

25 Aug. (FT) Japan fuels electric car revolution >

25 Aug. (Triangle Business Journal) Integrity to make ZAP electric cars in Simpson County >

25 Aug. (AHN) Eco-friendly Electric Cars From Canada To Hit Streets Of Europe By 2010 >

24 Aug. (Globes) IDB in separate electric car talks >

24 Aug. (The Times Online) Electric sports car to be made by Tesla Motors in UK >

24 Aug. (The Times Online)  Another review: Hot wheels: Lightning GTS >

24 Aug. (Wausau Daily Herald) Wausau the next city to consider legalising electric cars >

24 Aug. (The Malta Independent)  Electric cars and open top buses to VISET to be discussed by new body >

24 Aug. (NationalJournal) Delegates Hope to Showcase Their Electric Cars >

23 Aug. (Asap) Car rental becoming a more popular option in India >

23 Aug. (InfiBeam)  Hero Electric to come out with e-car >

23 Aug. (TwinCities) A plug-in Corvette? You bet, St. Louis Park man says >

22 Aug. (RedOrbit) Rising Gas Prices Help Electric Car Club Grow Fast >

22 Aug. (The New York Times) Batteries on the Track. Electric races in Portland >

22 Aug. (San Francisco Business Times) Tesla headhunts execs >

22 Aug. (BusinessWire) Electric Vehicle Rolling Showcase to Demo Cars at the 2008 Democratic National Convention >

22 Aug. (TwinCities) Gas-price shock sparks electric-car interest >

22 Aug. (Bloomberg) Zenn available almost everywhere else except in its home town! >

22 Aug. (Globe and Mail) Electric car membership swells >

22 Aug. (Tech-On) Nissan reveals the inside of their electric car battery laboratory >

22 Aug. (The Independent) Another Tesla review >

22 Aug. (The Sun) Tesla review with picture >

21 Aug. (Inside Indiana Business) Tech Company Likes Hoosier Workforce; Will Add 850 Jobs >

21 Aug. (WLFI18) Batteries for electric cars to be built in Indianapolis >

21 Aug. (GM Today) West Bend awaits state's approval for electric cars on streets >

21 Aug. (Dvice) Hinterland Project concept picture revealed >

21 Aug. (TheStar) G-Wiz Review >

21 Aug. (Ledger-Enquirer) Electric car good for wallet, environment. Interview and video of Zenn owner >

20 Aug. (Channel 4) Channel 4 top 10 electric cars with pics >

20 Aug. (WSBT) Solar power car visits South Bend. Louis, I know just how you feel. And if I've got to wait another 10 years for an electric car, I'll build my own too! >

20 Aug. (EEMS) Tesla plans racing programme >

20 Aug. (Domain-b) Summary of latest worldwide electric car news mentions E-Nano and Opel >

20 Aug. (Wheels24) Electric car battery giant formed. Bosch and Samsung 2011 partnership >

20 Aug. (Daily Yomiuri) Ministry to subsidize electric cars for local govts >

20 Aug. (Raleigh Chronicle) Article on how to go green with transport in Raleigh >

19 Aug. (Mercury News) Bill is being pushed to prevent electric cars that are too quiet! >

19 Aug. (PopularMechanics) McCain, Obama Promise Plug-in Cars >

19 Aug. (LowCarbonEconomy) Electric cars join fleet and racing team >

19 Aug. (GreenTechMedia) Tesla named CTO Innovator of the Year >

19 Aug. (Times Colonist) Electric Cars are legal in Oak Bay today >

19 Aug. (Bankok Post) Thai Government discusses cutting excise taxes for electric cars >

19 Aug. (Wheels24) More detail about the poll re: British takeup of electric cars >

19 Aug. (MarketWatch) AltCar Expo to be held 26-27 Sep >

19 Aug. (Grist) Review of article in Wired Magazine about Shai Agassi's electric car vision >

19 Aug. (CNET) Lightning GT [video] >

19 Aug. (WLWT5) Locally Produced Electric Car Goes Far, Fast [video] >

19 Aug. (The Financial Express) And the big news today is that M&M is working on an electric family car (4 seater) that it expects to be more popular than the Reva. Due out in India in 2010 first. >

19 Aug. (Taranaki Daily News) New Plymouth's electric car guru >

18 Aug. (VOA news) Future cars >

18 Aug. (Wilkes News) Martin Eberhard to speak at Wilkes University on the 21st >

17 Aug. (Express India) 9 different electric bike companies have approached the Delhi government for subsidies >

17 Aug. (MarketWatch) 1910 electric Victoria sells as part of a collection for US$2.2million >

17 Aug. (FT) New GM car for the European market - The Opel. (Just the Volt renamed!) >

17 Aug. (Oakland Tribune) Article discussing what California would be like in 2018. Electric cars everywhere! >

17 Aug. (Herald-Zeitung) Review of RavenStar Outdoor Education’s Green Transportation Day >

16 Aug. (Telegraph) Scorpio start-stop electric diesel hybrid due from M&M in India soon >

15 Aug. (Canadian Business) Stock analysis predicts good future for Zenn shares if... >

15 Aug. (Mercury News) San Jose in talks with Tesla for electric-car plant >

15 Aug. (GM-Volt) If you want to see the current list of people wanting to own a Volt, it's here (Almost 38,000 as I type this) > If you want to add your email address to the list, visit this link here >

15 Aug. (BizJournals) Now it's Colorado's turn >

15 Aug. (Autospeed) How does the electric car brake pedal work? >

14 Aug. (Gas 2.0) Have Your Saturn Converted to an All-Electric Car >

14 Aug. (Reuters) GM to finish electric car design by mid-September >

14 Aug. (HT Lounge) $16,000 For An Electric Car >

14 Aug. (Freep) GM announces improvements to electric car design >

14 Aug. (CNET) Electric cars at the 2008 London Motor Show - video >

14 Aug. (Huliq) Electric Vehicles of America Lists Conversion Shops For Cars >

14 Aug.  (Speigel) Mitsubishi's Canter now seen in London. Article on the success of the congestion charge and the greening of London >

14 Aug. (The Economist) Article on the increase of electric cars in London. Apparently free parking for electric cars runs out in 2011. >

14 Aug. (MinnPost) Zenn test drive review >

14 Aug. (CNN)  Converting gas-powered cars to electric. Interviews with owners who've converted their cars >

14 Aug. (TheNorthEastGeorgian) Cloud EV sells, converts and repairs electric scooters and mopeds. >

13 Aug. (Groovy Green) Concept pictures released of a Sunmotor EV. >

13 Aug. (MarketWatch) World-Class Automotive Executive Team Joins Norwegian Electric Car Producer Think >

13 Aug. (New Design World) Jiangsu Jewel Launches Advanced Golf Cars & Electric Vehicles into Sports & Entertainment Markets >

13 Aug. (Star News Online) Water department to ride around in electric 'bubbles' >

13 Aug. (Candgnews) Electric cars on display at the Dream Show >

13 Aug. (CNET news) Hybrid makeovers help owners dump the pump >

13 Aug. (Courant) Dealer Abandoning Hummers For Tiny Cars, Scooters >

12 Aug. (Herald News) Watch Commuta Car video >

12 Aug. (Reuters) Suppliers say U.S. risks losing electric car race >

12 Aug. (Reuters) Pininfarina to raise 100 million euros ($148.9 million) to finance a joint venture with Bollore to develop an electric car. >

12 Aug. (Green Car Website) Glasgow now has electric car charging relays >

12 Aug. (Smart Planet) South-west London adds 9 electric car chargers >

12 Aug. (CNW Group) The President of Iceland will inaugurate Driving Sustainability '08 on September 18 & 19. The platform will have many car businesses presenting their plans for sustainability >

12 Aug. (Business Green) Tokyo Electric Power Co to roll out 200 charging stations in 2009 >

12 Aug. (WGAL) Electric Cars Arrive At Lititz Dealership >

12 Aug. (Freep) North America behind on batteries for electric cars, CEO says >

12 Aug. (ITvoir) China's BYD to Sell Electric Cars and Plug-in Hybrids in Israel in 2009 >

12 Aug. (Herald Sun) General Motors VP says Australia must end oil dependence >

12 Aug. (Montreal Gazette) Only 44 states accept electric cars on their roads. This article talks about how long it has taken to get anything moving in some parts >

12 Aug. (Independent Weekly) Volt likely to be available in Australia after 2010 >

11 Aug. (Windsor Star) Car designer Franz von Holzhausen quits Mazda for Tesla >

11 Aug. (CNN) Symbolic list of potential Volt buyers is over 33,000 >

11 Aug. (AutomobileMag) Mercedes Benz plans to release 10,000 electric cars by 2012 >

11 Aug. (Telegram) 1973 Electrically convered 1957 Citroen still running in 2008 >

11 Aug. (Globes) Road map to a Better Place >

11 Aug. (Green Tech Media) Funding Roundup: DIY Solar, Electric Cars and Water Disinfectant >

11 Aug. (The Australian) Great article on the Riva with interviews >

10 Aug. (7 news Denver) More about the solar taxi >

10 Aug. (Ridgefield Press)  Electric car is clean, but Connecticut won't register it >

10 Aug. (ABC) Chevy Volt Still on Tap for 2010 >

10 Aug. (National Ledger) Zero Air Pollution Electric Cars: Kentucky Plant And Incentives Galore >

9 Aug. (NBC) Augustans line up to test drive electric car >

9 Aug. (Deutsche Welle) Germany's Daimler Pushes Ahead with Electric Cars >

9 Aug. (SignonSanDiego) Auto-shop teachers complete 10-day workshop on Electric Cars >

8 Aug. (WMFD) North Central State College Unveils Its Electric Car >

8 Aug. (Forbes) Japan's Tepco to set up 1,000 recharging sites for electric cars - report >

7 Aug. (TheAutoChannel) China's BYD to Sell Electric Cars in Israel by 2009 >

7 Aug. (Reuters) Mitsubishi Motors to test electric car with US firms >

7 Aug. (Green Tech Media) Build an Electric Car for $200 – Plus $25K >

6 Aug. (BusinessWeek) Nissan's electric cube car with picture >

6 Aug. (WKYC) Plug power: Electric cars in action at Kent State >

6 Aug. (International Herald Tribune) Nissan shows test models of electric car, hybrid >

6 Aug. New revenue source for electric cars - Drivetones (Yes, the domain has already been taken!) >

6 Aug. (Rankings and Reviews) Top Automotive Engineers Abandon Ship, Head for Green Car Start-Up >

5 Aug. (Paul Tan) Lotus Sound Synthesis technology can give electric cars the rumble of a V8 >

5 Aug. Over $36 million to be spent on a new battery factory for electric cars >

5 Aug. (Boston Herald) Governor's order allows electric cars on Kentucky roads >

5 Aug. (CityPaper) Interview with CitiCar creator >

5 Aug. (Reuters) Zap gets $10 million funding >

5 Aug. (Only Finance) Comment on electric car insurance >

5 Aug. (Newsroom Finland) Finland's Vanhanen would give tax exemption to electrical cars >

4 Aug. (Sciam) China will be a market for hybrids in 5 years >

4 Aug. (GreenwichTime) Firefighters need training to respond to electric and hybrid car crashes do to dangerous voltage issues >

4 Aug. (GreenBang) Plug-in baby: Fuel prices turning petrol heads green? >

4 Aug. (TheGreenCarWebsite) NICE/Fiat Micro-Vett e500 - electric cars >

4 Aug. (SF Gate) Slowpoke, no-gas electric car - check it out >

4 Aug. (ThaiIndian News) Open source EV community invites suppliers to offer components for converting existing ICE vehicles to electric drive >

4 Aug. (Register) Why flying cars are better than electric ones >

3 Aug. (SMH) Hyundai will release an LPG/electric hybrid Elantra in 2009 but this article is mainly about Hollywood stars buying Teslas >

3 Aug. (The Free Lance-Star)  If the electric car had succeeded, GM might not be fighting to stay afloat. Article refers to 'Who Killed the Electric Car' and GM & Ford's falling share prices >

2 Aug. (Tallahassee) A resident's story of trying to buy an electric car including all the snags, pitfalls and red tape. >

2 Aug. (Keys Net) Electric car for sale in Marathon >

2 Aug. (Alter Net) Electric Cars Are the Key to Energy Independence >

1 Aug. (KCTV5) Closing Gas Station Sells Fuel For $1.98. Plans to get into the electric car business >

1 Aug. (Reuters) Commentary from a Reva owner. She doesn't have to pay $9 a gallon in London! >

1 Aug. (The Auto Channel) Video news about GM's collaboration with the Electric Power Research Institute >

1 Aug. (Journal Gazette) An Electric vehicle-manufacturing company is moving its operation from Missouri to Fort Wayne >

1 Aug. (A to Z of Nanotechnology) Nanoscale Lithium Iron Phosphate Holds Key to Tomorrow's Electric Car Batteries >

1 Aug. (Reuters) Nearly 75 percent would drive an electric car - survey >

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