Barack Obama has managed to push through one of the most dramatic and effective bills of his administration — the doubling of fuel economy targets for cars, writes Sophie Vorrath, of Climate Spectator.
Electric cars
Auto makers plug into electric atmosphere at motor show
The majority of the major car makers at the 2011 motor show have showcased their EV/hybrid prototypes, or concepts, or ready-for-market models, writes Sophie Vorrath of Climate Spectator.
Climate change … the business schism grows
The EU’s future competitive advantage lies in encouraging and enabling its businesses to help drive the transformational change that will occur in the world economy within the next couple of decades, not to hide from it, writes Giles Parkinson, from Climate Spectator.
Flicking Australia’s electric car switch
Australia’s automotive industry has finally come up with a plan that could go some way in making Australian-based manufactures more globally competitive. Nicholas Way has the leaked report.
Electric cars: 100 years of going nowhere
Electric cars may be all the hype now, but they’ve actually been around since the 1890s. And although today’s models look a bit schmicker, they’ll still only drive you about as far as they did over a century ago.
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An electric Rolls-Royce?
Everyone else is doing it, so why not? Word on the street is the Rolls-Royce of electric cars may be coming — quite literally. Inside sources say an electric version of the three-ton Phantom sedan is in the works.
Hydrogen cars: dead in the water?
Is the hydrogen-powered car market over before it even got started? Manufacturers have switched their focus towards the more cost-effective electric cars, leaving the possibility of water-powered vehicles looking increasingly like a pipe dream.
PHOTO GALLERY: Green cars of tomorrow
From sleek and sporty to funky and futuristic, check out next year’s batch of lean, green (or leaner and greener) cars from the world’s largest auto show in Germany.
Why the Amazon is more important than electric cars
The facts are plain and simple, says Levi Novey: deforestation accounts for more CO2 emissions than the transportation sector. Unfortunately, the issue is much less sexy.
Buffett stakes his claim on electric cars (maybe you should)
Why Buffett’s banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who — no joke — drinks his own battery fluid.
Time for carmakers to plug electric cars into the transport grid
If you’ll excuse the cliche, “necessity is the mother of invention” prefectly sums up why the electric could be about to have its day, writes Adam Scwhab.
