Electric Vehicles' Unique Sound is a Safe Identifier

Renault Offers Electric Vehicles in Three Tones

Electric vehicles are just shy of being silent which, in a noise-rich urban setting, can be major pedestrian hazard. Bicycles are also silent, but the...
Fuel Economy Payback Time

For Overstating Fuel Economy, Hyundai and Kia Will Pay Back Millions

It's one thing to say that “your mileage may vary” (YMMV) but, when confronted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), at least a couple...
Used Electric Vehicles Won't Join These Ranks Anytime Soon

Electric Vehicles Depreciate Faster – Kelley Blue Book’s Foot in Mouth Problem

According to some recent words on Kelley Blue Book, electric vehicles will depreciate much faster than their conventional counterparts. Kelley Blue Book (KBB) ought to...
Do Fuel-Efficient Cars Pay Their Fair Share?

Adjusting Highway Maintenance Taxes for Fuel-Efficient Vehicles

The Highway Trust Fund, among other funds of its type, depends on fuel taxes, but what happens when the funds dry up, thanks to...
Kitimat, British Columbia, Environment, For Now

Environment Ignored as Canadian Oil Pipeline is Recommended

In spite of the proven-disastrous-to-the-environment track record of oil pipelines, a new pipeline has been approved for construction in Canada. The evidence shows that all...
Solar Power is Better with DemandLogic (Read: Tesla Motors)

Could DemandLogic Solar Power Threaten Conventional Power Producers?

For the most part, conventional power producers have been safe from the threat of “free” solar power energy producers, but a recent collaboration between...
Tesla Motors' Software Update Addresses What's BEHIND This Charging Station

Tesla Motors Software Update Addresses Charger Issues

If it isn't one thing, it's another, but that's not preventing Tesla Motors from making changes to address things that are not even under...

Venezuela’s 5 Cents/Gallon Gasoline Prices Could Go Up. Good News or Bad News?

Venezuela, like much of South America, has vast underground riches in the form of petroleum and mineral reserves. Gasoline prices are, for lack of...

NHTSA Confirms Tesla Model S’ Five-Star Safety Rating

Tesla Model S is still one of the country's safest vehicles, as confirmed both by NHTSA crash testing and an investigation following three car...
A Jeep Hybrid Could Replace This Urban Assault Vehicle

Emissions Regulations Will Make Jeep Hybrids Absolutely Necessary

Thinking about Jeep hybrids, or the lack thereof, one reason we might see them soon is because of strengthening emissions regulations. So far, CAFE (Corporate...