Tesla Motors also Profits by Selling Off CARB Credits

Tesla Motors Profits from Other Automakers’ Emissions [UPDATE]

Tesla Motors reported its first profitable quarter this year and looks to be well on its way to a second. Good news begets good...

Arab Oil Company Acquires 4% of Tesla Motors

I don't want to cross the decent border of believing in a conspiracy theory, but when the oil business is threatened these days, it's normal that oil magnates wouldn't sit back and watch electric cars and alternative energy providers take their piece of meat from right in front of them.
Electric Vehicles, Like Tesla Model S, a Very Small Part of Rental Fleets

Range Anxiety Stifles Electric Vehicle Rentals

Major automobile rental companies, in response to demand, have been putting electric vehicles into their fleets, but the interest is fleeting, at best. Depending on...

Small Battery Hybrids May Make More Economic and Environmental Sense Than Full Hybrids, Study...

A new study from the Carnegie Mellon University, performed by Jeremy J. Michalek and his colleagues reveals that owning cars with large batteries isn't...

V2G (vehicle-to-grid): an Electric Car Payback System

The scientists from the University of Delaware created an electric car prototype that runs on electricity alone. The great fact is that it also can, theoretically, earn money for its owner by storing electricity and providing it for utilities when needed.
Tesla Motors keeps right on expanding.

Tesla Motors is California’s Biggest Automotive Employer

Comparing Tesla Motors and Toyota Motor Corporation may not be fair, but it’s interesting to note Tesla’s growth in California. Toyota has been around for...
Tesla Motors Sells Direct, but Dealer Associations Oppose

Bill to Block Tesla Motors Direct Sales Idles in New York

We've been following Tesla Motors for a while, covering both its successes and its failures. Wait, failures? Tesla Motors is the most successful electric vehicle...

Carbon Emissions From US Cars Dropping For The Sixth Consecutive Year, The EPA Says

Technology and the will to actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the US have led to the lowering of carbon dioxide that exits the tailpipes by 14 percent per mile over the last six years, while fuel economy has been improved by 16 percent.
A Carbon-Fiber Supercapacitor Trunk Lid For Better Fuel Economy [Note that it's practically weightless!]

Spiral Effect – Volvo Structural Batteries Increase Fuel Economy

Better than eighteen months ago, Volvo Car Group started a project that was meant to start a spiral of increasing fuel economy, starting with...

Tesla Motors Just Repaid Entire 2010 Loan, 9 Years Ahead of Deadline

Good breaking news today: Tesla Motors repaid its entire loan to the U.S. Department of Energy that it received in 2010. This ends all...