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Toyota plugs in to electric cars biz

Crave The Toyota FT-EVII is a new electric concept car based on the iQ platform. Toyota does away with a traditional steering wheel in favor of modern art. (Credit: Automotive News) ... Read story »

Tokyo electric taxis to test battery-swapping service

Crave Better Place will test its battery-swapping service with electric cars used as taxis in Tokyo. A test at Better Place's automated battery-swapping station in Japan earlier this year. The project, ... Read story »

From China, with love: Its electric cars will head West in 2010

Crave BYD's e6, its high-end all-electric car it plans to bring to the U.S. in small numbers next year. Chinese auto company BYD plans to bring an all-electric sedan in small ... Read story »

Green tech and robots to take over Tokyo at Ceatec 2009

Crave In Japan, for one week a year the spotlight of this gadget-obsessed country is shifted from the urban neon oasis of Tokyo's Akihabara neighborhood and trained on an expansive convention ... Read story »

For now, Honda will skip electric vehicles

Crave TOKYO--One name is conspicuously absent from the electric vehicle hoopla: Honda. And R&D chief Masaaki Kato says that is for good reason. Honda Motor Co. has no plans to produce electric ... Read story »

Calculator helps prep car owners on cost for plug-in vehicles

Crave Project GetReady's calculator lets people configure variables and compare total cost of ownership for upcoming plug-in electric and hybrid vehicles. Automakers this week are showing off all manner of fuel-efficient ... Read story »

Redox flow battery will be refillable

Crave This radio-controlled model car is powered by a battery that can be refilled with an electrolytic fluid. Imagine that you're driving your future electric car down the road, and it ... Read story »

Electric car battery swap station trial in Japan

Crave Japan's Ministry of the Environment announced a program this week to test electric vehicles and a network of charging stations, some supplied by auto startup Better Place. The electric vehicle feasibility ... Read story »

Study: Electric cars not as green as you think

Crave The environmental benefits of electric cars are being questioned in Germany by a surprising actor: the green movement. But those risks don't apply in the U.S., the American electric-car lobby ... Read story »

Zap introduces zero-emissions, all-electric van

Crave It's not for road trips, but the van that Zap has introduced at the National Automobile Dealers Association convention might just ease the carbon burden for very local transport. The Zap ... Read story »

Hybrid-electric carmaker readies 220mpg "super car"

Crave Hybrid Technologies is preparing a "green" sports car to submit in the Automotive X Prize contest, according to a report in Popular Mechanics. The car will come in two versions: One ... Read story »

Proton partners the Detroit Electric car company to produce electric cars

Blogs Did you know that electric cars have been around since the early 1900s? Apparently so, according to this Wikipedia article. It's said that Henry Ford's wife, Clara Ford, drove one as ... Read story »

Rinspeed to debut transforming electric concept car

Crave Swiss automaker Rinspeed will debut at the 2009 Geneva auto show an electric concept car that changes shape to conform to the number of passengers on board. The iChange is a ... Read story »

China as world's next green tech leader?

Blogs I'm not much for predictions or speculation. I partake, but don't put much effort or faith in it. However, when I wrote in 2005 about my high hopes that China would ... Read story »

Coming soon to a town near you, the backyard Nuke

Blogs Imagine a world where every town or neighborhood has its own nuclear powerplant providing cheap and easily acessible power. No more leaky gas lines or oil tanks in your basement for ... Read story »

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