Romney ‘You Can’t Drive A Car With A Windmill On It’ Romney is quoted as saying on his presidential campaign trail in Youngstown, Ohio on March 5th, 2012. The Mitt Romney quote was really just part of an attack on president Obama’s commitments to clean energy that reduce U.S. dependence on oil and fight climate [Continue]

Electric Cars have been a clear winner of an idea ever since OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) was formed and Arab members used the “oil weapon” during the Yom Kippur War by implementing oil embargoes and initiating the 1973 oil crisis. However, even with all the obvious benefits to national energy security, reduction in environmental pollution in [Continue]

Plug In America a non-profit a 501(c) public charity corporation, produced a series of heart-felt Public Service Announcements (PSAs) in support of electric vehicles over a year ago. Here are a few examples in the series: Plug In America EV PSAs (episode 6) Drive Electric: Hype The oil, automotive and coal companies have spent 100′s [Continue]

Top Gear producers fake the driving experience of electric cars (once again). This time with the Nissan LEAF after pulling a similar stunt with the Tesla Roadster on a previous episode. In the episode that Aired July 31, 2011 (episode 6 Season 17) feature two EVs the Peugeot iOn and a Nissan LEAF, which were [Continue]

Several statements in an article published in The Australian (June 10, 2011) featuring the headline “Electric cars may not be so green after all, says British study” and the referenced study itself contain many facts that are highly suspect and incorrect about Electric Cars. According to the article first published in The Australian newspaper, and [Continue]

The quiet invasion of the world by electric vehicles is being welcomed by many that are tired of paying the big oil man at the pump or with their tax dollars via subsidizes to the oil and gas industry. Many understand that they are also paying for their oil habit with shorter life spans due [Continue]

A nickel-metal hydride cell, abbreviated NiMH, is a type of rechargeable battery similar to the nickel-cadmium cell. A NiMH battery can have two to three times the capacity of an equivalent size nickel-cadmium battery.   A nickel-metal hydride battery has about the same volumetric energy density as the newer lithium-ion cell, but cost significantly less. [Continue]

Chevron only has the ability to hold on to their green trump card for alternative energy and electric cars for a relatively short time longer. They have been holding this resource perhaps waiting too long for the opportune moment to play their winning hand in the energy game. Meanwhile Chevron can continue to spend quite [Continue]

Editor-In-Chief of EV.com responds to Rush Limbaugh comments about the Chevy Volt and Climate Change. Actually I didn’t want to respond and possibly give Rush Limbaugh any sort of additional publicity for any reason because around here the less said or heard about him constitutes a better way of living. However, when the host of [Continue]