Report: Tesla IPO “Coming Soon”   20 Nov 2009 23:43 GMT
Tesla Motors is on the verge of going public. So says Reuters, citing two sources “familiar with the matter” who say an IPO filing from Tesla is coming any day now. No one’s offering specifics on when or how, but as Reuters notes, an initial public offering can take months. Tesla Motors has never commented publicly [...]
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Fisker, Mission One Snag Design Awards   20 Nov 2009 22:39 GMT
Say what you will about electric vehicles, the Fisker Karma and Mission One are sexy rides indeed. The judges at Spark agree and have honored the two EVs in the annual Spark Design and Architecture awards. The Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid and Mission One electric superbike snagged gold awards, joining the exhibits at the California Academy [...]
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A Luxury Snowmobile Perfect For A Wasilla Millionaire   20 Nov 2009 20:40 GMT
When we heard that Sarah Palin got a $1.25 million advance for Going Rogue, we wondered how she was going to spend the loot. With a new wardrobe in the closet and donors clamoring to her PAC like cranky old people to a town hall meeting, we think it’s time for her to listen to [...]
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VW Builds the World’s Coolest SUV   20 Nov 2009 19:33 GMT
The Paris-Dakar Rally is a race so crazy competitors have been taken out by landmines. To say it’s grueling is like saying Carrie Prejean likes shooting video. Just what sort of vehicle is required to take on a race where normal conditions include searing heat, towering dunes, ginormous rocks and weather conditions that would give [...]
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Big Brother Zeros in on License Plates   20 Nov 2009 18:59 GMT
The Town Council of Tiburon, a Marin County community just north of San Francisco, has unanimously voted 4-0 to install license plate recording cameras in their neighborhood in a bid to bring down the crime rate. So what’s the story? Do they have an unusually high level of violent crimes? Hardly. In fact from 2001 [...]
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Welcome to Iowa. Please Plug In Your Car.   20 Nov 2009 18:44 GMT
California is the birthplace of the coming EV invasion, but a tiny town in Iowa wants to be the birthplace of a “Pony Express” of charging stations that will keep those cars going. Businessman Mike Howard has erected four charging stations in Elk Horn, a town of 650 people about an hour east of Omaha. He [...]
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John Surtees Drives an EV Across the Channel   20 Nov 2009 00:06 GMT
How cool is John Surtees? At 75 years old, the racing legend isn’t slowing down. The motorcycle and F1 champ decided it would be fun to drive a Ginetta electric vehicle through the English Channel Tunnel, or the Chunnel, as they so cleverly call it. Why? To mark the 15th anniversary of the Tunnel’s opening, of [...]
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Electric Rolls-Royce, In Time For Christmas 2010   19 Nov 2009 22:50 GMT
Rumors of an electric Rolls-Royce Phantom are back, with the word being the super-luxe automaker could have one on the road within 12 months. We’ve been hearing mumbling about this car for more than a year. It started when CEO Tom Purves said an e-Rolls would be perfect for well-heeled city dwellers. The car, he said, [...]
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Sugar Cane-Fueled Airliner On the Way   19 Nov 2009 22:09 GMT
Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer and General Electric are working with renewable fuel company Amyris to develop sugar cane-based jet fuel for airliners. They say a test flight by Brazilian airline Azul Linhas Aereas could come in early 2012. It’s no surprise such an experiment would come in Brazil, which leads the world in the use of [...]
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Electric Smart Rolling Down the Line   19 Nov 2009 20:15 GMT
Drum roll please! The electric Smart ForTwo is officially underway at Daimler’s factory in Hambach, France. From an urban mobility standpoint, there’s been a lot to love about the Smart from the get go. Although small, it’s built like a tank, it offers the comfort and convenience you’d expect and and it gets great mileage. But [...]
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