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Feds consider rule for electric car noises to alert blind pedestrians

| Michael Bastasch
Blind Pedestrians

‘This problem is even bigger for the visually impaired who rely on sounds for guidance’

Pope goes green with new electric cars - TheDCNF

| Michael Bastasch
Pope Benedict XVI

Renault gives Benedict XVI two early Christmas presents

'Karma': $107k plug-in hybrid dies on test track, automaker got $528m US loan guarantee - TheDC

| David Martosko
This $107,850 plug-in hybrid Fisker Karma had to be towed back to the dealership after a test driver couldn't start it following a brief drive on a test track (YouTube / Consumer Reports)

‘Karma’: $107k plug-in hybrid dies on test track, automaker got $528m US loan guarantee

The TRON Light-cycle's electric motor - Yahoo News

| Josh Peterson
France Autolib

‘The all-electric Light Cycle modeled after the machines in Tron makes a head-snapping case for whisper-quiet technology’

Electric cars get renewed push on Capitol Hill - TheDC

| Amanda Carey
GM Detroit Jobs

Group of business and military leaders rallying behind the cause of electric vehicles, despite poor sales

General Motors: new and improved? - TheDC

| Amanda Carey

GM looking to shake ‘Government Motors’ image

G.M. pushes for U.S. to sell entire stake at I.P.O. - NYT

| Chad Brady (admin)

“We don’t want to be known as Government Motors”

Green Motors: GM transitions with some help from the fed - TheDC

| Matt Purple

Thanks to a helpful hand from the government, GM is reinventing itself as a green company

White House touts Detroit "success story" - CBS/AP

| interns

The Big Three automakers have all announced quarterly profits for the first time in 6 years, and the White House is making sure we know it

Obama pushes green agenda in Michigan - TheDC

| Amanda Carey

The White House has promised nine new electric battery plants to come from $2.4 billion in Recovery Act funds

Plans for new battery plant in Ohio - NYT

| interns

Coda Automotive, a California-based electric car company with plans to introduce a sedan late this year, said Tuesday it would build a lithium-ion battery plant in Ohio if it could gain approval of an as-yet unsubmitted Energy Department loan

Ford invests $135 million in electric cars - Bloomberg

| interns

Ford Motor Co., working to make a quarter of its vehicles run at least partly on electricity, plans to invest $135 million and add 220 jobs at three Michigan facilities to help it introduce five such models by 2012

GM’s tricky payback

| Hans Bader

Questioning the legality of General Motors’ ‘refund’

Nissan's electric car will cost less than $32K in US - AP

| interns

Nissan Motor Co. says its Leaf electric car will cost $32,780 when it goes on sale in the U.S. at the end of the year

Toyota to give Mazda new technology

| AJ

Toyota Motor (7203.T) and Mazda Motor (7261.T) announced a deal under which Japan’s top automaker will supply its hybrid technology under licence to Mazda, in the latest link-up within the fast-changing auto industry