‘This problem is even bigger for the visually impaired who rely on sounds for guidance’
Feds consider rule for electric car noises to alert blind pedestrians
Pope goes green with new electric cars - TheDCNF
Renault gives Benedict XVI two early Christmas presents
'Karma': $107k plug-in hybrid dies on test track, automaker got $528m US loan guarantee - TheDC
‘Karma’: $107k plug-in hybrid dies on test track, automaker got $528m US loan guarantee
The TRON Light-cycle's electric motor - Yahoo News
‘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
Group of business and military leaders rallying behind the cause of electric vehicles, despite poor sales
G.M. pushes for U.S. to sell entire stake at I.P.O. - NYT
“We don’t want to be known as Government Motors”
Green Motors: GM transitions with some help from the fed - TheDC
Thanks to a helpful hand from the government, GM is reinventing itself as a green company
White House touts Detroit "success story" - CBS/AP
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
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
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
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
Nissan's electric car will cost less than $32K in US - AP
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
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
