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Is Your City “Plug-Worthy”?

As auto manufacturers prepare to roll out electric vehicles starting this fall, there is a kind of match-making dance going on. Before General Motors, Nissan and Ford decide the markets in which to introduce their EVs, they have to decide whether your city is “plug-worthy.” Its sort of the, “if you build it, they will [...]

August 31, 2010 Electric cars 0 Comments

Getting a Charge Out of Electric Vehicles

Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski is getting a charge out of electric vehicles! Last week, Kulongoski helped promote a new charging station that is designed to look like a gasoline pump in Portland, Oregon.
Is that what its going to take to convert drivers to electric cars?
Designed by Japanese electronics maker NEC, the new EV charging station [...]

August 9, 2010 Electric cars 0 Comments

Eco-Friendly Charging of Electric Vehicles

You might have heard a lot about electric cars this year, especially with the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf hitting the market. But how much of a benefit to the environment are EVs? After all, isn’t most electricity from fossil fuels?
Fortunately, eco-friendly charging of electric vehicles is possible and practicable! The U.S. is actually lagging [...]

July 27, 2010 Electric cars 3 Comments

Obama Goes for a Chevy Volt Ride

This year is the big test for electric vehicles. Sure, there are a few that are already on the road, but mostly super expensive versions like the Tesla (over $100,000) and cars that have been converted to electric with DIY instructions. But later this fall, Chevrolet is releasing the Chevy Volt! The plug-in electric hybrid [...]

July 23, 2010 Electric cars 3 Comments

EV Awareness Day in Portland Oregon

Thanks to a tip from a loyal Peachy Green reader, I’m excited to announce an event right here in my backyard. EV Awareness Day will be held next Saturday, July 10, 2010, in Portland Oregon. Sponsored by the Oregon Electric Vehicle Association, this summer showcase displays a number of electric cars and other vehicles that [...]

July 3, 2010 Electric cars 1 Comment

First Electric Car Charging Station in Bend Oregon

If you are a regular reader here at Peachy Green, you probably already know that I am very keen on and excited about electric cars. This year, several major manufacturers are coming out with new models that will change the driving scene.
With the BP Oil Spill continuing to spew polluting fossil fuels into the Gulf [...]

June 27, 2010 Electric cars 4 Comments

Electric Vehicle Deployment Act to Cut U.S. Dependence on Oil

Whether or not we can thank the BP Oil Spill, congressional leaders at the Capitol introduced bipartisan bills last month intended to cut U.S. dependence on oil. Within the next 20 years, the goal is to electrify half of the cars on the road in this country, significantly reducing our foreign oil demands.
The “Electric Vehicle [...]

June 19, 2010 Electric cars 1 Comment

Mileage Record Broken for Electric Vehicle Travel on Single Charge

C’mon electric car naysayers! What if we told you that it was possible to drive over 600 miles on a single charge? That’s right. No limited range. No stopping to fuel up. Quite simply, you could drive most of the length of California without ever stopping.
That’s just what the Japan Electric Vehicle Club did last [...]

June 8, 2010 Electric cars 0 Comments

Tesla and Toyota: Electric Car Marriage Made in Heaven?

This week, the electric car dreams of many Americans appeared to be coming true. While the Tesla 100% Electric Roadster is currently one of the only viable EVs on the road right now, the price tag is a bit too steep for most of us.
But hold your electric horses…. Tesla Motors has announced they will [...]

May 22, 2010 Electric cars 0 Comments

Nation’s First Electric Vehicle Engineering Graduate Program Offered Fall 2010

If you’re in the market for a green job, there are a number of specialty programs in which you can enroll to get a step up in the renewable energy world. The courses and subjects being offered generally match real-world demand. Which is why its so exciting to hear that the nation’s first electric vehicle [...]

May 7, 2010 Electric cars 2 Comments

Governments Use Stick and Carrot Approach to Get Consumers to Switch to Electric Vehicles

Governments have long realized that taxing certain behaviors is more than just a way to boost revenues. Some tax breaks can be a carrot to encourage citizens to take a worthy risk – buying a home in a down market, for example. Other taxes are a stick to (theoretically) help people break bad habits like [...]

May 4, 2010 Electric cars 3 Comments

9 Reasons Your Next Car Should be an Electric Vehicle

Since most of us in the United States have never seen an actual electric car, let alone driven one, there are plenty of fear-based statements and myths about electric vehicles floating about. Fortunately, for each of these excuses, we can give you 10 reasons why your next car should be an electric vehicle.
Don’t believe me? [...]

April 30, 2010 Electric cars 48 Comments

GM Gets Consumers Charged Up for the Chevy Volt

Quick – which figure in the picture above is a model?
If you answered the sleek, silver Chevy Volt (shown to the right), you’d be right! I had to take a closer look at the much anticipated electric car while attending the Earth Day Climate Rally in Washington, D.C. last weekend. Even my sports-car loving husband [...]

April 28, 2010 Electric cars 8 Comments

BMW Excites Customers with its Electric Mini E

Is your next car going to be an electric vehicle? Are you getting tired of waiting for EVs to hit the market? If you are one of the 450 people selected by BMW last year to lease the all-electric Mini E, your wait is over!
The sporty, speedy Electric Mini Cooper currently is zipping around New [...]

April 5, 2010 Electric cars 1 Comment

Toyota Prius: Speed Racer?

Ah, the Toyota Prius. It has long been the darling automobile for green consumers. It practically screams “eco-friendly.”
Unless the people inside are screaming!
Earlier this week, reports of another harrowing incident involving a Toyota left people shaking their heads once again. A 61-year old man in California called 911 on Monday when his 2008 Prius accelerated [...]

March 11, 2010 Electric cars 0 Comments

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