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U.S. Plug-In Car Market Reaches 100,000 EVs

The U.S. plug-in car market passed a significant milestone in May: the 100,000th plug-in vehicle sold since the introduction of the latest generation of highway-capable plug-in vehicles just over two...

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Lightning Electric – Solar Powered Motorcycle Wins Pikes Peak Hill Climb

A Lightning electric motorcycle built in San Carlos, Calif., beat all gas-powered competitors at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado Springs, Colo. June 30. Rider Carlin Dunn, now...

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Futuristic Solar-Powered EVs on the Horizon

At the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Ford’s C-Max Solar Energi concept car offered a vision for solar-powered electric vehicles (EVs) with a gas engine and rooftop solar panels that...

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May-June 2014 Digital Edition

  SOLAR TODAY May-June 2014 Issue Now Online Hello, SOLAR TODAY subscriber – The May-June issue of SOLAR TODAY is now available. Click here to read it online.  It’s our annual Transportation Issue,...

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Building a Fleet of Electric-Drive Cars

By STEVEN STRONG It’s become obvious that big corporate fleets are transitioning gradually to electric-drive trucks for local deliveries, and to com- pressed natural gas augmentation for diesel-powered...

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Seventh Annual Efficient Cars Roundup

By SETH MASIA If 2012 was the breakout year for electric- drive (ED) cars in the United States, 2013 represented steady, mainstream growth. While total light-vehicle sales grew about 7.6 percent, to a...

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Shifting Gears for the Long Fight

By LUCAS DIXON 2014 is shaping up to be an interesting year for electric transportation. Coming off several years of tremendous excitement about electric vehicle (EV) product releases, we now are...

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Biofuels Progress: Where Do We Stand?

By SETH MASIA According to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the world now uses 1.4 trillion gallons of liquid fuels each year, mostly for transportation. The International Energy...

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Solar Impulse 2 to Circle the World

Solar Impulse 1, the first solar aircraft capable of flying at night, set eight world records while crossing two continents in a number of flights from 2009 through 2013. Solar Impulse 2, a new...

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Hybrid Cars: Parallel vs. Series

The hybrid car, powered by both an internal combustion engine (ICE) and a battery-driven electric motor, is not a new concept. The first hybrid was built in 1901 by Ferdinand Porsche, then a young...

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Bike Wheel Gives Riders a Boost

  EVELO Electric Bicycles has launched the Omni Wheel by EVELO, an electric-powered front bike wheel designed to fit almost every bike. Riders can simply swap out their existing front wheel for a...

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Solar Roadways

Scott Brusaw first imagined “electric roads” as a little boy, and the idea stuck with him.

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