Category Archives: Transportation
Sacramento’s electric-car club
Sacramento’s electric-car club Small contingent of Sacramentans will never pay at the pump again By Amy Wong Read 1 reader submitted comment This article was published on 04.19.12. Greater Sacramento Electric Auto Association’s (left to right) Guy Hall, Tom Dowling, Elia Bassin and David Link show off their electric vehicles. PHOTO BY NICK MILLER Green…
Sun-powered high speed rail rises in Europe
Sun-powered high speed rail rises in Europe By Melissa Mahony | June 7, 2011, 4:00 AM PDT A high speed rail line between Paris and Amsterdam now runs partially on the sun. Trains gliding along the E19 highway in Belgium at about 180 miles per hour are drawing power from 2.1 miles of solar panels….
U.S. Electric Car Revolution to Go Forward, With or Without Congress
U.S. Electric Car Revolution to Go Forward, With or Without Congress New federal legislation encouraging mass adoption of electric vehicles will only help ‘to catalyze the change that is coming,’ says Hertz executive By Elizabeth McGowan, SolveClimate News May 27, 2011 A Nissan Leaf electric car, part of Hertz’s car-sharing program/Credit: Leticia WASHINGTON—Jack Hidary certainly…
Most Americans confused about plug-in hybrid, electric vehicles, survey says
Most Americans confused about plug-in hybrid, electric vehicles, survey says By Ami Cholia | Mar 11, 2011 | 8 Comments All-electric car charging A hybrid, a gas/electric car, an all-electric vehicle, a plug-in hybrid — what do all those words mean? Turns out, most Americans don’t know the answer. Even though a new hybrid or…