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Chris Paine and the Future of Electric Transport

February 25, 2010 – 7:54 am

Who Killed the Electric Car? is a 2006 documentary by Chris Paine which explores the creation, limited commercialization, and subsequent destruction of the battery electric vehicle in the United States, especially the General Motors EV1 of the 1990s.
It uses archive footage and interviews to build a case against various characters that surrounded the creation [...]

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“We Gonna Rock Down To Electric Avenue”

October 28, 2009 – 3:15 pm

A U.S. firm, California-based, Better Place, is building electric car chargers, in Jerusalem of all places and has installed a network in Tel Aviv.
By 2011, roughly 100 charging stations will be found on the streets of Jerusalem. In the same year Israel plans to have electric cars available for mass consumption. Twenty of the [...]

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230 Miles per Gallon a Cinch

August 14, 2009 – 12:17 pm

If you’re an avid Naturalbuy reader, you’ll remember our post on the Nissan Leaf, a fully electric car that can go about 100 miles on one charge. The kicker is, what if you have to go more? The answer for that is the Chevrolet Volt.
This is going on sale late next year for about $40,000 [...]

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Nissan Turns a New Leaf

August 3, 2009 – 7:27 am

Looks like the world is waking up from it’s gasoline gorging party. Slowly, but surely. The latest step happened just today, with Nissan’s unveiling of its 2010 Leaf. (Get the title now?) It’s a cute little hatchback, but it’s not a clown car, as it comfortably seats 4 to 5 people (depending on tush size, [...]

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