Energy Secretary Steven Chu has made it clear from Day 1 that he intends to get long-delayed loans out the door ASAP. Now he has knocked out one of the obstacles he saw creating drag for the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing incentive program: a set of hard deadlines. Chu wanted to do away w...

The Opel Ampera had its coming out party a wee bit early for the Geneva Motor Show. Don't fret, our European breathren, your emo-ecomobile is here and we've got all the photos, and details below. ......

IBM said today it joined a smart grid project in Denmark that’s aiming to upgrade the country’s electric transmission grid to handle the large-scale adoption of electric vehicles. The project will start off with test work on a small Danish island before tackling the whole nation. The Den...

If you were next in line to be the CEO of a multi-billion dollar company would you quit with no money just to pursue your passion? That’s exactly what Shai Agassi did when he left SAP to become the founder and CEO of a Better Place (site). Agassi’s passion and his company’s goal is...

From China comes the Wheego Whip, a bite-sized plug-in car that’s scheduled to reach U.S. shores in May for $19,000. You’ll find it at dealerships that carry major brands such as Honda, Toyota, Chevrolet, Saturn and Suzuki; the maker hopes to find 50 dealers who will carry the Whip. I...

Personally, I must have a dozen chargers from cellphones of Christmas past. I hate throwing them away, even though I’ve yet to find them useful for anything else. So it was with great delight that I heard about attempts to establish — finally — an international standard for cellpho...

Eco Factor: Electric car recharging station generates electricity from renewable sources. Electric cars of the future will need to be quick both in speed and in the time they need to get recharged. Current technology allows a car to be recharged within a couple of hours. This, though quick for an el...

When reading the newsletter that electric car startup Tesla Motors sent to customers this morning, you could hardly be blamed for thinking the company had a Department of Energy loan in the bag. “Regarding funding,” writes CEO Elon Musk, “I am excited to report that the Department ...

people, Richard A. Muller, energy Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: The President of the United States is supposed to know the differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims. But somehow, as Richard Muller points out, nobody expects America’s commander in chief to know the differences between uranium and pl...

Indications that the recent find of natural gas of the coast of the Israeli city of Haifa were pointing to a pretty big find. Now it turns out that it may be huge. According to Globes: “The consortium drilling the Tamar-1 well offshore of Haifa has received encouraging news from the drilling o...