Electric Cars

A Cleaner Way To Power Electric Vehicles

Erin OToole and Chris Wood — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:50:46 +0000

Electric vehicle owners could soon have a greener way to power up their cars through a program being offered by a Boulder solar company.

House Panel Examines Government Loan To Fisker Automotive

Sonari Glinton — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:51:00 +0000

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RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

Auto executives got a grilling on Capitol Hill yesterday. Not the usual suspects from Detroit's Big Three. Think much, much smaller. Executives from the hybrid carmaker Fisker testified about hundreds of millions of dollars in loans Fisker got from the government. Today, the company is on the verge of collapse.

NPR's Sonari Glinton reports.

SONARI GLINTON, BYLINE: Fisker, the car company, isn't dead yet. But Congress has already begun the autopsy.

REPRESENTATIVE JIM JORDAN: Today's hearing is about getting to the bottom of the U.S.

Electric Car Maker Tesla Will See First Quarterly Profit

Steve Mullis — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:10:00 +0000

Tesla Motors, the car company on a mission to change the auto industry, announced late Sunday that it's finally turning a profit this quarter.

The company said it will deliver 4,750 of its flagship Model S, its much-lauded four-door, luxury sports sedan.

New Fort Collins DC Quick Charger Not For Every Plug-In

Nathan Heffel — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:57:08 +0000

The newest electric vehicle charger located at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery is cutting edge technology, maybe too cutting edge.

Flipping The Switch: What It Takes To Prioritize Electric Cars

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:35:00 +0000

"Electricity is the most likely out of all of the alternative fuels ... to be the next fuel for the consumer."

That's what Jonathan Strickland of the website HowStuffWorks tells NPR's Jacki Lyden.

But electric vehicles are not without their controversies or challenges. One of the biggest questions is how a transition from gasoline to electric fuel can actually take place.

Estonia is making that leap.