Transportation
U.S. Cities Grapple for $15 Million in Electric Vehicle Grants
The U.S. Department of Energy announced last week the 16 winning projects in 24 states that will receive funding for projects that support community planning for plug-in electric vehicles and charging infrastructure.
Obama Fired Up About Partisanship, Gridlock in Washington
Speaking at a newly built Johnson Controls advanced battery facility in Holland, Michigan, President Obama lashed out with a fiery critique of Washington’s broken politics.
Is the Electric Car’s Tax-Free Ride Coming to an End?
The tax-free joyride electric and hybrid-electric vehicle owners have been enjoying while cruising the highways and byways of America may soon be a thing of the past.
Get Your (Electric) Motor Hummin’
The year is 2015. One million electric vehicles whoosh along America’s highways and the noise is, well, not likely to inspire fist-pumping rock and roll anthems. But if we reach the goal President Obama has set of one million EVs in four years, it’s the start of a quiet revolution that can ultimately free us from Big Oil.
Stop, Hey What’s that Sound? Electric Cars to Get Louder Now
By the time the U.S. reaches President Obama’s goal of 1 million electric vehicles by 2015, the collective sound generated by all those whisper-quiet electric motors will be substantially louder, thanks to legislation the president recently signed.




















