Article: The day I went electric ; It's unlikely to be a hit with boy racers, but at last there's a green car on the market that feels good to driveA London Life

Article: Volting along the freeway. (electric cars)
The Economist (US);  November 16, 1991 ;     460 words ......huge market for electric cars. Car makers around the...at least 2% of a car company's sales in California...to 10% of each car company's state-wide sales...annual market for electric cars in America of 290...makers into offering electric cars is ...

Article: Mitsubishi moves into U.S. with electric cars.(WHEELS)
Guelph Mercury (Guelph, Ontario);  August 16, 2008 ;     273 words ......Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will bring electric cars to the U.S. starting this fall in test...fewer than a dozen of its tiny i-MiEV electric cars to the utilities, but the company said...such vehicles. We want to evaluate if electric cars are feasible as a commercial technology...

Article: Electric cars shift into second gear. (technological improvements pave way for consumer acceptance of battery-powered automobiles) (includes related article on history of industry's attempt to develop electric cars)
Insight on the News;  May 9, 1994 ;     700+ words ......vehicles are gaining momentum. While electric cars have existed for decades, high cost...exhaust pollution -- a standard that only electric cars can meet. The figure jumps to 5 percent...administration has shown a keen interest in electric cars. During a visit to California last...

Article: ARTICLE ON ELECTRIC CARS LACKED BALANCED INFORMATION.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  August 26, 1997 ;     462 words ......Your bold article on Aug. 13 against electric cars describing the findings of a faculty...technical merits of its staff or of electric cars. Ordinary people hopefully see through...decisions based on much simpler criteria. Electric cars do not have to adopt the aims of entrenched...

Article: A G-Wiz electric cars made by the Reva Electric Car Company ...
Getty Images;  April 16, 2009 ;     106 words ...A G-Wiz electric cars made by the Reva Electric Car Company ... Full Size JPG (1451 KB) A G-Wiz electric cars made by the Reva Electric Car Company (RECC) is recharged at the Goingreen car showroom in London, on April 16, 2009. British motorists...

Article: Reluctantly, automakers agree to make electric cars. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  May 13, 1994 ;     662 words ......in their efforts to avoid producing electric cars. Officials of U.S. and Japanese auto...Thursday they would grudgingly produce electric cars in 1998, though they insisted no one...campaign against the rule, arguing that electric cars powered by the batteries available...

Article: California decides to go slow on electric cars.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  April 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......allow automakers to voluntarily sell electric cars over the next seven years based on...forced the introduction of about 20,000 electric cars by 1998. Supported by Gov. Pete Wilson...that the technology to make successful electric cars is not fully developed and that forcing...

Article: Here's a shock: Electric cars were hip circa 1910
Pasadena Star-News;  February 21, 2005 ;     403 words ......braking. A former carriage maker, the Anderson Electric Car Company, produced the Detroit Electric and sold many to women...people started making wagons, but in 1902 began making electric cars and switched to internal combustion engines a few years later. The Elmore Motor Car Company ...

Article: Drivers Aren't Charged Up by Electric Cars
NPR Morning Edition;  June 8, 2007 ;     145 words ......Morning Edition 06-08-2007 Drivers Aren't Charged Up by Electric Cars Host: STEVE INSKEEP Time 11:00-12:00 PM Play Audio STEVE INSKEEP, host: Okay, hybrid cars may be selling big. Purely electric cars are not. It is still hard to sell a car that drives at...hour and needs to be plugged in after 25 ...

Article: Technology Glitches Dim Imminent Sales Of Electric Cars
New York Beacon, The;  September 6, 1995 ;     555 words ......09-06-1995 Technology Glitches Dim Imminent Sales of Electric Cars. Electric cars may be available in New York by 1988, but technology...requiring the Big Three automakers to offer electric cars for sale in New York by 1998, or to push back...

Article: Tories plan charging points to help switch to electric cars
Evening Standard - London;  January 16, 2009 ;     348 words ......Britons will be encouraged to switch to electric cars under Tory plans to create a recharging...carbon economy published today calls for electric cars to become "the norm" in Britain but...Sunderland, where manufacturers say electric cars will be built by 2011 that can go for...

Article: Vancouver OKs low-speed electric cars
Xinhua News Agency;  October 1, 2008 ;     161 words ...Vancouver OKs low-speed electric cars OTTAWA, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Electric cars will be allowed to travel on the streets of...Broadcasting Corporation reported. In July, the electric cars were also made legal to travel on the streets...

Article: Recent improvements advance electric cars
Chicago Sun-Times;  January 27, 1997 ;     475 words ...Expect to see electric cars in the news over the next year, as automakers...December. By Dec. 31, dealerships had leased 76 electric cars to Southern California residents. Electric cars will play a larger role as automakers work with...

Article: United States: Better batteries for electric cars.
TendersInfo;  April 4, 2009 ;     403 words ......bill of auto shows might read Hybrids! Electric cars! Fuel cells! You name it, we ve got...we ve heard about breakthroughs in electric cars. Yet, so far, little has come of the hype. Ask around and you may hear that electric cars are too expensive, they re a threat...