Calling for what amounts to a Marshall Plan to start manufacturing plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, a group of executives from the auto and utility industries, and prospective plug... Read more
A Chinese threat to halt exports of rare minerals — vital for high-performance electric motors in wind turbines, hybrid cars and missiles — appears to have backfired. Read more
Image via Wikipedia So-called rare earths are not rare, but with no current domestic source the essential trace elements can be harder to come by than U.S. makers of wind turbines, hybrid ca... Read more
Image via Wikipedia “SMOOTH and quiet as an electric motor” is a phrase that has been used repeatedly to compliment gasoline and diesel engines that are especially well-mannered. As more hyb... Read more
Think wafer thin mobile phones and laptops that don’t need a separate battery The problem is clear. Hybrid cars and EVs rely on batteries for power, but batteries are bulky and heavy,... Read more
Image via Wikipedia About 98 percent of the vehicles sold in the United States last year were powered by conventional gasoline engines, and hybrids occupied just a tiny niche. But at the ope... Read more