HR 4933 wants to spend up to $2 billion dollars to begin the process of modernizing and electrifying America's aging fleet of postal delivery vehicles. Here's why and how we might do it.

Canadian columnist David Booth doesn't think much of electric cars, but has he examined his own fossil-fuel burner lately?

Traveling wave reactors could offer a way to deal with nuclear waste while safely producing low-carbon power for centuries to come.

My state has a population smaller than many medium-sized cities in the world, but we still spend a lot of money on imported oil. Here's how much.

California has set itself an ambitious and legally-binding goal of reducing its CO2 emissions 80% by 2050 and asked four expects' opinions. Here's a fifth one: my personal 'Minority Report.'

40 members of the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association took GM on its offer to drive two pre-production Chevrolet Volts in town for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Here's what they thought of it.

Utilidad de expertos de la industria Bill Shanner trata de tambor en mi cabeza dura de los hechos de la vida sobre los coches eléctricos y la red eléctrica.

Matt Rogers speaks at the Business of Plugging In conference in October 2009 on where and how federal recovery stimulus funds are being spent. Three-part video.

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Mini-E #183, 10,000 miles on Sunshine, UC Davis Reports First EV Study Findings

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