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Instant Cash Rebate, Not Tax Credit, Needed to Spur EV Adoption

As history shows, the cost to bring disruptive technologies to market is usually steep; but as consumer adoption and demand grow, prices drop.   From an ecological, economic, energy supply, and national security standpoint, we cannot wait 10 to 15 years for electric cars.  We need affordable electric vehicles now. It’s not a question of when; all [...] read more +

What If I Don’t Charge Up?

With so much buzz about electric cars being the future of the auto industry, there is a concern among consumers about how electric cars operate and what habits, if any, drivers will need to change when they make the switch to electric motoring.  One common question we are asked is, “What if I forget to [...] read more +

China Fear Mongering Set to Squash Global Collaboration?

There’s a new topic that is creeping up in the media – from personal blogs all the way up to national dailies – and it’s only going to get bigger.  What is it that has hard working Americans across the country worked up?  China. The fear that China is going to “beat” America is a growing [...] read more +

Detroit doesn’t have the answers

As a nimble, growing electric car company, we took issue with David Welch’s recent BusinessWeek article on the Energy Department’s funding of two green car start-ups, Tesla and Fisker.  Not that we weren’t just as baffled as the rest of America about why the Energy Department would give nearly a billion dollars – $993 million [...] read more +

Time to diversify your garage

With all of this talk about range anxiety, its completely understandable that people are a little stressed out just thinking about replacing their familiar gas guzzlers with an emissions free electric car. We get it.  It’s new and it’s unfamiliar.  So there’s a lot to think through, but that doesn’t mean you should discount them so [...] read more +