Energy Department

Savings at the Plug

What must America sacrifice in order to slow down its unprecedented oil consumption of nearly 19 million barrels per day? To cut back on the $3,600 or so that the average U.S. household spends annually to drive its cars from point A to point B? Less than you think. Much less. In fact, next to [...] 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 +