Electric vehicle

Chevy's heavily-buzzed-about Volt electric car has been officially priced, and is now available for pre-order.

7 | July 27, 2010 5:01pm | By Dan Nosowitz

Starting today, Chevrolet dealers will begin taking customer orders for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle.

11 | July 27, 2010 9:20am | By Andrew Nusca

Enterprise Rent-A-Car plans to offer electric vehicles in its fleet with the Nissan Leaf and could do more than the automakers when it comes to mass adoption.

July 27, 2010 8:53am | By Larry Dignan

Is your company heavy-handed with precious resources? You could save money and create a more sustainable business model by rethinking your approach to materials

1 | July 26, 2010 5:12am | By Heather Clancy

VW aims to be the biggest automaker in the world by 2018, and EVs are a major part of that plan.

1 | July 21, 2010 5:09pm | By Dan Nosowitz

With hydrogen cars still a ways off, Honda is now promising to bring plug-in hybrids and EVs to market within two years.

2 | July 20, 2010 5:15pm | By Dan Nosowitz

Toyota and Ford have settled lawsuits with Paice over patented technology used in their hybrid electric vehicles.

1 | July 20, 2010 6:25am | By Andrew Nusca

Brammo's Empulse electric motorcycle has some advanced EV capabilities, but it should still impress gearheads.

July 16, 2010 5:35pm | By Dan Nosowitz

Tesla and Toyota said Friday that the two companies inked a deal to start development of the RAV4, a small SUV, for launch in 2012. Prototypes arrive this year.

6 | July 16, 2010 4:44am | By Larry Dignan

California start-up Envision Solar sees electric cars filling up, and filling up in, the parking spaces of their sun-power lots.

1 | July 16, 2010 4:00am | By Melissa Mahony

If they're not affordable, Agassi says, few people will buy them.

21 | July 16, 2010 12:18am | By Deborah Gage

Self-directed robots, tiny satellites and vehicles that store solar power are next for NASA.

1 | July 15, 2010 12:01am | By Deborah Gage

GE challenges would-be cleantech entrepreneurs: do you really want to go it alone?

2 | July 14, 2010 4:46am | By Heather Clancy

Product designer Yves Behar talks about the design aesthetic behind a new vehicle charging station he created for General Electric. Behar explains how users will interact with the device and...

13 | July 13, 2010 12:32pm

General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt unveils an electric vehicle charging station, a new home energy-management device, and a $200 million competition seeking innovative ideas from entrepreneurs for a...

2 | July 13, 2010 11:42am

GE's Nucleus smart meter hub brings home energy management and the smart grid to homeowners.

1 | July 13, 2010 10:27am | By Andrew Nusca

GE's new WattStation, an electric vehicle charger designed by Yves Behar, intends to bring the smart grid to the family car.

1 | July 13, 2010 10:10am | By Andrew Nusca

GE CEO Jeff Immelt said the company is looking to create a clean tech ecosystem that can accelerate the adoption and commercialization of products ranging from Wattstation electric car chargers to...

July 13, 2010 10:00am | By Larry Dignan

General Electric announced $200 million innovation challenge seeking the best ideas to advance the technology and deployment of the smart grid.

July 13, 2010 9:26am | By Andrew Nusca

New California legislation will no longer allow low-passenger hybrids in carpool lanes. Will other states end the perk, too? Should they?

14 | July 13, 2010 8:17am | By Melissa Mahony