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Electric cars invade Detroit

An army of electric vehicle prototypes, as well as a number of on-sale cars, descended on Detroit to show what an electrified future might look like.

Aussie Tesla breaks electric car distance world record

A Tesla Roadster run in this year's Global Green Challenge between Darwin and Adelaide has smashed the record for the longest distance travelled by an electric car on a full charge, but it had to be driven at an excruciatingly slow pace.

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  • Volkswagen Passat Ling Yu fuel cell

    Don't let the plain Jane clothing fool you, there's impressive powertrain technology hiding in this Passat that emits only water as exhaust.

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  • Jay Leno's guests do battle in electric Ford Focus

    The soon-to-debut Jay Leno Show has revealed the car it will be using for its celebrity driving challenge segment, an electric Ford Focus.

  • Electric cars making a comeback, soonish

    The all-electric car — which had a brief heyday less than a decade ago before the car companies killed it — is about to make a comeback.

  • Battery cost holding back hybrids and EVs

    BusinessWeek posted a feature entitled "The Electric Car Battery War", looking at the rush to refine Lithium-ion battery technology and posing the question "Should the US government get involved?" We contend, though, that the most important thing is reducing the cost of the batteries.

  • How Better Place plans to revive the electric car

    We sat down with the CEO of Better Place Australia, Evan Thornley, to discuss how his company plans to make the electric car a reality in Australia.

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