I was lucky enough to get to attend the Tesla DC opening night gala tonight. The show room is amazing with almost every wall being a window, very open and inviting. Tesla had a huge turn out for the event, if only we could get half the people that showed up to actually buy and [...]
I was recently invited by Jason Ganley to come by Howard University and help assist him with his EV-1 restoration project. For those unfamiliar with the EV-1, I will implore you to see the movie “Who killed the electric car?” which details the life and death of this great vehicle. The EV-1 was made by [...]
Nissan released pricing information for the their fully electric vehicle called the Nissan Leaf. The Leaf is a four door vehicle that has a range of 100 miles on a full charge and can recharge using 3 different levels of charging. The leaf will be the first production electric vehicle that supports Level III charging [...]
On Saturday January 23rd I went to the Newseum in Washington D.C. to check out the new Nissan Leaf that was on display. If you are not familiar with the Leaf, it is a pure-EV with a 100 mile range being produced by Nissan. The Vehicle will eventually be produced at the Nissan [...]
Nissan recently announced details on their new electric vehicle that will be produced at their Smyrna, TN plant. Nissan says they plan to release this car to the show rooms in the fall of next year and that they are hoping to beat GM to the punch and release the LEAF before the Volt. Nissan [...]
GM exited bankruptcy on July 10th, 2009 one of the quickest bankruptcy proceedings for a company of that size. Now that GM is back, what pieces remain and where did the other pieces go. Here’s a run down:
GM still owns these core brands; Chevy, Buick, Cadillac, and GMC. The U.S. Governement will own 60.8% of [...]
I know these video has been out there for a while but I wanted to post it here just in case someone missed it. I am a huge fan of this electric vehicle being that is being designed by Chrysler. Built using a Lotus Exige body much the same as the Tesla Roadster uses the [...]
Last week I had the pleasure of drinking Sierra Nevada beer while talking to one of the founders of Sierra Nevada Brewing company, Ken Grossman. During our conversation about his fine beer, I let slip my interest in electric vehicles and he enthusiasticly informed me that his company has 1.8 Megawatt solar array that provides [...]
