Author: joelado

GM’s Impact prototype vehicle later to be produced as the EV1 It seems that every 10 years or so US automakers take a bunch of money from the Federal Government and sometimes state and local governments in developing one...

Sao Paulo, Brazil a woman fills up with alcohol made from sugar cane. Credits: Ron Giling "The ethanol industry in Brazil began in earnest in 1975 when Brazil’s military leader, General Ernesto Geisel ordered that the...

Courtesy of Batteries Digest Web Site Some very important hurdles in battery technological for electric vehicles have been overcome this year. Technological hurdles even greater than those overcome in the last few years. The...

… I keep hearing form people how much fun EVs are to drive. The woman who sold me my EV kept saying how it was so much fun to drive. She would talk about her experiences with the vehicle and then repeat again how much fun...

I imagine that President Bush hopes to get the Saudis to produce more oil, which he believes would reduce oil prices. However, I read that Saudi Oil Minister Ali Naimi said that the Saudis could increase production capacity to...