electric vehicles

Shares of lithium-ion battery technology company Ener1, Inc. (NASDAQ: HEV) (market cap $292 million) had plunged more than 27% by mid-day after the company reported at the market close Tuesday that it increased Q1 2011 revenues but suffered major net losses largely attributed to the write-down of the company’s 48% investment in Think Holdings, AS, a Norwegian electric vehicle manufacturer.

Mississippi State University (MSU) has taken top honors in the second year of the EcoCAR competition, a three-year automotive engineering competition sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors Corporation (GM).

This week, four congressmen – both Democrats and Republicans – introduced a new electric vehicle incentive bill.

On the heels of London's latest electric vehicle announcements, New York City recently followed suit by deploying its first solar charging station.

Toronto-based Zenn Motor Co announced positive test results on its U.S. partner EEStor Inc’s potentially ground-breaking battery technology for electric vehicles.

Paul Scott was an early advocate for plug-in electric vehicles and a co-founder of the advocacy organization, Plug In America. Many of you will recognize Paul from Chris Paine’s 2006 documentary, Who Killed the E