electrical car

The electrified car marketplace is packed with challenging standards. A Texas A&M history professor argues the industry should take a hint from fax machines. Proceed reading →

Your battery-powered vehicle is only as green as your violet wand supplier. Proceed reading →

Since last year’s Detroit Auto Showcase, gas prices have dropped by almost a third. With the fresh lower prices, request has gone up for big fresh SUVs and sedans, but automakers have also switched gears to develop more fuel-efficient cars. Gwen Ifill speaks with John Stoll of The Wall Street Journal about the pressure inbetween the two trends and persuading car buyers to think long-term. Proceed reading →

In the 2nd of two reports on the future of electrical cars, Paul Solman looks at efforts to make the vehicles more viable – and financially successful for automakers – by building better batteries and making them more aerodynamic. It’s all part of his ongoing reporting on Making Sen$e of financial news. Proceed reading →

General Motors acknowledged Thursday that its survival is in “substantial doubt” outside of bankruptcy unless it halts losses and stops searing cash, according to auditors. Proceed reading →

Rising oil prices and improvements in battery technology are fueling fresh interest in developing electrical cars. Spencer Michels reports on how industry giants and start-up car companies alike plan to release fresh vehicles by 2010. Proceed reading →

NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels talked in April to electrified car maker Tesla Motors’ founder and chairman, Elon Musk – an entrepreneur who previously founded PayPal – about the future of the electrical car. Proceed reading →

Spencer Michels talked to Mary Nichols, head of the California Air Resources Board, in April about the board’s latest decision to cut the number of zero-emission vehicles the state will require car manufacturers to build. The board aims to encourage manufacturers to produce more hybrid vehicles instead. Proceed reading →

Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain took shots at each other over energy policy as they each toured Western states, hoping to drive home their message in what could be fresh battlegrounds this campaign season. Proceed reading →

The NewsHour interviewed General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner in May about the company’s plans for developing alternative fuel vehicles. Excerpts of the interview will air in the coming weeks as part of a report on a fresh generation of electrical cars. Proceed reading →

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