918 Spyder is Porsche’s First Ever Plug In Hybrid Electric Car
(via Inhabitat)
From the post:
Dubbed the 918 Spyder, this stealthy-looking ride is a parallel hybrid just like the Prius – well, except much, much sexier. It also supposedly gets 78 miles per gallon, has emissions of 70g CO2/km, can go 16 miles on electric charge alone, [...]
February 26, 2010 – 11:24 am
Tesla is hoping its new leasing strategy will help usher in a new round of early adopters into the mainstream.
Read more in the article:
Tesla to Offer Auto Leases
‘Starting Wednesday, the 2010 Roadster, which competes against exotic sport cars like the Porsche 911, will be available on a three-year, 30,000-mile lease based on the manufacturer’s [...]
February 23, 2010 – 10:19 am
The Wall Street Journal assesses your EV readiness.
Are You Plugged In?
By Mara Lemos Stein.
February 18, 2010 – 3:30 pm
The New York Times looks at how EVs are going to shake up our cities.
Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car
From the article:
“The San Francisco building code will soon be revised to require that new structures be wired for car chargers. Across the street from City Hall, some drivers are already plugging converted hybrids [...]
February 16, 2010 – 8:29 am
Director Chris Paine was in Indianapolis this week to film for ‘Revenge.’
More details in this TV report:
Filmmaker in Ind. for electric car doc
February 9, 2010 – 12:14 pm
As Tesla files for its IPO, the company reveals that it will stop production of the Roadster — and will focus on the Model S.
More details after the jump:
Tesla to stop selling electric sports car next year
From the article:
“A reading of the fine print by Wired’s Autopia blog uncovers some disturbing product-planning news. To wit, [...]
February 8, 2010 – 10:03 am
Coulomb Technologies are moving into EV charging.
More details — and a nice namecheck for ‘Revenge’
– after the jump:
Harris: Coulomb Technologies gets funding for electric car charging stations
“The director of the documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car?” is now filming the sequel, “Revenge of the Electric Car.” Just a hunch, but Tesla Motors could be cast [...]
February 3, 2010 – 7:05 pm
According to their SEC filing, California electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. plans sell up to $100 million in an initial public offering.
Read more in the LA Times story:
Tesla Motors plans $100-million IPO
From the article:
“California electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. plans sell up to $100 million in an initial public offering, according to a [...]
January 27, 2010 – 11:02 am
Better Place has just announced a major new set of investors.
More details after the jump:
Electric car firm Better Place raises $350 mln
“Better Place, an infrastructure provider for electric cars founded by former SAP <SAPG.DE> executive Shai Agassi, has raised $350 million in fresh equity as part of a second round of financing.
Better Place’s concept is [...]
January 22, 2010 – 4:02 pm
Russia’s richest man, Mikhail Prokhorov, gets a nod of approval from Putin on his new electric car investments. Read more in the article:
Putin Backs Russia’s First Electric Car Project
By Gleb Bryanski and Gleb Stolyarov for Reuters.
From the article:
“Russia’s richest man, Mikhail Prokhorov won early backing from Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for his plan to start [...]
January 21, 2010 – 1:52 pm
A new European-wide electric car initiative will be launched as part of the Spanish presidency of the EU next month.
Read more about it in the Irish Times article:
EU to introduce electric car initiative
From the article:
“Spanish rime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, whose country currently holds the EU presidency, said there was a need for a [...]
January 20, 2010 – 3:59 pm
Toyota Tsusho Corp, a trading house and key Toyota supplier that Toyota owns 22 percent of, just announced that it would be jointly developing a new lithium project in Argentina with the Australian-listed Orocobre Ltd.
For more information read:
Toyota in Argentine Lithium Deal for Hybrid Car Push
By Eriko Amaha for Reuters.
From the Reuters post:
“A sister company [...]
January 13, 2010 – 9:05 am
The Revenge team filmed a historic meeting in Detroit today — getting GM Vice President and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk together on camera for the first time.
More details after the jump :
Detroit’s Electric Avenue: The Street of Dreams?
From the NY Times post:
“Mr. Paine, who produced the documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car?” arranged the [...]
January 11, 2010 – 7:41 am
Bob Lutz announces the next GM Electric Car program, post Volt.
It’s the Cadillac Converj.
For more details, read the story:
Lutz: GM to make Cadillac Converj electric car
January 5, 2010 – 1:07 pm
Ford is starting EV trials in Germany.
For more details, follow the link …
Ford Plans to Start Electric-Car Tests in Germany Next Month
“Ford Motor Co. will start a two-year test program of electric Focus compact cars and Transit vans in Germany on Jan. 4 as the U.S. company prepares to introduce battery-powered models as early as [...]
December 30, 2009 – 7:59 am
The EV revolution continues in England’s second city, Birmingham.
Read more about it in:
Electric Car Trials Begin in Birmingham
In the Birmingham News.Net
“ELECTRIC car trials have begun in Birmingham with 25 motorists testing new ecologically-friendly vehicles…
The drivers will pay £350 a month to lease one of the Mitsubishi i-MiEV cars being tested and will report on their [...]
December 29, 2009 – 7:33 am
Listen to what happens when the Nissan Leaf roadshow reaches Seattle.
Read more about it in:
Nissan Plans Leaf with Complete Charging Infrastructure
by Denis Du Bois for Energy Priorities.
“In some cities, Leaf drivers won’t have to wait for the charging infrastructure to catch up. Mark Perry, Nissan North America’s Director of Product Planning, says Seattle is part [...]
December 28, 2009 – 2:14 pm
GM to invest $700m in Volt rechargeable electric car
By Richard Kessler for Recharge News
“GM is spending $336m to upgrade the Hamtramck plant; $202m for a new plant in Flint, north of Detroit, that will build 1.4 litre engine-generators; $43m for a plant in Brownstown Township outside Detroit that will manufacture battery packs; $37m for a [...]
December 8, 2009 – 3:57 pm
GM to invest $336 million in Volt plant
General Motors Co will invest $336 million in a Detroit-area plant to produce its heavily anticipated Chevrolet Volt electric car beginning next year, the No. 1 U.S. automaker said on Monday.
November 25, 2009 – 9:44 am
Rumors are circling that Tesla is preparing an IPO, although no one at Tesla is yet talking.
More details at:
Electric-car maker Tesla preparing IPO
“Tesla would mark the first public offering from a U.S. automaker since Henry Ford’s Ford Motor debuted its shares in 1956. The IPO represents a landmark in the resurgence of electric-car technology that [...]
November 20, 2009 – 11:55 am
Big changes at Aptera … more details ( plus official press release ) after the jump:
Officially Official: Aptera production pushed back to 2010
By Domenick Yoney for Autobloggreen.
According to the company, fund raising efforts didn’t keep pace with vehicle development and so they’re taking measures to slow the burn, as it were. One of those unfortunate [...]
November 19, 2009 – 1:06 pm
A coalition of car makers, battery suppliers and electricity providers has come together to ask for federal help for EVs.
More details at:
Group Seeks US Tax Credits To Spur Electric Car Use
by Judith Burns for Dow Jones.
“A coalition of auto makers, battery manufacturers, utility operators and shipping companies wants the U.S. to offer tax credits for [...]
November 16, 2009 – 11:42 am
As the race to produce mass market EVs heats up, Chrysler has pulled out of the contest.
More details below:
Chrysler dismantles electric car plans under Fiat
by Kevin Krolicki, for Reuters.
“As late as August, Chrysler took $70 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a test fleet of 220 hybrid pickup trucks and [...]
October 26, 2009 – 12:52 pm
Chris gives his views on the EV revolution — and our new film — to The Daily Beast.
For the full interview, follow this link.
What can we expect to see in Revenge of the Electric Car?
We’re tracking the fortunes of GM with the Volt and Tesla, initially with their Roadster and now the Model S, and [...]
We were delighted to see Tom Hanks’s letter in this week’s ‘New Yorker’ — singing the praises of electric vehicles and name checking ‘Who Killed the Electric Car ?’
Read the full letter here :
RE: THE ROAD AHEAD
A letter in response to Peter J. Boyer’s article (April 27, 2009)
MAY 18, 2009
Peter J. Boyer, in his otherwise [...]
YOU KNOW THE times are a changin’ when you see Republican senators like Richard Lugar turning out for the launch of an electric vehicle. We interviewed Senator Lugar in DC recently — as we caught the Capitol Hill debut of Bright Automotive’s Idea — a plug-in hybrid electric delivery vehicle.
Senator Lugar was also cheering for [...]
April 30, 2009 – 10:11 am
The ‘Revenge’ team was out in strength recently to film the launch of Tesla’s Model S in Los Angeles.
Check out the photos below to see the Model S — and our team in action.
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March 20, 2009 – 12:08 pm
The first batch of MINI Es has arrived in the US.
A sharp-eyed ‘Revenge’ fan sent us these exclusive pictures from a holding facility in Central California, where the cars are being prepped for delivery.
BMW have promised 500 cars for the US market – and judging by what we saw, most of them are already here [...]
February 5, 2009 – 1:36 pm
These were all taken by our production photographer, Todd Westphal, during last month’s Plug-In America Inagural Parade.
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January 5, 2009 – 5:36 pm
Over the holidays, the “Revenge” team spent time filming with Greg “Gadget” Abbott as he moved into a cavernous new warehouse space in downtown LA.
Gadget runs an electric car conversion company called Left Coast Electric. He’s also the star of the TV shows “Smash Lab” and “Monster House”- where he’s shown millions of viewers [...]
November 7, 2008 – 7:26 pm
“It’s gonna be Earth Day on STEROIDS !” That’s how EV fan Paul Thomas lured us to the sun-scorched Barona Drag Strip to film this year’s Kick Gas Festival. Barona has seen many grudge matches over the years, but this was one we couldn’t miss; the first head to head between electric [...]
October 1, 2008 – 12:26 pm
Welcome to our blog and Chris Paine’s new film, “Revenge of the Electric Car.” (slated for Spring, 2011)!
Every week, we’ll be posting production stories, insider information, and late breaking news from the world of plug-in vehicles. We’ll be covering stories from around the world — from the auto giants to the converters to indy [...]
