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Big bets on electric carsSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:01AMIn 1894, a mechanical engineer and a chemist built an electric car. The batteries weighed 1,600 pounds and the vehicle could reach speeds of 15 mph. They called it the Electrobat.

Light duty DoE trucks to use alternative fuel, according to Engel amendmentSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:01AMWASHINGTON – House Energy and Commerce Committee member Eliot Engel (D-Rockland-Westchester) has secured his amendment in the FY2012 Energy and Water Appropriations bill requiring mandatory use of alternative fuel vehicles by the Department of Energy and related agencies.

Phelan: Technologies in hybrids spreading to all carsSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 12:00AMYour next car will probably have a little bit of Toyota Prius or Chevrolet Volt in it, whether you think of yourself as a high-tech fuel saver or not.

High Wire: New Chevrolet Volt combines good looks, surprising power with top-notch fuel mileageFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:11PMGeneral Motors has always been great at marketing its cars, and it showed with the Chevrolet Volt. A lot of people knew what it was, with one driver jumping from his truck at an intersection to tell me that he was going to buy one. That being said, Chevrolet has not sold many Volts at all, which is surprising to me.

Chevy Volts invade NYC police fleet, give cops all new ways to taze brosFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:14AMNew York's boys in blue will soon be able to creep up on evildoers with even more subtlety, thanks to some new electrified vehicles the city unveiled yesterday. As part of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's environmentally-friendly PlaNYC initiative, 70 new EVs have been added to the city's fleet of public cars, in the hopes of lowering emissions and creating a "greener, greater New York City." Joining ...