Whoever said the SUV was dead might have to Hum(mer) another tune
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Remember those Hummers your neighbors (or maybe you!) drove heedlessly around town, burning through barrels of gasoline but rarely finding those off-road challenges...
View ArticleNext generation of green cars coming to LA Auto Show
From Green Right Now Reports A host of new greener vehicles will be making their North American debuts at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show from Dec. 4 through Dec. 13 at the Los Angeles Convention...
View ArticleChevrolet will offer 8-year, 100,000-mile warranty on Volt’s battery
The Volt is expected to have a range of about 340 miles. (Photo: GM) From Green Right Now Reports Chevrolet said it will offer a standard, eight-year/100,000-mile warranty on the new Volt electric...
View ArticleEnterprise Rent-A-Car to offer EVs
From Green Right Now Reports Enterprise Rent-A-Car will offer electric vehicles at select rental locations in the U.S. starting in 2011, the St. Louis-based company announced today. The company will...
View ArticleGM plans another Tour de Volt
Chevy will showcase the Volt's driving range. From Green Right Now Reports A caravan of Chevrolet Volts will embark on a 3,400-mile, cross-country drive to showcase the electric car’s extended-range...
View ArticleGet ready for the ‘Revenge of the Electric Car’
(This post by Herman K. Trabish, a California physician who maintains a blog about clean energy, first appeared on GreenTech Media.) Herman K. Trabish Who Killed the Electric Car?, director Chris...
View ArticleObama’s green State of the Union address
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Climate action is so far off the agenda in Washington it may as well be floating on an island of melting sea ice. With dozens of lawmakers expressing doubts about...
View ArticleGM plans to turn up the voltage on the Volt
Volt, gearing up for increased production. From Green Right Now Reports Even though only about 2,000 of GM’s electric Volt have been sold so far, the company sees a charged market ahead for the newly...
View ArticleSpring, a time of hope and revolution (on four wheels)
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now April, a celebratory time for Christians and Jews, not to mention landscapers, also is a season of hope for greenies. This spring, like Trekkies, eco-minded people...
View ArticleIs the Chevy Volt surging or sinking?
From Green Right Now Reports GM’s Volt has endured a lot of opinions. It’s been praised as transformative and skewered as too expensive and impractical, the latter charge being embodied by that darn...
View ArticleHow ‘The Washington Post’ got it dead wrong
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Electric car supporters have responded to a slap down by The Washington Post editorial board last week, which blamed the Obama Administration for wasting money to...
View ArticleElectric car enthusiasts get charged up at Plug In Day
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Say what you will about the high costs and short ranges of electric vehicles , a good many people who’ve had the privilege of driving or owning one are awestruck in...
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