EV News Roundup Week of 1/10

EV Features

Could Electric Cars' Range Be their Biggest Benefit?   a thoughtful article!  " If the limitations of the electric car can help wean us off our addiction to distance, then I am all for it."

Video Tour of a Tesla Model S Electric Car

Mini adventure: how far can an electric car go?

Diary of an electric commuter 

Business & Marketplace

Tesla sells 1,500th Roadster

Customers who ordered all-electric Nissan Leafs growing impatient

Nissan expected to deliver hundreds of Leafs by mid-month

Ford VP: Electric-drive models could account for 10-25% of sales by 2020

Ford Says Its Electric Charger Is Better than Nissan's

Ed Begley Jr. Becomes Ford’s EV Hitman

Under new GM CEO Dan Akerson, 'paranoid' is not a bad word

 IBM: One in five U.S. drivers likely to buy electric car

Batteries & Technology

Sanyo to Increase Automotive Li-Ion Battery Production by 150% at Kasai Plant

New material holds potential for more durable E.V. batteries

Nissan Leaf gets cloud-connected by Hitachi, Airbiquity at CES

Hybrids  -- & Four Loko into ethanol?!

DIY Plug-In Hybrid Car

Eaton Hybrid Trucks Have Logged 100 Million Miles, Saving 4 Million Gallons of Fuel

Detroit 2011: Toyota Prius C Concept is higher efficiency in a smaller package

Detroit 2011: Toyota Prius family adds a V for volume

Our Cars Will Soon be Running on Four Loko

Other transportation sectors

The Civic of the Skies: Honda's First Jet 20% More Fuel Efficient Than Competition

Airline to Launch Massive Biojet Fuel-from-Waste Project

Pedal Power: London's Boris Bike is a Roaring Success

In wider-ranging energy & environmental news

Empire State Building Powered By 100% Renewable Energy

Four injured at northern Alberta oil sands fire

Atmosphere's Self-Cleaning Capacity Surprisingly Stable

Open Source Machine Construction - All You Need to Build a Civilization (Video)