While we wait for the last stretch that brings us the first electric cars on the road, companies and governments are bending backward to make it happen. In the meantime, startups still continue to do what they do best, innovate and proving bloated bigger companies that it can be done.
- Lotus Wants Noisy Electric Cars. Is that the thanks Lotus gives back the electric car that has given so much to it? Apparently yes, according to the EveningNews24, Lotus’ idea of a safe EV is a loud one. Go figure, when we could re-educate people to realize streets are dangerous and drivers to be careful.
- BMW 2nd Mini E Trial, England. Apparently, BMW chose England as its second place to try out its electric Mini, according to UKInvest. Going back to its roots?
- GM Will Import Chinese Cars. In what-a-recession-does department, GM is finally bringing in some of the fuel efficient cars it has made for the rest of the world but not its own turf, the U.S., according to LeftLaneNews.
- Cut Back In Hydrogen Funding Upheaval. The recent cut back in hydrogen funding from the government forced to concentrate on near future technologies due an unforeseen crisis is bringing up a lot of emotional responses from the media. According to the NTimes Blog, Seriously folks, cut the emotions out of it, its only the automobile hydrogen research that has been cut, not the complete program.
That’s it for now, stay tuned for more.