Low-cost loans spark interest in electric cars - Contra Costa Times
BERKELEY — Norma Myers, a Berkeley psychotherapist, has long dreamed of purchasing an electric car. Now she can swing the deal thanks to an arrangement between an electric vehicle dealership and a longstanding credit union here. Bucking the

Salt Lake may plug in to electric-car revolution - Salt Lake Tribune
If gasoline prices surge this summer, more people may park their guzzlers and shift to hybrids — or even the suddenly proliferating plug-in cars. But scores of electric-car buffs don’t want to wait for an organic epiphany. They are pushing Salt

Proton to make electric cars for Detroit Elec - Business Times Malaysia
PROTON Holdings Bhd, Malaysia’s state-owned carmaker, will make battery-powered cars for Detroit Electric, said Detroit chief executive officer Albert Lam. The Malaysian carmaker will produce 40,000 vehicles a year under licence for four years, Lam

Tax It To Me: An Average Joe’s Look At Budget Plan - CBS 2
Your stogies, your car, your bottled water – these are just some of the things the tax man wants to tap, meaning money out of your pocket. New Yorkers say they’re already hurting enough and don’t know how they’ll be able to take any more. So CBS 2

Nissan in electric car tie-up with San Diego utility - Reuters
DETROIT, March 23 (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co ( 7201.T ) said on Monday it has formed a partnership with utility company San Diego Gas & Electric ( SDO_pa.A ) to develop an infrastructure that would provide charging stations for electric car owners

Nissan teams with San Diego utility on electric car charging - USA Today
DETROIT (Reuters) — Nissan (NSANY) said Monday that it has formed a partnership with San Diego Gas & Electric to provide charging stations for electric car owners. Nissan and its Japanese partner have teamed up with several U.S. states, including

Dutch, Malay venture to build all-electric cars - CNBC
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia - Malaysia’s national car maker Proton and a Dutch company signed a $555 million deal Monday to make zero emission electric cars that they said would be more powerful than any existing model. Proton and Detroit Electric, a startup

Detroit Electric resurrected as $25,000 electric car - CNET News
Detroit Electric, an auto brand once favored by Thomas Edison, is mounting a 21st century comeback with electric cars aimed at U.S. soccer moms and Chinese city dwellers. The company on Monday is expected to announce a partnership with Malaysian auto

Dutch company to make electric cars for Europe, US - Muscatine Journal
With Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as a witness, back, Proton’s Managing Director Syed Zainal Abidin, front left, exchanges document with Detroit Electric Chief Executive Albert Lam during a signing ceremony of agreements in