Alley’s electric campaign kickoff - Oregonian
We’ll see if Allen Alley can be the first Oregon Republican since 1982 to crack the code for figuring out how to get elected governor in this state. But in his campaign kickoff event Thursday night in Northeast Portland, you could certainly see that

Give Electric Cars A Market - Forbes
Governments are getting confident about their ability to stimulate industries, but the U.K. may want to think twice about its latest move to get more Brits buying electric cars. Not long after Germany’s auto trade-in program was found to be a roaring

Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski Takes First Drive in Mitsubishi i MiEV - WebWire
In celebration of Earth Day, Oregonians received a sneak peek at Mitsubishi’s stylish four-passenger car - the i MiEV (Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle) - when Mitsubishi brought the all-electric vehicle to Portland for a two-day visit as

Dutch firms to build network of charging stations for electric cars - Xinhua News Agency
BRUSSELS, April 24 (Xinhua) — Dutch electricity grid companies have agreed to build a national network of charging stations for electric cars to encourage the purchase of this type of clean vehicles, Dutch media reported on Friday. Eleven companies

Charges filed in theft at KC barber shop - Kansas City Star
Prosecutors charged two men Friday in the armed robbery of a Kansas City barber shop after police stopped them in a car and found several electric hair clippers. Preston J. Gregory, 19, and Derrick M. Sims, 20, each were charged in Jackson County

China plugged into electric cars - BBC News
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. A Chinese carmaker has launched what it claims to be the world’s first-mass produced electric car. BYD have only been making cars for six years, but have produced a car that runs on

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Becomes First Corporation to Install - The Auto Chanel
CHICO, Calif.–Coulomb Technologies, the leader in electric vehicle infrastructure, today announced Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. has installed its ChargePoint™ Networked Charging Stations at its brewery in Chico, CA. The two charging stations are

World’s first electric car built by Victorian inventor in 1884 - Daily Telegraph
Thomas Parker: He is in the light suit in the front of the car. Sitting aboard is Thomas Parker, who was responsible for innovations such as electrifying the London Underground, overhead tramways in Liverpool and Birmingham, and the smokeless fuel

The world’s first electric car built by a British inventor in 1884 - Daily Mail
The world’s first electric car may have been built by a Victorian inventor. Newly unearthed photos show what appears to be an electric vehicle built in the year 1884. To the modern eye the machine looks like a horseless carriage, but sitting aboard