Maybe it was the power breakfast I shared with Fisker Automotive’s three main men that changed my mind. Maybe it was the story of their three-year campaign to raise a billion dollars to build their Karma extended-range electric luxury sedan, half of it a U.S. government subsidy and half from venture capitalists impressed both by Fisker’s ability to tame hard-nosed legislators and with their store of 3,000 back orders. Perhaps I simply sniffed the balmy Los Angeles air and remembered that the American Dream survives on the West Coast, and one of its better effects is   … Pictures & More
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Electric cars may portray themselves as ‘zero emissions’ but the overall pollution they generate can be almost as great as a frugal conventional diesel car, consumer watchdogs said today.
Electric cars are a lot more expensive to buy – though they are generally cheaper to run as they plug in for their power from the domestic mains, say experts at Which?
The amount of carbon dioxide – the so-called ‘greenhouse gas’ blamed by scientists for global warming - created to generate the electricity powering an electric car, can be just as great as that created by the internal combustion engine, they say  … Details
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For the environmentally friendly billionaire who has everything, Rolls-Royce today unveils the world’s most luxurious electric limousine – with batteries included.
The super-green Rolls-Royce Phantom offers zero-emissions motoring for a frugal 2p a mile – compared with 40p a mile for the standard Phantom.Â
That’s just as long as you can first afford the hefty price-tag – likely to be close to £1million  … Details
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American Le Mans Series race-winning team Drayson Racing is to switch to a new championship for electric cars this year.
Lord Drayson’s squad was conspicuously absent from the 2011 entry lists for the Le Mans 24 Hours and its associated championships when they were revealed earlier this month. And it has now announced that it will turn its attention to the new EVCUPÂ …Â Details
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