Tag: Electric-cars

The time for talk is over; electric cars are hitting the streets. Over the next few years, at least 14 electric car models are slated for mass production.

Although Tesla took an early lead with its Roadster in 2008, the risky move by Nissan to put the Leaf on sale late last year appears to have opened the flood gates. Now, names such as Ford, Honda, and Toyota are ready to join the fray.

(Reuters) - Electric cars are riding high, as incentives and new models make them a realistic option, but the fresh attention may highlight flaws compared with gasoline and alternatives such as biofuels.

The attention rankles with some in the biofuel industry, whose own hype was abruptly halted by a glut of production in 2007, subsequent bankruptcies and a fall from grace after a link was drawn -- which they dispute -- between biofuels and spiraling food prices and rising hunger.