In spite of the myriad of ways we can chose to get around—cars, planes, or buses—when traveling long distances, American’s unfortunately have little choice to how their mobility is powered. Using oil to fuel our transportation system has become all too natural to the U.S. population. And, it’s time for a change.   READ MORE >>

The importance of the introduction and scale-up of electric vehicles, and the unique role that urban areas play in making an electric future possible for its citizens, is clear in the 2012 EV City Casebook, launching tomorrow.   READ MORE >>

It's a fallacy that we can drill our way to low gas prices, and trying to do so not only threatens our health, but also wastes our money and misdirects innovation. If we stop focusing on the problem of high gas prices and who’s to blame and start pursuing solutions to the true problem—our oil dependence—we might find we agree more than we think.   READ MORE >>

As President Obama tries to accelerate the development of lightweight autos with a $14.2 million program, auto companies and suppliers can look to Boeing for an example of how to capture the competitive spoils of lightweight design by first building an institutional culture around it.   READ MORE >>

In writing “The Electric Car, Unplugged” for the New York Times of Sunday, March 25, John Broder and his informants assert that “enthusiasm over electrification in the industry has begun to flicker and the price of battery technology remains stubbornly high.” Yet they unaccountably omit the most promising way to make electrified autos rapidly affordable.   READ MORE >>