Electric Cars Videos

Some have touted electric cars as the future of road travel - but now a new report says they may not actually reduce CO2 emissions.Author: itnnews Tags: green cars electricity Environmental Transport Association energy tax Boris Johnson global warming electric cars environment coal ETA London emissions climate change report fossil fuels Posted: 12 November 2009 Rating: 0.0 Votes: 0

Home to a worldwide summit on climate change in early December, Denmark is setting a global example in creating clean power, storing it, and using it responsibly. Their reliance on wind power to produce electricity without contributing to global warming is well known, but now they're looking to drive the point home with electric cars. To do this, they've partnered with social entrepreneur Shai Agassi and his company Better Place. NOW investigates how the Danish government and Better Place are working together to put electric cars into the hands of as many Danish families as possible. The idea is still having trouble getting out of the garage here in America, but Denmark could be an inspiration. Will so much green enthusiasm bring about a "Copenhagen Protocol"? This show is part of a series on social entrepreneurs at work that we call "Enterprising Ideas."

This week's tech podcast comes to you not from Boston, but from London. We speak to a researcher who is trying to bring the power of smartphones to field data collection in the fight against infectious diseases. Also, as more car makers come out with electric cars, how far does the technology still have to go? And we end with a transatlantic comparison of political Tweets.

Ford had a big stand in Geneva 2009 - and chose to show of the pure battery electric version of the Ford Transit Connect (in Tourneo people carrier format) on its stand. Round the corner, its supply partner - Magna Steyr - had stripped away the shiny metal to show the electric vehicle chassis platform that could underpin some of Ford's electric vehicle. Clearly, the blue oval is betting big on a bright electric future...

Joe goes walkabout at the end of the first press day of the 2009 Geneva Auto show. First in a series of three videos, covering all the cars you need to know about. In this video, we run through Kia, Alfa, Ford, Aston, Magna Steyr, Mercedes, BMW & Rolls Royce.License: all our videos are creative commons 3.0 licensed - please share and republish if you enjoyed this video or found it useful.

At the recent NAIAS 2009 Detroit auto show, Ford announced big plans to develop hybrid and full-electric vehicles over the next four years. Here, Nancy Gioia - Ford's Director of Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Programs, explains why it has taken Ford so long to bring Electric vehicles to the mainstream market, and why the company stopped its work with Th!nk in the early years of the decade. The full, uncropped, interview, lasts 35 minutes, and can be found elsewhere on our blip tv channel.Joseph Simpson of the Movement Design Bureau was asking questions via the telephone from London, UK; Nancy Gioia was filmed answering the questions, by Robb Hunter in the Lincoln Lounge at the Detroit Auto Show, on 12th January 2009.There is variable quality of sound at times in this video - recording an interview between two people 3000 miles apart isn't that easy, so please bear with us! License: This video podcast is licensed as Sharealike Creative Commons 3.0. Please feel free to share, redistribute and republish this video - please acknowledge the Movement Design Bureau and link back to this video.Disclosure: Ford is sponsoring The Movement Design Bureau's design research work in 2009.

At the recent NAIAS 2009 Detroit auto show, Ford announced big plans to develop hybrid and full-electric vehicles over the next four years. Here, Nancy Gioia - Ford's Director of Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Programs, explains where in the world these planned vehicles are likely to be available. The full, uncropped, interview, lasts 35 minutes, and can be found elsewhere on our blip tv channel.Joseph Simpson of the Movement Design Bureau was asking questions via the telephone from London, UK; Nancy Gioia was filmed answering the questions, by Robb Hunter in the Lincoln Lounge at the Detroit Auto Show, on 12th January 2009.There is variable quality of sound at times in this video - recording an interview between two people 3000 miles apart isn't that easy, so please bear with us! License: This video podcast is licensed as Sharealike Creative Commons 3.0. Please feel free to share, redistribute and republish this video - please acknowledge the Movement Design Bureau and link back to this video.Disclosure: Ford is sponsoring The Movement Design Bureau's design research work in 2009.

At the recent NAIAS 2009 Detroit auto show, Ford announced big plans to develop hybrid and full-electric vehicles over the next four years. Here, Nancy Gioia - Ford's Director of Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Programs, explains the timeframes for introduction of vehicles - and how Ford is using its global C and D car platforms to get the technology the widest market exposure, most quickly. The full, uncropped, interview, lasts 35 minutes, and can be found elsewhere on our blip tv channel.Joseph Simpson of the Movement Design Bureau was asking questions via the telephone from London, UK; Nancy Gioia was filmed answering the questions, by Robb Hunter in the Lincoln Lounge at the Detroit Auto Show, on 12th January 2009.There is variable quality of sound at times in this video - recording an interview between two people 3000 miles apart isn't that easy, so please bear with us! License: This video podcast is licensed as Sharealike Creative Commons 3.0. Please feel free to share, redistribute and republish this video - please acknowledge the Movement Design Bureau and link back to this video.Disclosure: Ford is sponsoring The Movement Design Bureau's design research work in 2009.

At the recent NAIAS 2009 Detroit auto show, Ford announced big plans to develop hybrid and full-electric vehicles over the next four years. We asked for questions to put to Nancy Gioia - Ford's Director of Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Programs, and got her to talk through Ford's plan in more detail.This is the full uncropped interview, which lasts 35 minutes. You can find shorter - 5 minute long - clips on individual subjects discussed, clipped from this video, elsewhere on our blip tv channel.Joseph Simpson of the Movement Design Bureau was asking questions via the telephone from London, UK; Nancy Gioia was filmed answering the questions, by Robb Hunter in the Lincoln Lounge at the Detroit Auto Show, on 12th January 2009.The quality of sound is at times a little variable in this video - please bear with us, recording an interview between two people 3000 miles apart isn't that easy! License: This video podcast is licensed as Sharealike Creative Commons 3.0. Please feel free to share, redistribute and republish this video - please acknowledge the Movement Design Bureau and link back to this video.Disclosure: Ford is sponsoring The Movement Design Bureau's design research work in 2009.

At the recent NAIAS 2009 Detroit auto show, Ford announced big plans to develop hybrid and full-electric vehicles over the next four years. This is a five minute clip from the longer, full interview, where Nancy Gioia - Ford's Director of Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Programs, talks about the possibility of electric cars being used as part of the electricity network, with vehicle-to-gird technology, and the hurdles to overcome in this area. The full, uncropped, interview, lasts 35 minutes, and can be found elsewhere on our blip tv channel.Joseph Simpson of the Movement Design Bureau was asking questions via the telephone from London, UK; Nancy Gioia was filmed answering the questions, by Robb Hunter in the Lincoln Lounge at the Detroit Auto Show, on 12th January 2009.Bear with us on the variable quality of sound at times in this video - recording an interview between two people 3000 miles apart isn't that easy! License: This video podcast is licensed as Sharealike Creative Commons 3.0. Please feel free to share, redistribute and republish this video - please acknowledge the Movement Design Bureau and link back to this video.Disclosure: Ford is sponsoring The Movement Design Bureau's design research work in 2009.

At the recent NAIAS 2009 Detroit auto show, Ford announced big plans to develop hybrid and full-electric vehicles over the next four years. This is a five minute clip from the longer, full interview, where Nancy Gioia - Ford's Director of Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Programs, talks about the electrification of cars, and why Ford plan to develop future platforms for use as Hybird, EV and ICE engine - in the short and mid term. The full, uncropped, interview, lasts 35 minutes, and can be found elsewhere on our blip tv channel.Joseph Simpson of the Movement Design Bureau was asking questions via the telephone from London, UK; Nancy Gioia was filmed answering the questions, by Robb Hunter in the Lincoln Lounge at the Detroit Auto Show, on 12th January 2009.There is variable quality of sound at times in this video - recording an interview between two people 3000 miles apart isn't that easy, so please bear with us! License: This video podcast is licensed as Sharealike Creative Commons 3.0. Please feel free to share, redistribute and republish this video - please acknowledge the Movement Design Bureau and link back to this video.Disclosure: Ford is sponsoring The Movement Design Bureau's design research work in 2009.

The auto industry is on the ropes with the public and Congress demanding more fuel efficient cars. Bumper2Bumpertv takes a quick look at what some of that technology is and when we can put it to use.

Watch the complete 7 part series at TheAutoChannel.com.Bob Lutz, General Motor's Vice Chairman of Global Development, made a special trip to the San Francisco area last winter to address a meeting of the Western Automotive Journalists. Bob s talk was insightful, informative, exciting, humorous, and most of all, frank; a hallmark of how Bob Lutz conducts himself.

Get the whole story at TheAutoChannel.com.Chrysler announced today that the Company and its ENVI organization have new production-intent, advanced electric-drive technology packaged in three different vehicles, one for each of its brands, Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge, plus a new low-speed GEM Pea-Pod. This is the GEM Pea-Pod concept.