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May 20, 2013
  
  
Jim Motavalli
Jim Motavalli is an online contributor to the New York Times, CBS Interactive, Hearst and the Mother Nature Network, as well as six books including "Forward Drive: The Race to Build Clean Cars for the Future."


Articles by Jim Motavalli

Politics-U.S.
JIM MOTAVALLI, 526 WORDS
Automakers gear up for a fight with California's zero emission rules.
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International
JIM MOTAVALLI, 571 WORDS
Reuters sees electric cars failing, but here's another perspective.
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TechnologyLife
JIM MOTAVALLI, 557 WORDS
Near-term self-driving systems include congestion assistance (your car will inch ahead in traffic while you read the newspaper) and lane changing assist (you activate the turn signal and the car will make the swap when it's safe to do so).

Life
JIM MOTAVALLI, 535 WORDS
Electric vehicles don't have all that many moving parts, or many components that will wear out regularly.
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Politics-U.S.
JIM MOTAVALLI, 486 WORDS
In a second term, Barack Obama must use all his vaunted powers of persuasion and his political capital to rebuild bipartisan support for green cars.
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Life
JIM MOTAVALLI, 550 WORDS
Audi's S8 is a high-tech marvel -- if you can afford it.
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Life
JIM MOTAVALLI, 550 WORDS
Just 10 years ago, it would have been inconceivable for General Motors to make an econobox like the Sonic for the American market.
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Politics-U.S.
JIM MOTAVALLI, 527 WORDS
Obama should make a campaign plank out of eliminating fossil fuel subsidies. Americans today don't like to hear that we're doing something to combat global warming, but they're more receptive to reducing foreign oil dependency.
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Life
JIM MOTAVALLI, 561 WORDS
Fewer young people are driving, and here's why.
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International
JIM MOTAVALLI, 515 WORDS
Author Bill Bryson's misguided campaign against wind power.
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Technology
JIM MOTAVALLI, 566 WORDS
An Achilles heel of auto battery packs is their performance in extreme hot and cold weather, but one battery manufacturer has made advances in temperature resilience.
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Politics-U.S.
JIM MOTAVALLI, 564 WORDS
The great thing about Electronic Vehicles; you can put batteries in just about anything, including a 1939 Pontiac Silver Streak or a FedEx truck.
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International
JIM MOTAVALLI, 532 WORDS
Idan Ofer made his money operating Israel's biggest oil refinery (among other businesses). He is now making amends with a big role in Better Place, which plans to wire the world for electric cars.
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BusinessInternational
JIM MOTAVALLI, 581 WORDS
The U.S. and China collaborate on electric cars.
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Politics-U.S.
JIM MOTAVALLI, 552 WORDS
Some auto marketers argue that federal gas mileage requirements hurt rather than help their revived industry.
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Life
JIM MOTAVALLI, 500 WORDS
Forward-thinking developers are installing solar panels and gardens atop parking garages.
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Politics-U.S.Life
JIM MOTAVALLI, 556 WORDS
For the first time in U.S. history, it is possible to imagine running our car fleet on an alternative fuel.
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International
JIM MOTAVALLI, 526 WORDS
Israel's BGU fosters environmental cooperation -- in a war zone.
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Life
JIM MOTAVALLI, 497 WORDS
SUVs nearly killed the market for station wagons. But the good news is that they're coming back, not only with this Jaguar Sportbrake but also with such established sellers as the BMW 5-Series Touring and the Audi A6.
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Politics-U.S.
JIM MOTAVALLI, 560 WORDS
Why do right-wingers hate the Chevrolet Volt so much? Frankly, it's "Obama's car," part of his effort to reach a million plug-in cars by 2015. So if he owns it, they want it dead.
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