Experiments with electric propulsion have been around nearly as long as the dawn of the car industry in the early 1900s, a Progress Energy expert Mike Waters told Pasco county commissioners at a Tuesday workshop. It wasn't until the 1920s when cheap gasoline led to total dominance of the market by the internal combustion engine. ...more

November 14, 2009

Could Pasco County's public fleet have electric vehicles in its future? ...more

November 11, 2009

A federal stimulus grant of $200 million announced this week will help charge a smart grid for Progress Energy Florida customers. ...more

October 31, 2009

Residents throughout the city seem drawn to the code compliance department's latest means of transportation. ...more

August 24, 2009

New tax incentives to coax automakers into producing electric cars won't help consumers right away. The way to help now would be to make roads safer for the small electric vehicles currently available. ...more

March 14, 2009

Dade City police are going green with the addition of two electric vehicles. ...more

January 28, 2009

Michael Mizok Jr. of Holiday says Florida is a natural place for solar energy-generating farms. The people planning to buy electric cars will need them. ...more

January 24, 2009

Consumers are enjoying the lowest retail gasoline prices in years, a welcome ray of light in an ever-darkening economic picture. ...more

December 21, 2008

When Tesla Motors Inc. began taking orders last year for its all-electric sports car, celebrities lined up to purchase the sleek zero-emission vehicle with the six-digit sticker price. ...more

September 22, 2008

Chrysler said Friday it is preparing to reveal some of its plans to its dealers next week, and one dealer said they will get a look at the next-generation electric vehicles the automaker is developing. ...more

September 20, 2008