Video: Fisker dealer says Karma test drives and ordering start in November

Fisker dealer Mike Sullivan discusses the sales timeline - Click above to watch video after the jump When Fisker received $189 million in funding , the company gave a production target date for its long-awaited Karma of February of 2011. Fisker recently held a second coming-out party at its Santa Monica dealership to stoke the fires again, during which dealer principal Mike Sullivan began to color in some details of the run-up to February.

DDWFTTW = a wind car that can go faster than the wind (also = internet fights)

Filed under: Etc. DDWFTTW Car - Click above to watch video after the jump Trust us, the feasibility of this car has been discussed almost to death (see this , this or this ). Still, the idea of going directly downwind, faster than the wind ( DDWFTTW ) will generate a bit more explanation and discussion here, we’re sure

Video: Chevrolet kicks off regional advertising campaign for Volt

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Chevrolet , Green Daily Chevy Volt regional advertising video - Click above to watch video after the jump While there has been a significant amount of advertising chatter from the Nissan camp regarding the upcoming Leaf electric vehicle, Chevrolet has remained relatively quiet about its soon-to-be-released Volt . Nissan’s advertising approach for the Leaf has been extensive , well conceived and in your face .

X-Prize: What it’s like to lose

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Automotive X-Prize Illuminati Motor Works at the Automotive X-Prize - Click above to watch video after the jump When we last talked to Kevin Smith , the team leader/engineer of Illuminati Motor Works , he was confident that his team’s all-electric vehicle, the long-tailed Seven, was going to do all right in the Knockout Stage of the Automotive X-Prize , perhaps with the help of Voodoo Steve . Well, things didn’t work out the way Smith hoped. Luckily, for those of us who want to know what it’s like to compete, especially when you don’t have a lot of money but a lot of heart and a big idea for cleaner cars, video blogger Damien Somerset talked with Smith about the reasons the group’s car was eliminated from competition.

Price is Right offers up a Tesla Roadster, and the result is … [w/video]

Filed under: EV/Plug-in Tesla Roadster on the Price is Right - Click above to watch video after the jump Last week, for Earth Day, the Price Is Right game show offered up its most expensive prize ever : a Tesla Roadster . Yeah, we had prizelust, too. But then the weekend came and we kind of forgot to see if anyone actually walked away with the car.

Video: Nissan compares Leaf electric car to a wood chair

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Nissan Nissan Leaf / Drive on Chairs - Click above to watch video after the jump Ahhh, advertising agencies.

Video: Volvo helping to develop new material that could be both battery and bodywork

Filed under: Emerging Technologies , EV/Plug-in , Volvo Battery bodywork prototype material - Click above to watch video after the jump How much will a plug-in vehicle’s battery weigh in 2020? How much will the same car’s bodywork weigh?

KU EcoHawks turn 1974 Volkswagen Beetle into a biodiesel-electric hybrid [w/VIDEO]

Filed under: Biodiesel , Green Culture , Hybrid KU’s biodiesel hybrid Beetle - Click above to watch the videos after the jump At the University of Kansas, a group of students is working small and thinking big. The EcoHawk students are part of a mechanical engineering senior project that is building small, 1/8th scale ecocars and has also turned a beat-up 1974 Volkswagen Beetle into a biodiesel-electric hybrid with “the long term goal of achieving 500 mpg.” Nothing like a little ambition in the classroom, right? The students have given their subgoups nifty names like Team Amp, Team Cell Mates and Team Redline

VIDEO: Zero Carbonista’s wind-powered Nemesis undergoing on-road testing this month

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Green Daily Nemesis drive tests - Click above to watch the video after the jump Dale Vince, the founder of Ecotricity , is now able to take his pet electric car for a drive. The Nemesis, not quite finished, is able to cruise on the track, as you can see in the video after the jump , as well as on the road.

VIDEO: Volt center stack to come in dark grey or white

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Chevrolet , AutoblogGreen Exclusive Volt center console - Click above to watch the videos after the jump As our man Chris Paukert was perusing the videos about the pre-production Volt build process the other day, he noticed a slight change in the interior from what we have seen previously. When the “production” Volt design was unveiled last September, the center stack was finished in very iPod-esque white plastic with touch sensitive controls . The IVER prototype shown in the video has a dark grey finish which we haven’t seen before in a Volt

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