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GigaOM’s Green Overdrive show has test driven a decent amount of electric cars, but most of them have been around the block or on a closed track...

For the latest episode of GigaOM TV’s Green Overdrive show, we bring you a ride in a Beta version of electric car maker Tesla‘s second car – the Model S...

An engineer at solar panel maker Solyndra electrified an old Volvo and has been using it for his daily commute to work, where he designs aspects of Solyndra’s tube-shaped solar panels...

On this week’s episode of GigaOM TV’s video show Green Overdrive (where if it’s green we drive it), I take Brammo‘s all-electric motorcycle the Enertia out for a spin...

For the latest episode of GigaOM TV’s Green Overdrive Show, we test drive an electric folding scooter that can carry a large box (or me!). The company that made the cargo scooter is called Lit Motors and they’re...

Tesla has a new inspiration for selling its pioneering electric car: Apple. Last Summer Tesla hired George Blankenship to be in charge of its interactive in-store customer experience. Blankenship is well know in the gadget...

Cutting down on the fuel usage of company trucks and fleets could make a major dent in the oil consumption of the U.S. Silicon Valley-based startup Wrightspeed is led by a co-founder of Tesla Motors, and they’re building...

For this week’s episode of GigaOM TV’s Green Overdrive show, we take you to the offices of GreenRoad, a startup that has developed a technology to help company drivers reduce crashes and cut fuel use...

Introducing the all-electric VW bug! No, you can’t buy it out on the showroom floor — DIY-er and entrepreneur Al Bullock electrified his VW bug and has been driving around Livermore, Calif...

Turning the Bay Area’s restaurant cooking oil into fuel is the goal of the folks at Got Grease. And on this week’s episode of GigaOM TV’s Green Overdrive Show, we go on a grease run and factory tour of...

BMW doesn’t have plans to commercially sell its electric Minis, but boy is the car fun to drive. For this week’s episode of GigaOM TV’s Green Overdrive Show, we drove an electric Mini around LA, and tested...

In one of the most interesting electric vehicle partnerships of 2010, Tesla and Toyota announced last year that they would jointly build an electric RAV4, combining Toyota’s SUV with Tesla’s battery and EV tech...

Volkswagen’s got close to two years before it will launch its all-electric Blue-e-motion Golf car, but GigaOM TV’s Green Overdrive show got a chance to take the car to the streets recently in Los Angeles, California...

After 6 months and close to 30 shows, GigaOM TV’s Green Overdrive show is celebrating the coming of 2011 with a year-end wrap. Here’s our year in review for electric vehicles in 2010, including some of my favorite...

For this week’s episode of GigaOM TV’s Green Overdrive video show — where if it’s green we’ll drive it — we hung out with Saul Griffith, entrepreneur, inventor and Chief Scientist of incubator...