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This picture of a Roadster speeding by a wind farm is the first thing visitors to the Tesla Motors web site see. [Photo Credit: Tesla Motors]

The photo above, of a Tesla Roadster speeding by a wind turbine farm, captures perfectly the revolutionary potential of EVs.

Unlike gasoline powered cars, which will never have the capacity to plug into wind, solar, geothermal, hydro and other forms of renewable energy, EVs can tap these air pollution free sources directly.

This is a truly radical advantage for EVs.

The Venturi Buckeye Bullet.

Think electric vehicles are S-L-O-W, as in golf-cart slow?

Think again.

A high-speed battery electric vehicle designed and built by engineering students at Ohio State University recently hit 307 miles per hour in a test at the world famous Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.

Some of Ford's Electric Focus vehicles will be built at a Michigan assembly plant whose electricity will be generated in part by a 500 kW solar system. (Ford Photo)

DEARBORN, Mich., Aug. 12, 2010 – Some of Ford’s 2012 Focus Electrics as well as other green cars by Ford will be built using assembly line machinery powered by solar panels installed on the roof of the automaker’s Michigan Assembly Plant.

Ford said today that it is teaming with Detroit Edison, Xtreme Power and the state of Michigan to establish one of the largest solar power generation systems in the state. A secondary, smaller solar energy system will be integrated at a later date to power lighting systems at Michigan Assembly.

GM will sell its plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt for $41,000 -- but many consumers will be able to add a $7,500 tax credit to reduce their out-of-pocket cost to $33,500.

GM today announced a pre-Federal Tax Credit price of $41,000 for its plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt, due out in dealerships in the U.S. at the end of 2010. With a Federal Tax Credit of up to $7,500, out-of-pocket cost for the Volt could be as low as $33,500.