Jim Motavalli
- Member since: April 14, 2011
- Cars I drive: 1963 Dodge Dart convertible, 1967 Volvo 122S wagon
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Jim Motavalli writes on environmental topics for The New York Times, NPR’s Car Talk, AOL, Mother Nature Network and Autoweek. He is author or editor of six books, including Forward Drive: The Race to Build Clean Cars for the Future, Feeling the Heat: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Climate Change, and Naked in the Woods: Joseph Knowles and the Legacy of Frontier Fakery. His current book, High Voltage (about electric cars), was published by Rodale late in 2011. He is also a senior writer for E/The Environmental Magazine, a contributor to the Environmental Defense Fund publications, Audubon, Success Magazine and [email protected] at the University of Pennsylvania.
Motavalli is a two-time winner of the Global Media Award from the Population Institute, and hosts a radio program on WPKN-FM in Connecticut, with frequent live music. He lectures widely on climate, transportation and population issues.
Latest Activity
- 11 years ago Authored the Incentives and Laws article Canada Takes Lead on Electric Vehicle Policy
- 11 years ago Authored the Electric Vehicle article Canada Takes Lead on Electric Vehicle Policy
- 10 years ago Authored the Purchase Process article How To Buy a Nissan Leaf: Four Easy Steps
- 10 years ago Authored the Leaf article How To Buy a Nissan Leaf: Four Easy Steps
- 10 years ago Authored the Nissan article How To Buy a Nissan Leaf: Four Easy Steps
- 14 years ago Authored the article Plug-In Hybrids - Overview
- 14 years ago Authored the article An Inconvenient Lack of Electric Vehicles
- 14 years ago Authored the article The Power of the Gas Pump, By the Numbers
- 14 years ago Authored the article Freedom, Electric Cars, and Range
- 13 years ago Authored the article Battery Expert Casts Doubt on Plug-in Hybrid Future
- 13 years ago Authored the article Plug-in Hybrid Batteries: Type Matters
- 13 years ago Authored the article Bricklin Attempts to Recreate Auto Industry from Scratch
- 13 years ago Authored the article The Model G: Google's Plug-in Hybrid Campaign
- 13 years ago Authored the article GM and Toyota Face Off on Future of Hybrids
- 13 years ago Authored the article Blind People: Hybrids Are Too Quiet
- 13 years ago Authored the article 100 California Households to Test Plug-in Hybrids
- 13 years ago Authored the article UC Davis’s Plug-in Technology Licensed to EDI
- 13 years ago Authored the article Pininfarina Designs Electric Car Future
- 13 years ago Authored the article Toyota Will Offer Plug-in Hybrid by 2010
- 13 years ago Authored the article Tomorrow’s Whodunit: Who Might Kill the Chevrolet Volt
- 12 years ago Authored the article The Quest for a Better Battery
- 12 years ago Authored the article Weekly Roundup: Electric Vehicles in Israel
- 12 years ago Authored the article Airbag Waiver Keeps Tesla Roadster Alive
- 12 years ago Authored the article Hybrids for China
- 12 years ago Authored the article Major Lithium Ion Battery Plant Begins Operation
