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Over at the Atlantic, econoblogger Megan McArdle offers deep skepticism about electric cars in general and Chrysler’s now-defunct E.V. program, ENVI, in particular. OK, she has a point about the promotion of ENVI being a cynical play on the part of Chrysler to secure bailout funds pre-bankruptcy.

The United States came together and responded to the Y2K threat surprisingly well. Why isn't that happening in response to global warming?

A truce has been called in the chips war.

Nissan is rolling out its forthcoming all-electric car, the Leaf, for media on Friday in Los Angeles. It's part of the Leaf’s “Zero Emission” tour, which will take the car to other cities. And it’s all happening at Dodger Stadium, where I last was when the Dodgers clinched the NL West title. I’m going to Twitter the event—check it out at @mattdebord—and assuming there’s no ban on Flip video, provide an analysis of what Nissan has to say, with moving pictures.

Wolfram Alpha, the computational search engine that offers answers to explicit questions rather than links to sites that might tell you the answer, just got a lot more relevant. And it's all due to the growing antagonisms among Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), and Google (GOOG).

From Automotive News, via Nick Chambers at Gas 2.0: automakers don’t appreciate it when their names are turned into Twitter accounts that have nothing to do with their brands. Evidently, Twitter has been overwhelmed and slow to deal with carmakers’ complaints.