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Manchester United Manager Gets a Chevrolet Volt
Manchester United Manager Gets a Chevrolet Volt

19 Dec 2012, 12:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / As part of Manchester United Club’s agreement with the Chevrolet brand, Sir Alex Furguson has taken delivery of a brand new Chevrolet Volt, an extended range electric vehicle which can travel ...

 
Soap Opera Actress Tracey Bregman Drives a Fisker Karma
Soap Opera Actress Tracey Bregman Drives a Fisker Karma

18 Dec 2012, 15:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Honestly, celebrities and green cars almost always go hand in hand, especially when people are concerned about their public image. They can usually drive a gas-guzzling SUV, but for when the paparaz...

 
Cadillac ELR Official Debut Announced for January 15 in Detroit
Cadillac ELR Official Debut Announced for January 15 in Detroit

18 Dec 2012, 14:52 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / GM has announced that it will be debuting their sporty range-extender, the Cadillac ELR at the 2013 Detroit Motor Show, and more specifically on January 15th. It is one of many GM premieres slated t...

 
First Renault Zoe EV Finds Home Ahead of 2013 Launch
First Renault Zoe EV Finds Home Ahead of 2013 Launch

18 Dec 2012, 13:42 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Renault has announced that the first production-spec Zoe EV has entered the possession of its new owner, French Minister of Industrial Recovery, Arnaud Montebourg. He ordered the car a few months ba...

 
Indianapolis to Replace all City-Used Vehicles With Either EVs or Hybrids by 2025
Indianapolis to Replace all City-Used Vehicles With Either EVs or Hybrids by 2025

18 Dec 2012, 11:37 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The current mayor of Indianapolis, Greg Ballard, has announced that he has set out to swap all the city-used vehicles in their fleet with either EVs or hybrids, by 2025. Through this measure, they p...

 
Amego E-Breeze Ion Electric Scooter for $1,675
Amego E-Breeze Ion Electric Scooter for $1,675

18 Dec 2012, 11:12 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Now that's really lovely: seeing the prices for electric vehicles going down, with the specs going up. This means more affordable EVs and a cleaner environments, at least when it comes to emiss...

 
Amarok P1A Electric Sportbike Heading for the TTXGP
Amarok P1A Electric Sportbike Heading for the TTXGP

18 Dec 2012, 10:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Amarok has finished the first official tests for their new version of the P1 sportsbike, now dubbed P1A, with A for Advanced. The new the machine underwent a tuning and optimizing process which has ...

 
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner Drive a Tesla Model S
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner Drive a Tesla Model S

17 Dec 2012, 15:39 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Coincidence or not, Hollywood A-Lister Jennifer Garner and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk were on the same episode of the Late Night Show with David Letteraman a couple of years ago. The green mental...

 
2013 Piaggio Fly 150, the Brawnier Commuting Scooter
2013 Piaggio Fly 150, the Brawnier Commuting Scooter

17 Dec 2012, 13:32 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The 2013 Piaggio Fly 150 is one of the best choices if you're looking for a method of transportation across and around the city. And if small-dimensions and good mileage are a must, lucky you....

 
Amego Oxygen, Affordable Electric Cross-Town Traffic
Amego Oxygen, Affordable Electric Cross-Town Traffic

17 Dec 2012, 12:02 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With only cents for each full recharge and offering more and more range, electric scooters are surely to become way more popular in the future. And if the high price of yesterday's EVs was the ...

 
Trans-Canada Highway is the Greenest in the World - 1,000 Charging Points by 2013
Trans-Canada Highway is the Greenest in the World - 1,000 Charging Points by 2013

14 Dec 2012, 15:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Trans-Canada Highway runs from Victoria, in British Columbia, to St. John’s in Newfoundland, and it connects Canada’s two coasts - its main route spans an impressive 8,030 km (4,990 ...

 
Mercedes E300 BlueTec Hybrid Diesel Coming to Australia
Mercedes E300 BlueTec Hybrid Diesel Coming to Australia

14 Dec 2012, 15:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Daimler’s Mercedes division has just taken the wraps off its significantly refreshed E-Class family of vehicles. The mid-life refresh gives the upcoming sedan, wagon, coupe and convertible a s...

 
BYD All-Electric Bus Begins Testing in Brussels
BYD All-Electric Bus Begins Testing in Brussels

14 Dec 2012, 15:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / A BYD eBus-12 all-electric city bus has just been given to the local transportation operator, in Brussels, Belgium. It will be tested for a period of two months, in order to see whether or not it co...

 
Bogota Taxi Fleet to Get 46 BYD E6 EVs in 2013
Bogota Taxi Fleet to Get 46 BYD E6 EVs in 2013

14 Dec 2012, 15:02 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Chinese automaker BYD (Build Your Dreams) has announced that it will be supplying 46 of their E6 EVs to the taxi fleet of the Colombian capital city, Bogota. The Chinese carmaker will send a total o...

 
Production of Smart ForTwo ED Increased due to Strong Demand
Production of Smart ForTwo ED Increased due to Strong Demand

14 Dec 2012, 14:44 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Daimler has announced that it will be increasing production for the all-electric Smart ForTwo ED (Electric Drive), in order to keep up with the surprisingly strong demand for the little city runabou...

 
Spyshots: BMW i8 Coupe Undergoing Winter Testing... Again
Spyshots: BMW i8 Coupe Undergoing Winter Testing... Again

14 Dec 2012, 12:34 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Winter has hit in Europe, and while for most motorists this means hey have to spends lots of money to keep their cars on the road, it’s actually cause for celebration for the thousands of auto...

 
Ferrari Releases First Official Teaser for the Enzo Replacement
Ferrari Releases First Official Teaser for the Enzo Replacement

14 Dec 2012, 10:58 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While Ferrari officials may have talked at great length about the technology and engineering behind their upcoming flagship model (Enzo Successor), they had not revealed one single detail of the car...

 
Amego Wind, Classic Design for Modern Electric Technology
Amego Wind, Classic Design for Modern Electric Technology

14 Dec 2012, 10:57 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Amego Wind is yet another electric scooter for cross-town errands, offering a range of 40-45 km (25-28 miles) for a full charge. This distance is more than enough for most people who would ride ...

 
Brammo Brings 6-Speed Transmission to Engage and Encite Electric Bikes
Brammo Brings 6-Speed Transmission to Engage and Encite Electric Bikes

14 Dec 2012, 08:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / One of the things we really missed when it came to electric motorcycles was the actual feeling of the tradition combustion engines' transmission. We've met rather few guys who really liked...

 
Zero S Owner Rides 3500 Miles
Zero S Owner Rides 3500 Miles

14 Dec 2012, 07:50 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like things are about to get serious for the electric bikes in the not-so-distant future, with all the technological advances, better engines, smarter batteries and faster charging. Zero S ...