BMW i4 Reportedly Coming to 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show
31 Oct 2012, 16:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Recent reports suggested BMW was pulling out of the ‘i’ venture. These might have been exaggerated, but even so, we were surprised to hear they might be showing a new concept car next mo...
Lithuanian Company Gives First Renault Twingo New Purpose as EV
31 Oct 2012, 15:21 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The first generation Renault Twingo was a reinvention of the quintessential small, light and nimble French hatchback, and it was launched in an era when cars were getting duller, heavier and larger....
Toyota’s iiMo Concept Wants to Make You Happy!
31 Oct 2012, 14:15 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Toyota sees the future of the car as a semi-autonomous and very efficient EV, in the form of the iiMo concept. It was first shown last year, when it was called the Fun-Vii, yet whey they revealed it...
VW Explains Advantages of Jetta Hybrid, Despite Not Having Best-In-Class Economy
31 Oct 2012, 13:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Hybrid vehicles are always bought for their promise of superior economy and efficiency figures, over their conventionally-powered stablemates, or most other regular cars, for that matter. Manufactur...
Honda HPD Supercharged CR-Z Concept Pleases 2012 SEMA
31 Oct 2012, 13:25 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Artists on stage shouting "let me hear you say [insert cool exclamation here]!" and getting a response from the public are nothing compared to what happens to car enthusiasts when they hea...
Enter Hustler X5, the First Hannebrink Electric Motorcycle
31 Oct 2012, 13:07 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / After raising the bar in the business of electric bicycles, Danish designer team Hanebrink enters the world of electric motorcycles with their Hustler X5. While this movement was a rather expecte...
2012 SEMA: EV1 Electric Baja Buggy · Live Photos
31 Oct 2012, 11:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Using electric cars to race is a novel idea, but one that’s beginning to catch on. There’s rumors of a Formula One spinoff series, and EVs have proven their worth at the Pikes Peak Hill ...
Reserve Your Very Own Renault ZOE for £49
30 Oct 2012, 16:53 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The all-electric Renault ZOE is set to be launched in Europe and the UK in the spring of 2013. However, prospective UK buyers can now reserve an example, by making a deposit of £49. With a sta...
Ford Focus EV Now Available for Lease at $199/Month - Same as Nissan Leaf
30 Oct 2012, 13:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Lease rates for the Nissan Leaf have been steadily falling ever since its launch, and now you can lease a Leaf, for a period of 24 or 36 months, with 199$/month. Now, Ford is fighting back, and appa...
New Nissan Leaf Ad Is Simple and Straightforward
30 Oct 2012, 13:02 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Instead of relying on complicated concepts and ideas to get a car ad to work at its peak intended efficiency, as some manufacturers tend to do, when they try to hard to sell a car as being in a cert...
Jay Leno Is Impressed by Tesla’s Model S
30 Oct 2012, 09:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Jay Leno’s opinion on cars matters to a lot of people, and with good reason, as he always knows what he’s talking about, and always seems to ask the right questions - the same questions ...
Can You Move a Fridge with a Golf Cart?
29 Oct 2012, 16:45 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The answer appears to be yes, as this man proves. You do need an extra set of wheels underneath the fridge, but it seems like a perfectly feasible way to move it around. Furthermore it is all-green ...
Mitt Romney Promises Reevaluation of Efficiency Standards and EVs
29 Oct 2012, 14:25 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Mitt Romney doesn`t really agree with the way the Obama administration has handled the idea of new and stricter fuel efficiency standards, as well as its outright support for EVs, virtually ignoring...
The New Rotary Engine: How to Make it Feasible
26 Oct 2012, 16:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While Mazda may have used the Wankel rotary engine extensively in many of their cars, since back in 1967, when they launched their first rotary-powered offering, the Cosmo 110S, a lightweight sports...
Why Are Electric Motorcycles So Damn Expensive?
26 Oct 2012, 15:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The question isn't by far something new, but we were expecting something more form the E-industry after all this time. I mean, yes, all new technology comes with a significantly highe...
BYD Zero-Emission London Cabs Coming
25 Oct 2012, 15:13 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Chinese carmaker BYD has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with British company Green Tomato Cars which will see the two offer the first fleet of all-electric taxis for London. BYD wi...
Audi Reportedly Stopping R8 e-tron Project
25 Oct 2012, 14:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / What do you do after you’ve created the fastest production electric vehicle ever to go around the Nurburgring? You sell it to people at a huge price of course. That was the original plan, t...
CARB Approves $1,500 Rebate for Ford C-Max Energi
24 Oct 2012, 12:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The recently-launched Ford C-Max Energi has officially been approved by the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Resources Board (CARB), as well as the Clean Vehicle Rebate Program...
Green Sales in the Netherlands Triple in 2012
24 Oct 2012, 12:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Last year, some 1,658 EVs were sold in the Netherlands - a good performance, for such a small country. However, in the same time frame, this year, they have managed to sell three times as many, reac...
Fiat Announces Unveiling of All-Electric 500E at LA Auto Show
24 Oct 2012, 11:52 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While Fiat (and Chrysler) have been reticent about launching an electric version of the popular 500, California state laws, rules and regulations have forced them to do so. It does away with any con...