Think Supports Electric Vehicle Deployment Act
31 May 2010, 06:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With prices for electric vehicles still above the price of the average internal combustion car, it's no wonder electric car manufacturers are all lobbying for the implementation of more and mor...
Michelin Challenge Bibendum 2010 Kicks Off This Weekend in Rio de Janeiro
28 May 2010, 11:55 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The 10th Michelin Challenge Bibendum will kick off in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday, May 30, with the eco competition ending on Thursday, June 3.The Rally will include acceleration, noise and ha...
Azure Dynamics Deliver 100 Balance Hybrid Electric Walk Vehicles
27 May 2010, 12:29 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Azure Dynamics announced that it will deliver a fleet of 100 Balance Hybrid Electric Walk vehicles to Ohio-based Cintas Corporation, with the shipment scheduled for the fourth quarter of the current...
Americans Prefer Inexpensive Eco Engine Technologies
27 May 2010, 12:28 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The American consumers are willing to adopt more efficient transportation solutions, but they prefer technologies that offer enhanced fuel economy for existing gasoline powered technologies at a low...
Daimler and BYD Establish 50:50 Electric Vehicle JV in China
27 May 2010, 10:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Daimler AG and BYD signed a contract creating a 50:50 research and development technology joint venture for the development of an electric vehicle in China, with the new company using the Shenzen B...
Nissan Leaf Sold Out for the Year
27 May 2010, 10:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Talk about a sizzling start... The world's first mass-produced electric vehicle, the Leaf, turns out to be a hit the size of which Nissan itself didn't even dare to dream. According to the...
Magna Interested in Battery Production
27 May 2010, 09:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Even if an expansion into the hybrid and EV sectors by the biggest automotive supplier in North America, Magna International, has been somewhat hinted by several of its executives, one of the compan...
Mahindra Buys REVA EV Producer
26 May 2010, 12:33 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Mahindra & Mahindra has expanded its presence in the electric vehicles segment, as the company has acquired the majority stake in REVA Electric Car Company. The move will see the latter being re...
4.7M Charging Points On the Road by 2015
26 May 2010, 10:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As electric vehicles become more and more part of our daily lives, several research institutes try to give us a better idea on how the world will look like in the near future, based on current evolu...
Indianapolis to Host First US-China EV Summit
25 May 2010, 14:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first summit to be held by the US and China on hybrid and electric vehicles development will be hosted by Indianapolis on May 27-28. The announcement was made yesterday by Governor Mitch Daniels...
CODA to Build New EV Battery Manufacturing Plant in Ohio
25 May 2010, 10:23 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / California-based electric car and battery company CODA announced today it is currently pending for approval of a Department of Energy (DOE) loan which would help it build an automotive-grade lithium...
Mira EV Travels 1,003 Km on a Charge Using Laptop Batteries
25 May 2010, 07:37 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / As the world is increasing its efforts to develop cleaner technologies, the electric vehicles segment is receiving more efficient vehicles, but there is still a long way to go until these cars will...
Ford to Manufacture Hybrid Parts in Michigan
25 May 2010, 06:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Ford announced yesterday it has decided to create a center of excellence in Michigan for vehicle electrification, adding it will invest $135 million in the design, engineering ...
Europe's First EV Fast-Charging Station Inaugurated in the Netherlands
21 May 2010, 08:47 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Europe has seen its first commercial electric vehicle fast-charging station being inaugurated in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.The station, which has been developed by Epyon, a European developer of s...
ECOtality Trades on NASDAQ
20 May 2010, 14:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Almost a week after NASDAQ cleared electric transportation solutions provider ECOtality for trading, the company began selling its common stock yesterday under the new ticker symbol is NASDAQ:ECTY. ...
Woman Called Zoe Renault to Sue French Carmaker over Name Issue
20 May 2010, 13:39 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / A Parisian woman called Zoe Renault is trying to stop the French automaker from using her name on a new model: the electric car Renault Zoe Z.E. (zero emissions). According to the Guardian, the 2...
U.S. to Introduce EV Minimum Sound Standard
20 May 2010, 08:47 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Several U.S. and international organizations have recently agreed on proposed legislative language that will protect blind pedestrians and others from the threat represented by silent vehicle techno...
Coda Automotive Secures Additional Funding
20 May 2010, 07:52 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The U.S. start-up electric car company Coda Automotive has managed to raise $58 million during its latest financing round and is planing to build an office in Singapore, as Reuters reports. The n...
GM EcoCAR EV Competition Enters Judging Phase
19 May 2010, 14:18 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors’ EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge program is currently seeing sixteen vehicles built by 100 college students being tested in the Arizona desert, at GM’s Desert Proving Ground (Y...
Nissan Leaf Pricing in Europe Announced
17 May 2010, 12:35 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Nissan revealed that its all-electric Leaf model will be priced in Europe at under EUR30,000 ($38,000) after incentives are applied in most of its launch markets. Nissan says the price is about the ...