Nissan Unveils New EV Platform and Prototype
27 Jul 2009, 06:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Nissan today unveiled its new electric vehicle platform, together with a new vehicle built on it. Based, as was expected in the automotive world, on the Nissan Tiida, the new E...
Think City Car Joined Big Boys at Goodwood
13 Jul 2009, 07:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Norwegian built Think City Car has made yet another step towards promoting itself, this time in Britain, where it attended the Goodwood Festival of Speed. After securing support from several local g...
Hybrid vs. Plug-In Hybrid
9 Jul 2009, 19:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The latest developments in terms of technology in the automotive industry have caught most of us by surprise. Despite financial downfall, R&D has continued within manufacturers' labs and we...
G8 Summit Powered by GEM NEVs
9 Jul 2009, 07:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The debut today of this year's G8 summit will also witness the introduction of GEM e4 electric vehicles, which will be used for the transport of the heads of states attending the event. 33 unit...
Renault-Nissan to Build Four Battery Plants in Europe
8 Jul 2009, 15:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Alliance is doing well and it would seem it heavily plans to become the leader of the future EV automotive sector. With Nissan already getting machines on the ground for the Smyma facility in th...
Nissan's Smyma to Cost $1 Billion
8 Jul 2009, 12:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Nissan's plans to build electric vehicles in the United States will cost the company some $1 billion, money to be use for the construction of a new facility alone, a Nissa...
Nissan to Unveil Three EVs
6 Jul 2009, 07:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / You all know by now Japanese manufacturer Nissan is perhaps the most active automotive player in the EV vehicles and charging infrastructure development, through their Zero Emission Alliance with Re...
NY Grid Ready for EV Night Charging
1 Jul 2009, 10:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the prospects of electric vehicles becoming a more common sight sooner than everyone expected, questions started arising regarding the capabilities of electric grids worldwide being ready to su...
Zero Emission Reloaded: Renault and ALD Automotive Join Forces
26 Jun 2009, 09:50 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / This the second time today when we're announcing a partnership for an electric vehicle between Renault and another company around the world. This time, the French manufacturer joined forces wit...
Obama to House: Pass the Greenhouse Bill
24 Jun 2009, 14:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Obama administration is continuing the overhaul of the American automotive industry, this time with yet another piece of legislation. President Obama asked the House of Representatives to move f...
Baltimore to Offer Electric Car Share
24 Jun 2009, 10:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following the footsteps of several European cities, the city of Baltimore, together with ExxonMobil and Electrovaya have announced that an electric car share and rental program is now available in t...
EV Charging Stations to Exceed 5 Million by 2015
23 Jun 2009, 14:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The end looms ever closer for the good old internal combustion engine... Although we remain faithful to our belief that, at least not in our life time, electric vehicles will not become a common sit...
Nissan to Build EVs in the US
22 Jun 2009, 08:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Nissan plans to shift its future production of both its electric vehicles and the batteries required for them to the United States, as low-interest loan rates for green vehicle...
Germany Leads Battery Market
5 Jun 2009, 10:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Even if the economic crisis has put a serious dent in the automotive industry as a whole, some areas of this field bloom. Or maybe just because of the economic crisis shattering the industry the aut...
Coda Debuts $45,000 All-Electric Sedan
4 Jun 2009, 08:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Electric cars have become a common thing nowadays and it's somehow difficult to see a month this year without a new EV launch. This time it's Coda Automotive's turn who recently debut...
Subaru Stella Launched in Japan
4 Jun 2009, 08:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The second generation Subaru Stella electric vehicle is ready and it has been launched on the Japanese market today The vehicle, equipped with a high-performance lithium-ion battery, will begin del...
Tesla Roadster, 500 and Counting
3 Jun 2009, 09:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Tesla Motors is keeping us up to date, every once in a while, with the latest events involving one of their two models. In light of their forecasted success with the Model S, Tesla reminds us that u...
Rumor: Audi R8 Electric in Frankfurt
28 May 2009, 13:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German magazine Auto Motor und Sport today launched an electrifying rumor. According to them, German manufacturer Audi plans to present its first electric vehicle at the Frankfurt Auto Show this fal...
Coulomb ChargePoint Stations Available in Amsterdam
28 May 2009, 10:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The race for the development of charging infrastructures for the future electric vehicles and plug-ins to roam the streets has entered a new lap this week, as the city of Amsterdam will become the f...
Chrysler Submits EV Development Plans
27 May 2009, 07:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As part of its restructuring campaign, American manufacturer Chrysler has submitted to the Department of Energy (DoE) three proposals outlining a $448 million plan to "rapidly bring Electric Ve...