"No. 1 Carmaker" BYD Sells 100 Electric Cars in 8 Months
22 Sep 2009, 12:57 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BYD Auto, the Chinese carmaker who's hoping to become the world's number 1 auto manufacturer by 2025, sold a total of 100 electric cars in eight months, in spite of the company's enth...
VW Develops Electric Cars for the US
21 Sep 2009, 15:03 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volkswagen is working on a new electric model based on the recently-released E-Up!, especially destined for the United States, sources familiar with the matter said. However, the German brand doesn&...
Ener1 to Supply Batteries for Volvo C30 BEV
17 Sep 2009, 15:04 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volvo today presented the C30 BEV at the Frankfurt Auto Show, an all-electric concept that is supposed to preview the company's future range which, according to Volvo officials, is going to rel...
Volvo C30 BEV Released
17 Sep 2009, 10:07 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Swedish carmaker Volvo released the company's new electric model, the so-called C30 BEV which is currently undergoing heavy testing for a possible launch in the next few years. The all-electric...
Frankfurt Auto Show: Reva NXR Electric Car
17 Sep 2009, 07:01 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show isn't only about high-performance cars, luxurious models or revolutionary concepts. Today for example, the REVA Electric Car Company (REVA) revealed the NXR (NeXt R...
Frankfurt Auto Show: Trabant nT · Live Photos
17 Sep 2009, 07:02 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / One of the most anticipated models set to debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show is the reborn Trabant, still in a concept stage though. We were reporting some weeks ago that German automaker Herpa r...
Frankfurt Auto Show: Mercedes Benz BlueZERO E-Cell · Live Photos
16 Sep 2009, 08:30 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After they showcased it first at the Detroit Auto Show in January, Mercedes Benz brought the BlueZERO concept to the 2009 IAA as well. The near production ready BlueZERO E-CELL PLUS revealed by Merc...
Frankfurt Auto Show: VW E-Up! Concept · Live Photos
16 Sep 2009, 06:22 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show witnessed the introduction of a brand new concept developed by Volkswagen, the so-called E-Up! concept powered by an electric motor. Just as its name suggests, the car i...
Renault to Show Four Electric Concepts at Frankfurt
10 Sep 2009, 13:32 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The French manufacturer Renault will attend the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show and, just like many automakers that will come at the show, it will display several new concepts vehicles. In a press statemen...
E-Car TM, Another City, Plain EV
9 Sep 2009, 07:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Despite the fact that EVs are the most likely "cars of the future", we can't help but to be amazed of the carbon-copy, battery-powered vehicles avalanche, announced by manufacturers w...
Nissan Leaf in China in 2011
8 Sep 2009, 14:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Nissan will bring the zero-emission electric car in China in 2011 and it will even produce it locally with the help of its Dongfeng Nissan joint venture at a later date. The car will be initially la...
Honda Minivan Hybrid Coming in 2011
8 Sep 2009, 12:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Japanese manufacturer Honda is reportedly planning a hybrid minivan that would be released around 2011 and would resemble the Odyssey and the Estima, two models that are already available in the dom...
Two New Electric Cars from Reva in Frankfurt
7 Sep 2009, 08:57 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Electric car manufacturer REVA will launch two new M1 vehicles at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA), opened to the public between September 17-27. The electric cars, however, will be revealed to t...
Mercedes-Benz BlueZERO E-CELL PLUS Revealed
3 Sep 2009, 07:21 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Daimler released the first photos and details on the almost production-ready Mercedes-Benz Concept BlueZERO E-CELL PLUS electric car which is powered by an electric motor and a three-cylinder, turbo...
BYD Wants Sales of 400,000 Cars in 2009
31 Aug 2009, 10:42 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chinese car company BYD has quite enthusiastic plans for 2009, with the company planning to sell around 400,000 vehicles in 2009, which basically means double figures compared to those of the previo...
BYD to Launch All-Electric e6 in the US in 2010
24 Aug 2009, 09:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BYD continues its expansion outside China, this time in the United States, one of the first countries to get the all-electric battery car as soon as next year. Chairman Wang Chuanfu told the WSJ tha...
Mitsubishi i-MiEVs for the Frankfurt Airport
20 Aug 2009, 06:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The German Mitsubishi division recently announced that it will provide 2 new generation electric vehicles i-MiEV to Fraport AG, the owner of the Frankfurt Airport which is the third largest airport ...
Trabant Makes a Comeback, Goes Electric
14 Aug 2009, 10:14 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The rebirth of Trabant will probably make some smile with nostalgia and others to burst into laughter. Well, German automaker Herpa has just announced that the 2012 model is set to debut at the Fran...
China's Haima Auto to Launch Hybrid and Electric Cars in 2011
13 Aug 2009, 10:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Chinese manufacturer Haima Auto struggles to stay in line with the rest of the automotive world and will launch its very own hybrid and electric cars as soon as 2011. Still unclear whether the c...
Electric Nissan Qazana in the Works
3 Aug 2009, 10:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Nissan is currently working on an electric version of the Qazana, with first rumors indicating that it could arrive in dealerships sometime around 2013. Additionally, the Japanese manufacturer is al...