GreenGT First Track Test
16 Jun 2009, 13:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we told you in mid May, somewhere in Switzerland a team of engineers are working on the development of they hope will be the first electric vehicle to race at the Le Mans 24 Hours race. Since the...
Mazda Promises Hybrid Powertrains by 2010
12 Jun 2009, 07:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The whole market is slowly moving towards hybrid powertrains and Mazda makes no exception to the rule. The Japanese manufacturer recently announced it will concentrate its efforts on gasoline-electr...
Electric Cars too Expensive to Replace Gasoline, Says Holden
9 Jun 2009, 07:21 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / While most automakers around the world struggle to make their product ranges a bit greener by launching electric cars and hybrid models, Australian automaker Holden thinks that migrating to such a l...
GM Opens Most Advanced Battery Lab in the US
8 Jun 2009, 16:42 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Bankrupt automaker General Motors continues its battle for survival with new efforts aimed at the green car sector. The General today announced the opening of the “largest and most technologic...
EU Approves 500 Million Euro Loan for Volvo
5 Jun 2009, 14:09 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Swedish automaker Volvo has just received a 500 million euro loan from the European Investment Bank which will allow the company to continue its green efforts and finance a project to develop low-em...
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...
VW Joins Forces with China's BYD to Launch Electric Cars
26 May 2009, 07:31 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / While the whole auto sector is focused these days on the Opel selling process, Volkswagen continues its expansion efforts and recently signed a letter of intent with China's BYD Co. to work on ...
Nissan to Build First Electric Cars at Oppama in 2010
21 May 2009, 12:09 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / We all knew that both Renault and Nissan struggle to introduce a couple of greener products in their ranges and the so-many Zero Emission partnerships the two companies formed around the world are t...
Volkswagen to Showcase All-Electric Car in Frankfurt
20 May 2009, 08:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Despite that the company recently revealed that it won't advance with its production plans for the 2009 BlueSport roadster concept displayed at the 2009 North American International Auto Show i...
Subaru Stella EV Ready for Japanese Tests
15 May 2009, 10:22 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just as we told you back in April, Subaru gets ready to introduce its second-generation Subaru Stella electric vehicle in Japanese but, before doing so, the car will undergo several testing "se...
Renault Kangoo be bop Z.E. Electric Vehicle Unveiled
7 May 2009, 06:33 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Renault yesterday unveiled a new prototype electric vehicle at the Annual General Meeting of its shareholders in Paris that gives us a hint into how the future electric lineup of both Renault and Ni...
Chrysler to Launch Full-Electric Sports Car By 2010
16 Apr 2009, 14:53 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even if the company is yet unsure whether it is able to get through the crisis and keep its head above the water, rumors surrounding its future models keep coming. The latest in this series is a rep...
Tesla Roadster-Based Liv Invizio EV Runs with 150 MPH
25 Mar 2009, 08:23 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / With electric cars expected to play a very important role in today's automotive industry, it shouldn't surprise anybody that new automakers become interested in this kind of vehicles. EV I...
Nissan's Electric Vehicles to Arrive in the US in 2010
24 Mar 2009, 16:16 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / There's no doubt that the economic recession changed plans of most automakers and Nissan is only the living proof. It may seem like the Japanese automaker will launch electric models in the Uni...
Renault Increases Production to Meet Growing Demand
20 Mar 2009, 15:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Paradoxically and contrary to what you may expect during so difficult economic recession times, Renault today announced that it will increase production at the Flins site in France (Clio III) and No...
Nissan Gets UK Cash for Building Electric Cars
20 Mar 2009, 11:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The United Kingdom makes another step towards preserving jobs of those involved in the automotive industry in the country by offering cash to Nissan to build electric cars at its Sunderland plant. B...
AMP Electric Car Accepted to Compete for the X Prize
18 Mar 2009, 10:46 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / The competition for the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize seems to be really tough as over 40 teams have passed the qualification round. The X Prize competition is meant to inspire a new gene...
Koenigsegg Presents Quant: Details and Photos
4 Mar 2009, 15:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we reported in mid February, Swedish manufacturer Koenigsegg was preparing itself to unveil their newest creation, a street racer named Quant. We now come back on the subject to give you a more d...
France to Open Charging Stations for Electric Cars
18 Feb 2009, 14:54 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Since electric cars are often regarded as the future of the automotive sector, the adjacent infrastructure is more than a must have in a certain country of the world. Just imagine a world full of hy...
Nissan Demands Financing from the European Investment Bank
18 Feb 2009, 13:11 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just like many other automakers who saw their sales going down and the cost-cutting measures they applied partially inefficient, Nissan today called for support from the European Investment Bank, po...