Zipcar and Toyota to Launch Multi-City Introduction of PHEVs
27 Jan 2011, 15:10 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Car sharing service provider Zipcar announced today the introduction of eight Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles (PHVs) into its network, that are now available to Zipcar members in Boston/Cambrid...
Ford C-Max Energi, Hybrid Unveiled
10 Jan 2011, 07:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The year started with a bang for American manufacturer Ford, who presented last week, during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas the electric version of the Ford Focus. But, just as promised ...
autoEVolution
30 Dec 2010, 15:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Have you seen Iron Man 2? Remember the ex-wife bullet/mini-rocket used by Stark's rival to arm the unpainted Iron Man suit? A lot of noise that bullet made, before harmlessly hitting the oversi...
TXU to Charge McKinney, Texas
17 Dec 2010, 08:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the biggest electricity suppliers in the US, TXU is currently engaged in an effort to expand its business to the new sector of electric vehicles charging. Having already committed to install ...
Ford Plant Turns Full Green
15 Dec 2010, 06:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In what American manufacturer Ford called today a world's first, news of the Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne getting ready to produce three versions of electric vehicles under one roof was mad...
Cali to Become EV Capital of the World
13 Dec 2010, 22:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Always at the forefront of green initiatives, California proves once again that it plans to be a force to be reckoned with in the bright future ahead by announcing a new endeavor meant to put it at ...
Prius Plug-In Testing Starts in China
31 Oct 2010, 15:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Toyota announced this weekend it will be partnering with the China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC) in a program which will see the Prius plug-in hybrid put t...
Chevrolet Volt Online Configurator Launched
27 Oct 2010, 05:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Chevrolet is on the final stretch, gearing up for the launch of a model which it hopes will make history: the Volt. Even if the arrival onto the market of the model will be at ...
Prius PHEV to Be Tested at Georgetown University
3 Oct 2010, 17:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The efforts made by Japanese manufacturer Toyota to change the iconic Prius from your everyday hybrid into a plug-in continue in the US, with the latest development being the inclusion of the vehicl...
GM Creates Customer Advisory Board for the Volt
29 Sep 2010, 06:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Being a model intended to usher a new age in motoring, the Chevrolet Volt needs special attention and care, and GM knows it. A gamble in its own rights, the Volt will be pretty much tested in the ha...
Residential Units to Lead U.S. Charging Stations Market
22 Sep 2010, 15:06 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The electric vehicles are gaining more and more importance in the automotive world. However, in order for EVs to become widespread, a well-developed charging infrastructure is necessary, including ...
Toyota Prius PHEV Reaches Ontario
30 Aug 2010, 06:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The push to increase testing of the Prius model's plug-in hybrid version continues, with Japanese manufacturer Toyota announcing the delivery of the first such vehicle to Ontario, Canada, to b...
Wireless EV Charging Explained
9 Aug 2010, 18:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the first batches of electric vehicles just months away from hitting the market, all eyes turn to that part of the EV world called infrastructure. A sort of make it or brake it deal, the exist...
Coulomb Home Chargers Available
27 Jul 2010, 09:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Electric vehicles charging solutions provider Coulomb announced yesterday it will make available in short time the CT500 Level II ChargePoint for home and light commercial use. For those interested ...
PSA Gets EUR200M Loan for Diesel PHEV
19 Jul 2010, 10:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / French group Peugeot Citroen announced today it has signed a loan agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) through which it will receive EUR200 million for the development of plug-in hybrid...
New Standard for Measuring Emissions and Fuel Economy of PHEVs from SAE
30 Jun 2010, 08:38 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / As PHEVs are gaining in popularity worldwide, SAE International has launched a new revised standard for measuring the exhaust emissions and fuel economy of such vehicles. The recently released revis...
Raser PHEV Developer Hits Ex-GM Executives Quads
16 Jun 2010, 07:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Raser Technologies, an U.S. energy technology company which is developing a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) program fro fleet trucks, announced that it has hired four former General Motors ex...
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...
Maryland Offers HOV Acces And Tax Credit For Plug-in Hybrids
21 May 2010, 07:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The U.S. is making important steps towards the introduction of electric vehicles, in an effort to develop a green transportation. The latest initiative that targets this field comes from Maryland Go...
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...