Survey Shows that Eco Car Buyers Seek Overall Assets
9 Mar 2010, 17:44 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The modern consumer is demanding a lot when it comes to purchasing an eco vehicle and is considering multiple criteria besides fuel efficiency performance, as a survey conducted by Accenture shows. ...
PSA to Sell Rebadged i-MiEV
8 Mar 2010, 10:14 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has just announced the signing of a final cooperative agreement with PSA Peugeot Citroen (PSA) for the development and supply of the rebadged i-MiEV. The small el...
2010 Geneva Auto Show: Nissan LEAF
2 Mar 2010, 09:46 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / First unveiled in August 2009, Nissan’s medium-size electric hatchback is one of the highlights in the Japanese carmaker’s booth these days in Geneva. The vehicle is powered by laminated...
2010 Geneva Auto Show: Honda 3R-C Concept · Live Photos
3 Mar 2010, 11:45 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Japanese carmaker Honda is debuting an innovative one-person battery electric vehicle concept this year in Geneva. Dubbed, Honda 3R-C, the vehicle will be showcased alongside the EV-N city car conce...
Electric Vehicle Charging Stations iPhone App Developed by Coulomb
25 Feb 2010, 11:39 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Coulomb Technologies, an electric vehicle charging station infrastructure provider has developed an iPhone application that helps users locate the company’s charging stations and can be used a...
Chinese Electric Vehicle Market Targeted By German Company
21 Feb 2010, 16:18 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Freudenberg Chemical Specialties, a German company, has recently analyzed the Chinese electric car market and has concluded that this will play a key role for the global future of electric vehicles,...
Polaris EV LSV to be Used by the Government
19 Feb 2010, 10:44 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Polaris Defense yesterday announced it has been awarded a new contract with the General Services Administration (GSA) to sell the Polaris all electric, on-road and off-road Low Speed Vehicle (LSV), ...
GE and Juice Technologies to Develop EV Charging Device
18 Feb 2010, 10:07 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The race for building a charging infrastructure and different devices for the future electric vehicles has started a while ago. We can’t really tell which companies will offer the best solutio...
Remy Ads New Partner for its Electric Motors Delivery
16 Feb 2010, 11:59 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Remy International, an U.S. based mechanical components supplier and Advanced Mechanical Products (AMP) have signed a letter of intent for a potential long-term electric motor supply agreement. ...
EV Could Be Produced at Fiat’s Sicily Plant
9 Feb 2010, 14:37 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Sergio Marchionne’s decision to shut down production at Fiat’s Termini Imerese factory in Sicily seems to have serious repercussions, as the unions launched strikes in Fiat plants across...
Mitsubishi i-MiEV Awarded "Environment Grand Prize"
8 Feb 2010, 13:06 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Mitsubishi Motors Corporation’s new-generation i-MiEV electric vehicle has won the “Environment Grand Prize” during the 25th International Automobile Festival which was held recent...
Electric Vehicle Demonstration Center Inaugurated in Israel
8 Feb 2010, 08:01 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Israeli company Better Place has inaugurated its first electric vehicle (EV) demonstration center in Israel, a site built inside a refurbished oil tank to remind people of the global automotive powe...
Dacia Logan Electric Pickup for the U.S.
8 Feb 2010, 07:29 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When you think about Renault’s Dacia brand (based in Romania) these days the first thing that comes to mind is the marque’s upcoming compact SUV, the Duster, which will be introduced nex...
Enova to Supply All-Electric Vans to the US
2 Feb 2010, 09:52 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Have you ever thought about a SWAT all-electric van? Those guys don’t really look like tree huggers, but without the sound of an internal combustion engine that vehicle would be really stealth...
Quantum Chosen to Supply USPS Electric Vehicle
1 Feb 2010, 16:07 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide (QTWW) announced that it has been selected by the US Postal Service (USPS) to supply an electric vehicle which will be used as a postal delivery vehicle. ...
Tesla Motors Goes Public
1 Feb 2010, 07:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first US-based carmaker to file an initial public offering (IPO) after Ford's debut in 1956 is Tesla Motors, who announced over the weekend it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1...
Californian Authorities Introduce Electric Vehicles Test Program
28 Jan 2010, 08:11 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Gridpoint, Inc., an energy solutions provider, announced that the California Department of General Services (DGS) will introduce a 24 month plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) demonstration proje...
ECOtality Presents EV Networked Software
27 Jan 2010, 11:12 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It seems that electric vehicles and the Internet go hand in hand, as ECOtality presented an internet-based software for the advanced charging of your car. The application will be shown at the Washin...
Hertz Introduces Zero Emissions Program
26 Jan 2010, 08:15 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Hertz, world leader in the public car rental business, has developed a new “0 emissions” program, releasing UK’s lowest cost electric club car in the London Borough of Camden. C...
Pepco Energizes Plug-In Recharging Station
26 Jan 2010, 07:40 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Pepco, a subsidiary of Pepco Holdings, Inc., a company which provides electric service to 767,000 residential and commercial customers in Washington, D.C., and Montgomery and Prince George's co...