Better Place One Minute Battery Switch, Video Included
26 Aug 2009, 15:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the key problems associated with owning an electric vehicle, the swapping of a depleted battery with a fully charged one, is about to be solved with the help of Tokyo-based taxis. California ...
Tesla Roadster Sport New Photos
20 Aug 2009, 13:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors released today a few photos, details and prices for the Tesla Roadster Sport, an upgraded version of the now famous Roadster. The sport boast, acc...
Ford Has High Hopes for Transit Connect
20 Aug 2009, 10:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Ford announced the market entry of the new Connect, amidst high hopes within the company that "small business owners are seeing positive economic indicators" – ...
New Electric smart fortwo Comes in November
20 Aug 2009, 09:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturer Daimler announced today the release of their second generation smart fortwo electric drive. Built at Hambach, in France, the new EV will hit the streets in November, promising to...
Ford Confirms New Energy Policy
7 Aug 2009, 14:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As you have read in our previous reports, American manufacturer Ford is looking into shaping a new line-up of vehicles to take on the more challenging US environmental laws. A "greener transpor...
Nissan Leaf Hoped to Outsell Hybrids
7 Aug 2009, 10:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer has high hopes for its first mass produced EV, the Leaf, and says the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight will have in the EV an opponent to be reckoned with. Nissan North America&#...
BMW Megacity Vehicle, Powered by SB LiMotive
3 Aug 2009, 09:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturer BMW announced today it will partner with SB LiMotive, for the latter to provide battery cells for the future project Megacity Vehicle. BMW thus enters the race opened by Daimler&...
Nissan Leaf Uncovered
2 Aug 2009, 13:32 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / As we told you earlier this week, Nissan was planning to unveil a new electric vehicle on August 2… and they did. Now, we’re going to let you in on some of its features. The Leaf is a m...
New Nissan EV Teaser
28 Jul 2009, 08:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Nissan launched yesterday its new Zero Emission website, in preparation for the release of three electric vehicles on August 2, as it previously announced. The website opens wi...
Hong Kong to Use EV Police Cars
27 Jul 2009, 14:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It was only a matter of time before EV technology became common use in law enforcement agencies as well. Given that they are mostly to be used in the city and most of them match in performance their...
Nissan May Develop Hybrid System
27 Jul 2009, 13:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aware of the fact that, despite its best efforts, the advent of electric vehicle is still years away, Japanese manufacturer Nissan announced today it is working on an intermediary system, to fill in...
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...
Lotus City Car Concept Sketches
24 Jul 2009, 14:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / When you think of Lotus, a small, not necessarily powerful vehicle, is about the last thing that comes to mind. Well, should Lotus take on the challenge of creating a city car, then this is how it w...
Canada Wants Electric CARS
16 Jul 2009, 15:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Canadian Ontario government is on the verge of submitting a bill which will set in motion a rebate system the like of which the world has never seen. At least this is what Dalton McGuinty, the r...
Bank of America Finances Tesla Roadster
15 Jul 2009, 10:50 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Good news for Tesla Roadster potential customers, as from now on the all-electric vehicle benefits from U.S. financing from Bank of America. Making the Roadster much more affordable, Tesla Motors ho...
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...
Portugal to Have 1,300 Recharging Stations by 2011
30 Jun 2009, 14:39 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / The Portuguese government has decided to encourage zero-emission vehicles sales for the near future. The government's plan to introduce up to 1,300 recharging stations for electric vehicles ove...
BMW Project i, Debut in 2012
29 Jun 2009, 10:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The over debated, long awaited first vehicle sourced from BMW's Project i team is expected to hit the streets in 2012, according to a report by Car and Driver. The first car to be developed und...
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...