Hydrogen Infrastructure Could Be Built in Underground Caverns
10 Dec 2014, 15:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / It’s pretty clear that if we want fuel cell vehicles to happen we need two things - cheap hydrogen production (should I say extraction) and a nationwide infrastructure to deliver the fuel. The...
BMW Wants Bigger Electric Range on i Cars
10 Dec 2014, 15:01 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / At the moment, BMW’s sales of the i sub-brand are going well. Over the course of November, they went past the 15,000 mark, even though there were some issues with the carbon fiber supply due t...
Electric Cars Helping Smokers Quit?
10 Dec 2014, 14:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / How the hell could driving a car make you stop smoking? These two things usually come hand in hand, especially in a traffic jam, that time you have nothing to do then wait. Well, the answer could co...
Street Legal Hybrid Single Seater Could Come True - Egoista EM01 Stradale
10 Dec 2014, 10:56 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you find yourself being an egocentric adrenaline lover, go buy a motorcycle. If that scares you a bit, try out a single seater... Oh, wait... There aren’t that many and they don’t com...
Tesla China to Use NavInfo Satellite Navigation
9 Dec 2014, 12:50 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Chinese digital map provider NavInfo struck a deal with Tesla Motors for a problem with the China-spec Model S electric sedan. As we told you back in July, Elon Musk’s pride and joy is using G...
First Electric Car to Enter the 2015 Dakar Rally and Make History
8 Dec 2014, 10:04 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Range anxiety doesn’t quite fit in an endurance race like the Dakar Rally is, reason why no one ever thought it’s a good idea to grab an all electric car and hit the desert. That happene...
Tesla Model S Australia Pricing Announced, Two Stores to Open In Sydney and Melbourne
5 Dec 2014, 15:16 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Ladies and gentlemen from the Land Down Under, if you have a passion for eco-friendly motoring and are interested in the Model S electric sedan, we’ve got some good news! Tesla Motors announce...
Audi Wants Electric Crossover to Fight Tesla Model X
5 Dec 2014, 09:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Audi's plans to launch fully electric cars into production are not secret. They have been on and off about the R8 e-tron for a couple of years and now rumor has it the next A6 will go electric,...
Behold, India’s First Electric Sportscar - the Supernova
4 Dec 2014, 10:40 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Having the smallest vehicle ownership rate in the world, you could say that India should start motorize the masses first and come up with sportscars later. Well, the 60 mph / 60-mile (96 km) range o...
Multi-Speed Transmissions for EVs in the Works
3 Dec 2014, 17:31 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / It was only a matter of time until EVs received multi-speed transmissions. Some of them even have such drivetrains today, alas only with 2 speeds such as the i8 for example. We should also mention t...
Next Generation Nissan Leaf to Have Double the Range - Disclosed Again
3 Dec 2014, 16:08 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As you probably know already, the Nissan Leaf is the best-selling electric vehicle in the world at the moment. It’s not as powerful and elegant as the Tesla Model S, but its versatility, affor...
New Graphene Property to Boost Fuel Cell Cars Efficiency
28 Nov 2014, 12:46 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Better get used to be living in the Graphene Age soon, because this wonder material promises to solve a lot of problems. Next in line? Hydrogen fuel cells, which will become more efficient thanks to...
Renault ZOE and Kangoo Z.E. Now Coming with Buyable Battery
28 Nov 2014, 10:14 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Up until now, Renault was offering its ZOE and Kangoo Z.E. electric vehicles without the option to buy the battery in order to cut down the purchasing costs and thus make the EV more accessible to a...
Take a Look inside the Formula E Powertrain
27 Nov 2014, 16:13 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / With seven more Formula E races remaining in the inaugural season that begun in September this year, we can take a short break and have a look at what powers these machines. Yes, it’s all elec...
Gymkhana Parody No.2 is Out: Ken Box’ Crazy Cart is Back
27 Nov 2014, 13:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Ken Block recently pulled some awesome maneuvers in his newest Gymkhana 7 on the streets of Los Angeles. If that blew you off your seat, check out what Ken Box can do with his motorized... box. A...
The Chinese Tesla Looks Quite Impressive, Here’s the Denza Promo Clip
25 Nov 2014, 16:53 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / After its debut as a concept car in 2012 at the Auto China Show in Beijing, the Denza project is finally rolling into dealerships as the country’s first luxury electric passenger car. Sort of ...
Nissan Offering Free Leaf Quick Charging in Atlanta
25 Nov 2014, 09:34 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Black Friday deals can’t get better than this for Leaf buyers in Atlanta, as Nissan is rolling in its own holiday special deal - free public charging for two years. The “No Charge to ...
Audi Planning Tesla Model S Rival with 450 Kilometer Range for 2017
22 Nov 2014, 12:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If there's one thing we know about the German car companies from the VW Group, it's that they like to develop advanced powertrains and share them between models. They do it for the Golf an...
R-Zentric Tesla Model S is an All Carbon Fiber Tuning Job · Video
22 Nov 2014, 09:30 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Truth be told, if you want to spruce up the appearance of your all-electric means of personal transport, chances are you can't because EV tuning is still pretty unevolved. Electric vehicles are...
2016 Chevrolet Volt Front End Revealed: Looks Significantly Better
20 Nov 2014, 14:28 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It's not just the technology that needs to change in order for people to adopt electric cars. Models like the Mitsubishi i-MiEV and the Nissan Leaf look awkward and to a lesser degree, so does ...