Tesla Roadster Will Remain on the Market until December 2011
6 Apr 2010, 08:20 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Tesla Motors Inc., the manufacturer of the electric sportscar Roadster, announced that it has reached an agreement with British automaker Lotus to help bridge a gap in the production and sale of its...
CODA Secures Funding for EV Production
31 Mar 2010, 08:22 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The California-based battery and electric car company CODA Automotive announced that it has secured a total of $394 million of committed capital through its joint venture with Lishen Power Battery....
THINK City EV Offered for Test Drives in New York
31 Mar 2010, 07:37 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The THINK City urban electric vehicle has been brought to New York and is being offered for test drives, as THINK plans to conquer the U.S. market. The Scandinavian maker of the vehicle has cond...
Ireland Preparing Electric Vehicle Revolution
31 Mar 2010, 06:23 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ireland will be one of the most electric vehicle friendly countries in Europe, as its government has announced that it plans to have 1,500 EV recharging stations installed throughout the country by ...
Renault-Nissan Partners with the Wuhan Government
25 Mar 2010, 13:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The effort to set the stage for the market entry of the Nissan Leaf starting later this year continues, as the Renault-Nissan Zero Emissions alliance continues to partner with governments around the...
Royal Automobile Club of Victoria Invests in Better Place
23 Mar 2010, 10:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Sensing the smell of future cash in the air, the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) in the Australian state of Victoria announced a AU$2 million investment in electric vehicle service provider...
GM Offering Alternative Power Educational Program
19 Mar 2010, 08:34 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors plans to place the new energy vehicles among its most important development pathways in the future, and the company is preparing this by providing technology trainings for students. ...
BYD EV Will Not Be
17 Mar 2010, 08:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The long acclaimed electric vehicle to be built for the Chinese market by local manufacturer BYD will no longer hit the market by mid-2010, after the carmaker / battery manufacturer plans to the a m...
Wirelessly Charged Electric Vehicle Used in Seoul
16 Mar 2010, 14:30 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / South Korea has announced the development of a wirelessly charged electric vehicle, a project that became operational this month at the Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province. The develo...
CHAdeMo: Let's Have a Tea while Charging
16 Mar 2010, 11:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the race to prepare the way for the next generation automobile heats up, not all taking part are looking into developing new vehicles. Although, so far, only a few manufacturers have engaged in e...
Atomik 500, Buzzing with 300 HP
15 Mar 2010, 10:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / While the world is still waiting for the factory-built electric version of the 500, a new company called Atomik Cars thought to take the lead and show the Italians how the electric 500 should look l...
Australia Gets Its First Two i-MiEVs
12 Mar 2010, 10:40 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It’s official, all-electric vehicles are spreading everywhere. Just recently Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (MMAL) has announced that it received two full-production i-MiEV electric vehic...
Ford Transit Connect Electric to Use BorgWarner Transmission
11 Mar 2010, 23:51 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The upcoming all-electric version of the Ford Transit Connect, the 2011 Transit Connect Electric will use BorgWarner’s 31-03 eGearDrive transmission. The commercial vehicle, Ford’s fi...
Electric Race Car Presented by Westfield
8 Mar 2010, 08:15 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / As expected, a lot of the new production models and concept cars unveiled these days use some kind of green technology meant to reduce fuel consumption and save the planet. As the future seems to be...
2010 Geneva Auto Show: NLV Quant Concept · Live Photos
3 Mar 2010, 11:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The second generation NVL Quant made its public debut in front of media yesterday in Geneva, bringing with it what NVL Solar, its creator, calls "a breakthrough the market eagerly has been anti...
African EV Manufacturer Goes For Dassault Systemes V6 PLM Solution
3 Mar 2010, 10:48 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Everybody is going electric, and South Africa is no exception from that rule. Car manufacturer Optimal Energy, whose electric vehicle is on display at the Geneva Auto Show, has just announced that i...
Ford's Electrifying Plans for Europe
3 Mar 2010, 08:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Taking advantage of its presence at the 2010 Geneva Auto Show, American manufacturer Ford outlined its plan when it comes to the future line-up of electric and hybrid vehicles to be brought to the O...
VW Outlines E-Mobility Plan, Electric Golf in the Works
1 Mar 2010, 15:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In the eve of the Geneva Auto Show, where the Volkswagen group will field a line-up of hybrids and EVs unlike anything it ever assembled, the company's chairman of the board, Martin Winterkorn,...
THINK Enters the Austrian Market
26 Feb 2010, 08:57 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / THINK, a Scandinavian electric vehicle manufacturer, will be present on the the Austrian market through an import and distribution contract with Wolfgang Denzel Auto AG. THINK vehicles will be pr...
Ford's EVs Enter colognE-mobil Project
23 Feb 2010, 08:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Ford's European division announced yesterday it is increasing the pace in which its e-mobility program is moving on the Old Continent by entering the colognE-mobil project...