1 Apr 2011, 13:15 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After meeting the most stringent tests, including the ones performed in Kiruna at minus 18 degrees Celsius, the Volvo C30 Electric is now ready to be delivered to the first customers. Specifically, ...
21 Mar 2011, 12:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As one of the most naturally green states in the Union, Hawaii was bound to be a major first adopter of the electric vehicles. The state's government has already signed different deals with EV ...
17 Mar 2011, 15:22 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Last year, Ford earned nine ENERGY STAR Building Labels for efficiency improvements. The company has launched a 5-year plan to obtain LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certificati...
13 Dec 2010, 15:40 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Renewable energy advocate Tom Weis completed his 10-week "Ride for Renewables" on December 7, at the Jefferson Memorial after going through 11 states in his futuristic-looking "rocket...
10 Dec 2010, 15:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The rise of alternative powered vehicles and alternative fuels has made many entrepreneurs take a shot at stardom with start-ups in this brave new sector. Although some have already made it, most ar...
8 Dec 2010, 16:10 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Flex Ethanol Australia, a company created by GM Holden and Caltex, will be looking to expand its operations and, if everything goes as planned, it will build its first plant in Melbourne by 2013.
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16 Nov 2010, 07:55 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / South Korean manufacturer Hyosung celebrated the launch of an electric scooter as part of its North American product line-up for 2011. The product in question is the Hyosung ST-E3, a vehicle that ru...
29 Oct 2010, 06:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One by one, countries all over the world are gearing up to receive the Nissan Leaf, the first global electric vehicle to be manufactured by a major carmaker. This time, it's the turn of Switzer...
18 Oct 2010, 12:06 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Proton Energy Systems, an on-site hydrogen generator and SunHydro, an upcoming chain of hydrogen fueling stations, announced the grand opening of the first station at 10 Technology Drive in Wallingf...
13 Oct 2010, 09:18 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / General Motors announced today it has selected Envision Solar to install its CleanCharge solar powered electric-vehicle (EV) charging stations integrated into EnvisionTrak tracking Solar Trees at a ...
29 Sep 2010, 13:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / At the conclusion of an eight-month historic world tour, the Tesla Roadster will arrive in Paris tonight, and company CEO Elon Musk will be there to welcome it. “This trip was about showing pe...
22 Sep 2010, 09:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Taking advantage of the sixth annual Clinton Global Initiative, a group called the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) announced a program aimed at increasing the adoption rate of elect...
22 Sep 2010, 09:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the most active US states when it comes to embracing new, eco-friendly technologies, California, has set yet another ambitious goal for itself when it comes to the number of electric vehicles...
21 Sep 2010, 14:21 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / General Motors announced today it has signed a partnership with ABB Group to develop pilot projects for re-using the batteries from the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle. The automaker believes the ba...
21 Sep 2010, 12:17 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Tesla announced that it will inaugurate its newest showroom on September 30 in the heart of Paris, just in time for the 2010 Paris Motor Show.
The showroom will be the electric vehicle maker&rsqu...
17 Sep 2010, 08:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ever since the beginning of the economic recession, carmakers around the world started concentrating their efforts on greener means of transportation, mostly because such a solution seems the ideal ...
25 Aug 2010, 07:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the rapid expansion of the electric vehicles engulfing most of today's world, it was only a matter of time until the military began contemplating the idea of operating environmentally frie...
25 Aug 2010, 07:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the mass usage of electric vehicles just around the corner, a bitter dispute began between those claiming that EVs are emission-free vehicles and others who say that as long as they use fossil ...
18 Aug 2010, 14:00 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Scottish scientists at Edinburgh Napier University have developed a new whisky biofuel that can power cars, based on a formula that makes use of waste by-products left over from whisky production. T...
17 Aug 2010, 15:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Worthy more of the marathon name, given its incredibly long route (30,000 km/ 18,641) and duration (80 days), the world's first ever race of this magnitude for electric vehicle kicked off on Au...