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Europe EV Sales Slow to Pick Up Despite Incentives
Europe EV Sales Slow to Pick Up Despite Incentives

26 Sep 2011, 20:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Despite strong incentives in countries like Denmark, Norway, Belgium and Great Britain, Europeans have been slow to pick up on the recent trend for electric transportation, as customers have been ta...

 
European Automakers Agree EV Should Have Universal Plug
European Automakers Agree EV Should Have Universal Plug

26 Sep 2011, 18:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A consensus has apparently been reached in the European auto industry on Thursday, as Inside Line reports automakers want a universal standard for charging stations. The European Automobile Manu...

 
First Nissan Leaf Delivered in Canada
First Nissan Leaf Delivered in Canada

26 Sep 2011, 18:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The first Nissan Leaf electric vehicle has been delivered to the Canadian customer who was also the first to place to place an order in his country for the revolutionary Japanese hatch that runs on ...

 
Bob Lutz Joins VIA Motors EV Company
Bob Lutz Joins VIA Motors EV Company

26 Sep 2011, 15:17 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / It seems that Bob Lutz just can’t stay away from General Motors. As you probably know, instead of spending his retirement time on an island, he has chosen to remain an adviser for GM, but this...

 
Nissan to Sell Rebadged Mitusubishi Minicab MiEV in Japan
Nissan to Sell Rebadged Mitusubishi Minicab MiEV in Japan

26 Sep 2011, 14:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The the Japanese automakers Nissan and Mitsubishi are constantly expanding the scope of their initial agreement signed in December of last year. As a result, the Mitsubishi Minicab MiEV you see in t...

 
Gordon Murray Reveals Teewave AR.1 Electric Sports Car
Gordon Murray Reveals Teewave AR.1 Electric Sports Car

26 Sep 2011, 14:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / {MiG1}Gordon Murray is the famous designer of the Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren and he was even involved with F1 cars or Brabham and McLaren, but his recent exploits have more to do with the (possible) ...

 
Ford to Manufacture Electric Cars in China
Ford to Manufacture Electric Cars in China

26 Sep 2011, 12:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ford may end up manufacturing electric cars in China with the help of a local partner. The info comes straight from the carmaker’s CEO Alan Mulally, who revealed the info in a Bloomberg televi...

 
Toyota Breaks Compressed Air Speed Record with Ku:Rin
Toyota Breaks Compressed Air Speed Record with Ku:Rin

23 Sep 2011, 18:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Toyota seems to be determined to become the absolute master of green car records. The Japanese automotive producer recently set the fastest Nurburgring laptime for an electric vehicle and now it is ...

 
Real Electric Tron Lifecycle Can Be Yours
Real Electric Tron Lifecycle Can Be Yours

23 Sep 2011, 10:34 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / This has to be one of the coolest pieces of green news the Internet can provide: the two-wheeled contraption you see in the adjacent video is a real-life, ridable version of the light cycle from Tro...

 
Spyshots: BMW ActiveHybrid 3 Series
Spyshots: BMW ActiveHybrid 3 Series

21 Sep 2011, 16:23 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / BMW is preparing to launch a new generation of the 3 Series and one of the most important novelties brought by this will be the addition oh a hybrid model. The fact that we are talking about an eco ...

 
Honda Opens Hydrogen Refueling Station in Swindon
Honda Opens Hydrogen Refueling Station in Swindon

21 Sep 2011, 11:40 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A decade ago, it seemed that alternative fuel sources would be the way of the future, and few automakers were really concerned with electric vehicles. Sure GM and a couple of other automakers had a ...

 
Opel/Vauxhall Might Sell the RAK e for Around £9000
Opel/Vauxhall Might Sell the RAK e for Around £9000

20 Sep 2011, 15:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We don’t really know what to make of the innovative yet a bit to futuristic concepts that made there presence felt in Frankfurt last week. The Audi model was a bit too out there, with its carb...

 
Infiniti M35h Sets New Quarter Mile World Record
Infiniti M35h Sets New Quarter Mile World Record

20 Sep 2011, 13:47 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Infiniti is determined to show the world that the M35h is not your average hybrid and reflects the company’s sporty image. After the car was recently used for a Nurburgring image stunt with F1...

 
Nissan to Halve Quick Charger Prices, Expects Thousands Across Europe
Nissan to Halve Quick Charger Prices, Expects Thousands Across Europe

20 Sep 2011, 13:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan is an automaker that has received a lot of criticism for the Leaf electric vehicle, yet there’s no getting away from the fact that it’s actually a well thought out car with not en...

 
British Gas Enters Two Nissan Leafs in RAC Future Car Challenge
British Gas Enters Two Nissan Leafs in RAC Future Car Challenge

20 Sep 2011, 13:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Next year, British Gas will introduce a new electricity tariff which will owners of electric cars to pay as little as 1.59p (about 2 cents) per mile of charge, saving motorists about £1,200 ($...

 
2012 Toyota Prius Revealed
2012 Toyota Prius Revealed

20 Sep 2011, 12:40 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Not to long ago, Toyota released the pricing for the entire 2012 Prius family, but back then, we didn’t have the chance to talk about the “normal” 2012 Prius too much, so let&rsquo...

 
OMG: Cars Could Run on Fuel Made from Orange Peels!
OMG: Cars Could Run on Fuel Made from Orange Peels!

20 Sep 2011, 11:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We know that diesels can burn chip fat instead of the usual fuel of the devil, and that some people have even managed to squeeze fuel from the humble apple, but what about the sunny fruit, can you g...

 
Toyota Prius Family Ad Is Freakishly Funny
Toyota Prius Family Ad Is Freakishly Funny

20 Sep 2011, 09:01 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We still don’t like to use the plural of Prius and think this word doesn’t have a plural, like people. But the Prius now has a ‘family’ of vehicles under the same name. To...

 
BMW Cancells X6 Active Hybrid
BMW Cancells X6 Active Hybrid

19 Sep 2011, 23:00 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The BMW X6 Active Hybrid was always a strange automotive creation that was some sort of definition of "jack of all trades and master of none". This is the conclusion we came to when we te...

 
Toyota Plug-In Prius and Prius V Pricing Revealed
Toyota Plug-In Prius and Prius V Pricing Revealed

16 Sep 2011, 20:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Toyota has just released the US pricing for the extended Prius family we met in Frankfurt, with the company also preparing to introduce the cars to dealerships from across the country. The Prius ...