Toyota Dismisses Lithium Ion Batteries for 10 More Years
6 Dec 2010, 10:23 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / The leader in hybrid technology, production and sales, Toyota Motor Corporation, says it will stay with nickel-metal batteries for at least 10 more years. This comes as a surprise, as most of Toyota...
Tesla Roadster Sport BRABUS Green Package Full Details Released
6 Dec 2010, 09:53 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Recognizing that petrol-burning performance cars might be a thing of the past, German tuner and manufacturer BRABUS is trying to make a name for itself with green electric sportscar. It was the firs...
Spyshots: Toyota Corolla Hatchback Hybrid
6 Dec 2010, 09:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Toyota promised a while back that in a few years’ time, each model in its lineup would have a hybrid version. By all intents and purposes, the Japanese carmaker seems determined to keep that p...
Mitsubishi i-MiEV to Sell in the Supermarket
6 Dec 2010, 08:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In an electronics specialist's supermarket, that is. Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi announced over the weekend it had agreed with electronics retailer Yamada-Denki on a combined effort which ...
Renault-Nissan: Everything for EVs
6 Dec 2010, 07:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Renault-Nissan has invested massively in the EV industry in the last couple of years and the number of Zero-Emission agreements it signed with authorities and organizations from all over the world i...
First Ever EV Recall: Think City, 850 of Them
4 Dec 2010, 08:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Being probably (still) the single full EV marketed with a good degree of success on the European market, the Think City has been so far a car to dream about: small, not polluting, cheap to run, perf...
Renault Tests Chinese Market with Fluence EV
3 Dec 2010, 14:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A small number of Fluence EVs will be delivered by Renault to the Chinese market next year, in order to measure the success of a possible future move into the Asian electric car market made by the F...
Peugeot Boss Urges Spanish Govt to Support EV Adoption
2 Dec 2010, 10:57 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Governments around the world have established numerous programmes to support the adoption of electric vehicles and encourage drivers to replace their traditional gasoline powered vehicle with a gree...
Toyota to Offer Hybrid Technology to Chinese Partner
2 Dec 2010, 10:24 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota recently ruled out the possibility to start building hybrid cars in China so, in order to be able to compete against powerful names such as Volkswagen and General Motors, the Japanese company...
London G-Wiz Limited Edition Launched
2 Dec 2010, 07:56 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The G-Wiz electric vehicle has just received a limited edition that celebrates the car’s strong bond with London. The London G-Wiz was commissioned by GoinGreen, the retailer of the EV and was...
Rinspeed Bamboo Concept Introduced
1 Dec 2010, 13:58 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When you hear the Rinspeed name, you instantly think at original automotive creations that seem to be coming from another world. The Swiss company is now introducing a new development, in the form o...
Yogomo Makes EV Knockoff Citroen C1
1 Dec 2010, 13:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A wolf may change its skin, but never its character. Despite recent efforts from Chinese automakers to produce modern, relevant cars for domestic and world markets, there is still no shortage of kno...
UPA Charging Stations for South Carolina
1 Dec 2010, 10:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the first Chevy Volts rolling off the assembly lines yesterday, the world has learned that there is no turning back. EVs, whatever their form, are coming, and there is little anybody can do to ...
2011 Honda Insight Gets Cheaper Entry Level Model
1 Dec 2010, 09:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Since it’s launch, Honda’s Insight hasn’t managed to steal any of the Prius’ market share. With the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf ready to join the fight, the Insight needed...
Drivers Think Eco, Buy the Price
30 Nov 2010, 21:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's all about the theory with British drivers. The automotive world has been, for the past two year or so, engulfed in a bitter debate over the advantages and disadvantages of using alternativ...
FleetWise EV300 Named Ford Transit EV Lead Customer
30 Nov 2010, 13:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Ford's first electric vehicle, the Transit Connect Electric, is continuing to cause agitation in the ranks of fleet operators, with more and more companies choosing the mo...
Audi Ingolstadt Gets More Solar Power
30 Nov 2010, 10:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Back in December 2009, German manufacturer Audi announced it will be installing 11,600 square meters (124,861 square feet) of solar panels at its headquarters in Ingolstadt, in an attempt to make th...
Obama Buys 25 Percent of US Hybrids
30 Nov 2010, 10:03 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The US government has always supported the green car market, so nobody should be surprised when hearing that the White House administration has purchased the biggest number of hybrid vehicles in the...
Volkswagen's TDI Engines are Bridge to Energy Independence
30 Nov 2010, 09:52 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Volkswagen claims that their TDI engines are the bridge to energy independence and the company has even been dubbed the most environmentally friendly carmaker selling in the USA by J.D. Power and A...
NLE to Buy 1,000 Electric Equinox SUVs
29 Nov 2010, 17:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Perhaps the most excited groups when it comes to the rise of the electric vehicles are companies, whose fleets, if converted to run exclusively on electricity, will transform from the money pit they...