Valeo to Supply Parts for Renault's EVs
16 Sep 2009, 08:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Part supplier Valeo was awarded by French manufacturer Renault the contract for the supply of engine cooling modules and condensers for Renault's future range of electric vehicles. Finding a su...
Frankfurt Auto Show: Audi e-tron · Live Photos
16 Sep 2009, 06:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Rumors of an electric version of the R8 have finally been put to rest by the official unveiling of the e-tron, "a high-performance sports car with a purely electric drive system." After a ...
Frankfurt Auto Show: Renault Kangoo ZE Concept · Live Photos
16 Sep 2009, 09:28 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Just like the Zoe ZE we presented earlier today, another electric contraption of the EV concepts presented by Renault at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show comes powered by a 70kW electric motor. Dubbed K...
Frankfurt Auto Show: Renault Zoe ZE Concept · Live Photos
16 Sep 2009, 09:25 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Just a bit bigger than the Twizy ZE, the Zoe ZE all-electric concept was also unveiled today by Renault at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show, showing that “a zero-emission vehicle can also possess ...
Frankfurt Auto Show: Ford Focus BEV Prototype
15 Sep 2009, 12:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ford Europe is presenting at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show it's own interpretation of an electric vehicle, in the form of the Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) prototype. The BEV is aimed to take ...
Israel, a Great Market for Renault EVs
14 Sep 2009, 13:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Israel may turn out to be a great market for Renault's future electric vehicles. Despite the fact that the country has never been at the center of the automotive industry, in terms of both prod...
BYD Calls for EV Scrappage Scheme
7 Sep 2009, 12:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Chinese manufacturer BYD wants the government to approve a scrappage scheme to be applied for customers who purchase all-electric battery vehicles, as well as other alternative energy cars. BYD says...
Better Place One Minute Battery Switch, Video Included
26 Aug 2009, 15:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the key problems associated with owning an electric vehicle, the swapping of a depleted battery with a fully charged one, is about to be solved with the help of Tokyo-based taxis. California ...
Tesla Roadster Sport New Photos
20 Aug 2009, 13:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors released today a few photos, details and prices for the Tesla Roadster Sport, an upgraded version of the now famous Roadster. The sport boast, acc...
Ford Has High Hopes for Transit Connect
20 Aug 2009, 10:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Ford announced the market entry of the new Connect, amidst high hopes within the company that "small business owners are seeing positive economic indicators" – ...
New Electric smart fortwo Comes in November
20 Aug 2009, 09:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturer Daimler announced today the release of their second generation smart fortwo electric drive. Built at Hambach, in France, the new EV will hit the streets in November, promising to...
Ford Confirms New Energy Policy
7 Aug 2009, 14:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As you have read in our previous reports, American manufacturer Ford is looking into shaping a new line-up of vehicles to take on the more challenging US environmental laws. A "greener transpor...
Nissan Leaf Hoped to Outsell Hybrids
7 Aug 2009, 10:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer has high hopes for its first mass produced EV, the Leaf, and says the Toyota Prius and Honda Insight will have in the EV an opponent to be reckoned with. Nissan North America&#...
BMW Megacity Vehicle, Powered by SB LiMotive
3 Aug 2009, 09:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturer BMW announced today it will partner with SB LiMotive, for the latter to provide battery cells for the future project Megacity Vehicle. BMW thus enters the race opened by Daimler&...
Nissan Leaf Uncovered
2 Aug 2009, 13:32 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / As we told you earlier this week, Nissan was planning to unveil a new electric vehicle on August 2… and they did. Now, we’re going to let you in on some of its features. The Leaf is a m...
New Nissan EV Teaser
28 Jul 2009, 08:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Nissan launched yesterday its new Zero Emission website, in preparation for the release of three electric vehicles on August 2, as it previously announced. The website opens wi...
Hong Kong to Use EV Police Cars
27 Jul 2009, 14:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It was only a matter of time before EV technology became common use in law enforcement agencies as well. Given that they are mostly to be used in the city and most of them match in performance their...
Nissan May Develop Hybrid System
27 Jul 2009, 13:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aware of the fact that, despite its best efforts, the advent of electric vehicle is still years away, Japanese manufacturer Nissan announced today it is working on an intermediary system, to fill in...
Nissan Unveils New EV Platform and Prototype
27 Jul 2009, 06:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Nissan today unveiled its new electric vehicle platform, together with a new vehicle built on it. Based, as was expected in the automotive world, on the Nissan Tiida, the new E...
Lotus City Car Concept Sketches
24 Jul 2009, 14:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / When you think of Lotus, a small, not necessarily powerful vehicle, is about the last thing that comes to mind. Well, should Lotus take on the challenge of creating a city car, then this is how it w...