Bank of America Finances Tesla Roadster
15 Jul 2009, 10:50 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Good news for Tesla Roadster potential customers, as from now on the all-electric vehicle benefits from U.S. financing from Bank of America. Making the Roadster much more affordable, Tesla Motors ho...
Think City Car Joined Big Boys at Goodwood
13 Jul 2009, 07:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Norwegian built Think City Car has made yet another step towards promoting itself, this time in Britain, where it attended the Goodwood Festival of Speed. After securing support from several local g...
Hybrid vs. Plug-In Hybrid
9 Jul 2009, 19:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The latest developments in terms of technology in the automotive industry have caught most of us by surprise. Despite financial downfall, R&D has continued within manufacturers' labs and we...
Portugal to Have 1,300 Recharging Stations by 2011
30 Jun 2009, 14:39 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / The Portuguese government has decided to encourage zero-emission vehicles sales for the near future. The government's plan to introduce up to 1,300 recharging stations for electric vehicles ove...
BMW Project i, Debut in 2012
29 Jun 2009, 10:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The over debated, long awaited first vehicle sourced from BMW's Project i team is expected to hit the streets in 2012, according to a report by Car and Driver. The first car to be developed und...
Baltimore to Offer Electric Car Share
24 Jun 2009, 10:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following the footsteps of several European cities, the city of Baltimore, together with ExxonMobil and Electrovaya have announced that an electric car share and rental program is now available in t...
smart Gets £2.5m for Electric Car Trial
24 Jun 2009, 08:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Governments around the world seem to have entered a spending frenzy, as some type of race for who gives more money to automakers has engulfed both the US and the UK. After we already told you the US...
France Approves Funding for Low CO2 Vehicles
22 Jun 2009, 14:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / France has approved funding today, through Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l'Energie (ADEME, the local environment agency), for two low-CO2 emission vehicles to be dev...
Nissan to Build EVs in the US
22 Jun 2009, 08:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Nissan plans to shift its future production of both its electric vehicles and the batteries required for them to the United States, as low-interest loan rates for green vehicle...
Subaru Stella Launched in Japan
4 Jun 2009, 08:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The second generation Subaru Stella electric vehicle is ready and it has been launched on the Japanese market today The vehicle, equipped with a high-performance lithium-ion battery, will begin del...
Tesla Roadster, 500 and Counting
3 Jun 2009, 09:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Tesla Motors is keeping us up to date, every once in a while, with the latest events involving one of their two models. In light of their forecasted success with the Model S, Tesla reminds us that u...
Rumor: Audi R8 Electric in Frankfurt
28 May 2009, 13:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German magazine Auto Motor und Sport today launched an electrifying rumor. According to them, German manufacturer Audi plans to present its first electric vehicle at the Frankfurt Auto Show this fal...
Coulomb ChargePoint Stations Available in Amsterdam
28 May 2009, 10:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The race for the development of charging infrastructures for the future electric vehicles and plug-ins to roam the streets has entered a new lap this week, as the city of Amsterdam will become the f...
Chrysler Submits EV Development Plans
27 May 2009, 07:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As part of its restructuring campaign, American manufacturer Chrysler has submitted to the Department of Energy (DoE) three proposals outlining a $448 million plan to "rapidly bring Electric Ve...
ZPM Air, on the Roads by 2011...
26 May 2009, 07:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ...and no, you Stargate freaks, ZPM does not stand for Zero Point Module, not in here at least. ZPM is the short version for Zero Pollution Motors, a company which is up to its neck into trying to d...
London Dreams Electric
22 May 2009, 14:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Joining the ranks of those who are developing electric vehicle infrastructure, London promises to become Europe's electric car capital of the world, and this within in our life time. By 2015 to...
The 100 MPG Electric Hummer H3
21 May 2009, 08:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Now this is something you don't easily wrap your head around: a Hummer capable of travelling 100 miles for each gallon of fuel (2.3l/100 km). The contraption is a creation of Raser Technologie...
Daimler Takes 10 Percent Stake in Tesla Motors
19 May 2009, 14:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturer Daimler has made an important step towards the electric future as it announced today it has acquired a 10 percent in Tesla Motors, the company behind the Roadster and Model S all...
GreenGT Twenty-4, the 2011 Electric Le Mans Racer
19 May 2009, 10:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Swiss yet-unknown environmentally-friendly manufacturer GreenGT has come out into the spotlight with an interesting concept. Called the Twenty-4, the electric car the Swiss will supposedly build for...
Subaru Stella EV Ready for Japanese Tests
15 May 2009, 10:22 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just as we told you back in April, Subaru gets ready to introduce its second-generation Subaru Stella electric vehicle in Japanese but, before doing so, the car will undergo several testing "se...