Increased Fuel Taxes, EVs' Best Chance
7 Dec 2009, 11:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / What just about everyone out there thought about in their minds was put into words at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show by GM's Bob Lutz. Speaking at a conference at the event, the now advisor for...
Coulomb Charging Stations, Available in Australia
10 Nov 2009, 11:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Electric charging stations provider Coulomb announced in will begin setting up stations in Australia, as part of an exclusive distribution agreement through ChargePoint. Of course, their main goal i...
New Patents Emerge Due to Alternative Power Vehicles
2 Nov 2009, 09:36 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The auto industry is now heading in more directions then ever before. The new wave of alternative powered vehicles needs as much technology innovation as it can get, so last year there were 15,077 p...
Zytek Electric Powertrains for US Government Program
15 Oct 2009, 09:37 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / British electric vehicle drivetrains Zytek had received the green light from an US Government-backed electric commercial vehicle program, in order to supply the Navistar and Modec with 70 kW electri...
Germany Wants 1 Million EVs by 2020
20 Aug 2009, 06:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Joining the ambitious plan set in motion by the US government to put 1 million electric vehicles on the roads by 2015, Germany announced a similar endeavor, setting its sights on reaching the same n...
‘Plug&Go’ - Free Charging for Electric Vehicles Pilot Scheme
15 Jul 2009, 08:43 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A pilot scheme offering free charging for electric vehicles was recently launched by Comet, one of the largest retailers of electric goods in UK. The company first implemented the charging station o...
Nissan's Smyma to Cost $1 Billion
8 Jul 2009, 12:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Nissan's plans to build electric vehicles in the United States will cost the company some $1 billion, money to be use for the construction of a new facility alone, a Nissa...
GM Future Car Design Competition Announces Winner
12 May 2009, 13:43 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Winner of the Opel - Vauxhall of the year 2049 car design competition was elected last week. The lucky contestant was French designer Augustin Barbot with his the Opel Darwin 2049 concept. The even...
Volkwagen and Toshiba Join Forces for an Electric Vehicle
13 Feb 2009, 10:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Germans and the Japanese will join forces once again in an attempt to take over the world... Well, not the real world, but the electric drive units one. Volkswagen and Toshiba have signed a lett...
Clean Mean Garbage Machine
5 Feb 2009, 14:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Anyone who thinks garbage becomes useless the moment it's been dropped into the container hasn't been in Huddersfield, United Kingdom. The streets of this small English town are being patr...