Electric Super Toyota Coming
20 Jul 2010, 06:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In the past year or so, the automotive world saw the world of the electric vehicles get supercharged with the presentation of several electric supercars: Audi unveiled the e-tron (three of them actu...
Ford Expands UK EV Testing Program
7 Jul 2010, 12:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Ford is stepping up its testing of the electric vehicles it plans to release in the near future and announced this week it will expand the range of vehicles currently being tes...
Fort Bliss Army Rodeo Electric ZAP
10 Jun 2010, 07:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The US Army-hosted Renewable Energy Rodeo and Symposium which took place the last two days at Fort Bliss, Texas, witnessed an entire array of electric trucks, vans and ATVs being put through their p...
Hybrid Trucks and Buses to Reach 300,000 by 2015
3 Jun 2010, 09:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Another study into how the hybrid-electric vehicles' market will evolve over the next five years has been released by Pike Research, this time trying to estimate how many trucks and buses will ...
Nissan to Offer Special Training for Leaf Dealers in Europe
5 May 2010, 10:01 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Nissan’s European dealers will have to follow a massive training program before they start selling the Leaf full-electric car this year, a company’s top executive said, quoted by the Aut...
Tesla Electric CUV Coming in 2013
30 Apr 2010, 14:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The success electric vehicle manufacturer has had with the Roadster, as well as the projected market hit the Model S will be made the American manufacturer consider a CUV to join the range of highwa...
The Superbus Project: 250 Km/h Road Mass Transit
25 Mar 2010, 09:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / OK, so this is not exactly the first thing which comes to mind when hearing the words "bus" or "superbus"... We rather see it as a 16 doors, oversized limo, capable of seating 23...
BMW to Lease 700 Electric Vehicles
4 Mar 2010, 11:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Taking advantage of the 2010 Geneva Auto Show presence, German carmaker BMW confirmed through Ian Robertson the release onto the market of a fleet of 700 electric vehicles, to be leased to customers...
No US-Bound Electric Volvo C30
16 Feb 2010, 08:14 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Volvo has already presented the electric C30 at the 2010 North American International Auto Show so the company can now proceed to other important steps for bringing the vehicle on the market. One su...
Ford to Start Electric Vehicles Test Program in Germany
29 Dec 2009, 13:11 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ford Motor Co. is starting from January 2010 a 24-month electric vehicle test program in Germany, Bloomberg recently reported. The vehicles involved will be 25 electric Focus compacts and T...
In Audi e-tron's Torque Figure We Don't Trust
22 Dec 2009, 09:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / At this year’s Frankfurt Auto Show, Audi dropped an engineering bomb, carried by the company’s electric supercar concept, the e-tron. The German manufacturer claimed that the e-tron prod...
Reliant Energy to Help Nissan Leaf’s Marketing Campaign
30 Nov 2009, 08:30 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Nissan is about to get some help with its upcoming launch of all-electric car Leaf. The CEO of one of America’s biggest electric utility companies decided to help with Nissan’s North Ame...
Renault to Build Electric Fluence in Turkey
13 Nov 2009, 14:59 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After it has revealed production sites for its latest zero emissions models one by one during the week, French manufacturer Renault announced the electric version of Fluence will be manufactured at ...
Ford Continues Electrification with New Management Change
12 Oct 2009, 06:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ford is really keen on migrating towards electrification and the company has already announced several green models to be launched in the next few years. Ford today announced a new measure aimed at ...
New DC-DC Technology In The Works
18 Sep 2009, 11:56 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Motorsport specialist Prodrive is currently working on the development of a new DC-DC technology that will improve efficiency and reduce cost for electric and hybrid vehicles. The system gives a 600...
Focus BEV Debuts Today On Jay Leno’s Show
18 Sep 2009, 07:08 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A battery electric Ford Focus is about to make its television debut tonight on Jay Leno’s Show in the so called “Green Car Challenge.” The specially tuned Focus BEV will be used du...
Electric Chevrolet Spark in the Works
14 Sep 2009, 14:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors is reportedly preparing a joint venture with Bangalore-based Reva Electric Car Company that could lead to an electric version of the Chevrolet Spark. GM India could sign an agreement ...
GoPet Electric Scooter Now Available
26 Aug 2009, 07:37 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American electric scooter manufacturer MyGoPet has announced that its GoPet Personal Electric Transportation scooter is now available, offering an environmental friendly alternative to common ways o...
OCC Built the Siemens Custom ‘Green’ Chopper
13 Aug 2009, 06:36 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The first custom ‘green’ electric chopper is about to make its TV appearance, as Siemens contracted the renowned motorcycle manufacturer Orange County Choppers to build the ‘Siemen...
Mitsubishi Working on Cheaper i-MiEV
22 Jul 2009, 13:55 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Mitsubishi is now going further with its i-MiEV plans so it is working on a refreshed version of the car that would be offered with a smaller price tag compared to the current model. Basically, the ...