Renault EOLAB Concept Heading to Paris Motor Show · Video
16 Sep 2014, 16:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It may look like a French take on the Toyota FCV, but this is not a car to be taken lightly. Renault is adamant the EOLAB concept boasts with roughly 100 production-destined innovative bits and bobs...
Venucia e30 Is a Nissan Leaf With a Runny Nose
14 Sep 2014, 06:30 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Everybody knows the Nissan Leaf electric vehicle, this 'Leading, Environmentally friendly, Affordable, Family car.' But did you know that the Japanese carmaker also does a China-only varia...
Toyota i-Road Ha:Mo Service Officially Debuts in Grenoble, France
12 Sep 2014, 14:46 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / With so many cars on the roads now, most of them hauling only one person, the city traffic gets clogged quite often, keeping people stuck from reaching their destination on time and making them thin...
Formula E Championship Starts this Weekend - Here’s an App for That
12 Sep 2014, 12:17 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Those realizing the importance of the first all-electric racing championship starting this weekend might want to be in touch with the news regarding the event and even watch some live footage while ...
The Odd Pedalist Velomobile Might Take You to Work Soon
12 Sep 2014, 09:56 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / When you typically think of a velomobile, a low slung lightweight silhouette is what comes to mind first, fitted with skinny bicycle wheels, pedals and a rudimentary steering of some sort. Same can ...
New Electric Motor Type Is Under Development - Uses Electrostatic Forces
11 Sep 2014, 10:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Electric motors are almost everywhere; they’re in your refrigerator, blender, washing machine, the hair dryer, vacuum cleaner, electric toothbrush, toys, garage door opener and there is one ev...
Renault Partners with Billionaire Vincent Bollore on EV Production
9 Sep 2014, 15:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / French carmaker Renault hasn't had the best luck with electric vehicles, recently announcing the end of the ill-fated Fluence Z.E. sedan project due to lack of demand. However, today they annou...
Bristol Project Pinnacle Teased, Previews a 200 MPH Grand Tourer
5 Sep 2014, 14:47 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Remember Bristol? A remnant of the Bristol Aeroplane Company, the British carmaker made a handful of bespoke vehicles since 1946, but ceased car building operations in 2011 after it manufactured onl...
ChargePoint Rolls Out Enhanced Mobile App
5 Sep 2014, 09:48 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you made the choice to go green and bought an EV for daily driving, it’s vital to know where you can recharge its batteries. Reason why ChargePoint has a smartphone app to locate all of its...
Gigafactory Chooses Nevada, State Preps $1.2 Billion Incentive Package
5 Sep 2014, 09:29 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When Tesla Motors announced that it looks forward to join Nevada state officials for a 'major economic development announcement' in Carson City, we had a sneaking suspicion that this jigsa...
Tesla Gigafactory to be Built in Nevada, Report Says
4 Sep 2014, 11:47 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The ongoing war against dealer alliances, as well as the final phase of development of the Model X SUV may be too much to handle at the same time for a small carmaker such as Tesla, but the Ame...
Quant E-Sportlimousine Gets Approved for European Roads
2 Sep 2014, 13:29 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota might have wowed people with the production FCV hydrogen sedan, but if you really want to see a performance version of almost the same technology, you’ll have to look at what NanoFlowce...
Formula E Not Raising Much Interest, Sky Deutschland Gets All Broadcasting Rights
1 Sep 2014, 19:19 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / It seems that 10 electric “carts”, which are all the same, being driven in the new Formula E championship are not a big subject for the media to cover. Well, it's their loss, since ...
The War on Tesla’s Dealerships Is Pointless
1 Sep 2014, 16:38 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You might have heard about the dealerships alliance wanting to ban Tesla from selling cars directly to the customers in the US of A. Well, the battle continues, after about 5 years now expanding to ...
Electric Cars Becoming a Problem for Norwegian Traffic
1 Sep 2014, 16:20 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Most governments are rooting for electric vehicles to gain on the market and spare us a death by pollution; they offer incentives to customers that want to purchase one along with other tax exemptio...
Sugar Batteries Are 15 Times Better than Current Lithium-ion Technology
1 Sep 2014, 10:16 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If sugar gives you energy for sustained activities, why couldn’t the same substance power your car, for example? Well, it can, based on this new study saying that sugar batteries might be exac...
Going Off the Grid: Electric Vehicles and Solar Panels
29 Aug 2014, 11:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / With the advancements in technology now and in the near future, power plants seem to get redundant, as electricity consumers will also become the producers. That is what to expect if the whole thing...
Used Tires Used for Better Car Batteries
29 Aug 2014, 11:18 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Normally, you buy new tires, shave the tread off them through the friction with the asphalt and then discard the rest. That rest is usually recycled, by either cutting the whole tire into small piec...
Tesla Model S Owners Post Open Letter to Elon Musk in Local Newspaper
27 Aug 2014, 14:47 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Let’s say you just bought the car of your dreams, but after putting some miles on the clock you discover it has some flaws here and there. You’d like to tell the automaker what’s w...
All-Electric Condor Truck Coming to Market this September
27 Aug 2014, 12:56 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Farmers and fleet owners, gather around and take a look at the first all-electric light pickup truck you can buy this year. It’s called the Condor and it will arrive on market next month. I...