Toyota Prius Does the Nurburgring on Two Shots of Gasoline
16 Jul 2014, 13:13 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / When it comes to driving on the Nurburgring, the amount of miles per hour you can push through corners without dying is what matters the most. However, once in a while, somebody like Toyota rolls on...
2015 Chevrolet Volt Pricing and Specs Released, 17.1 kWh Battery On Board
15 Jul 2014, 19:05 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Just 4 days after we've stumbled upon 2015 Chevrolet Volts available in the inventories of U.S. Chevy dealers, the golden bowtie manufacturer releases all the info we've been waiting for. ...
2016 Toyota Prius to Offer AWD, Two Battery Options
14 Jul 2014, 20:24 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Toyota powertrain development manager Koei Saga has declared that the fourth-gen Toyota Prius will offer two battery options and all-wheel drive as an optional extra. Even though the Japanese manufa...
First Tesla Model S Crash in China is Painful to Watch
14 Jul 2014, 09:31 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The past 30 days or so have been laden with crummy incidents related to the Tesla Model S - at the end of June, a Chinese customer smashed the windscreen of its showroom fresh Model S, a different c...
Tesla Model S Crashed Before Leaving Fremont Store & Delivery Center
14 Jul 2014, 08:10 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Time and again, everybody scrapes his or her vehicle's alloy wheels because of distraction and negligence, but we rarely heard of somebody to crash a brand new car without even leaving the deal...
Tesla Delivered Over 1 GWh of Zap In June
13 Jul 2014, 15:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Even though Tesla Motors was founded some 11 years ago, the Palo Alto-based startup is celebrating a big milestone after years of relentless research and marketing work in the still undeveloped worl...
Stolen Tesla Model S Driver Allegedly Dies After High-Speed Crash
11 Jul 2014, 16:53 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you were sitting at home watching TV on the 4th of July, then you might have heard that a stolen Tesla Model S kicked off a high-speed police pursuit that ultimately ended with a fiery crash that...
2015 Chevrolet Volt Leaked Ahead of Launch?
11 Jul 2014, 12:47 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / While browsing through the inventories of Stateside Chevrolet dealers, we were gobsmacked by several listings of the 2015 Chevrolet Volt. Holding a base MSRP of $34,995, the same as the outgoing mod...
Nissan Leaf Owners Get Two Years of Free Public Charging
9 Jul 2014, 17:33 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Earlier this month, Nissan began rolling out an innovative new incentive for Nissan Leaf buyers called the “No Charge to Charge” program. This program applies to anyone who has purchased...
You Know EVs are Coming When There Are More Charging Points than McDonalds
9 Jul 2014, 15:59 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / How much do you need to drive in order to stumble upon a McDonalds restaurant? Well, according to the map above, you don’t have to go that far, with 13,900 locations scattered around the state...
Did You Know the Nissan Leaf Is Made Out of Recycled Appliances and Clothes?
9 Jul 2014, 14:30 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The frog-faced Nissan Leaf is starting to feel like the Toyota Prius when it came around in 1997, namely an ecologic new way of transportation. Unlike the path opener Prius, the Leaf ditches gasolin...
Bristol To Make New Limited Edition Electric Sedan
9 Jul 2014, 13:29 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Since it went bankrupt in 2011 and bought by Frazer-Nash Group, Bristol focused mainly on restoring and selling its older models. The company showed plans to build an electric supercar last year and...
Next Audi R8 May Get Electric Wireless Charging
9 Jul 2014, 12:27 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota and Honda are not the only automakers to invest in plug-less charging tech for their mass production cars. The technology appears to soon find its way into higher classes, as Audi is interest...
Exagon Furtive e-GT to be Featured at Salute to Style in London
8 Jul 2014, 18:41 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / It’s been almost two years since we first laid our eyes on the French-made Furtive-eGT from Exagon Motors, and while we’re still waiting to check one of these bespoke, all-electric super...
Tesla Sued by Chinese Man Over Trademark Infringement
8 Jul 2014, 14:27 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Watching a company grow and buying trademarks with its name or products in your country before the business expands there seems a profitable niche for the applicant and a major headache for the new ...
2015 Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine Plug-In Hybrid Variant Announced
8 Jul 2014, 12:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Well, well, well, what do we have here? Why it's the second generation of Volvo's mid-size luxury crossover SUV, which will also come in a very eco-friendly variant able to source 400 hors...
France Ruling Out EVs from “Green” Car Class, Says the Term is Misleading
8 Jul 2014, 09:39 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The world has gone crazy with green cars now, be them average mild hybrids or fully electric ones, which makes the topic here. Everyone considers that getting an EV will automatically transform them...
Renault Twizy Used as Off-Roader in Brecon Beacons Park
7 Jul 2014, 14:30 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Renault Twizy is known for being a small electric vehicle designed in collaboration with Renault Sport to offer fun driving around the city. Not anymore, as it can now be transformed to ride tra...
Tesla Will Open New Stores in China
7 Jul 2014, 08:23 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you want to buy a Tesla Model S in China, good luck with that. At the present moment, availability is limited to Beijing and Shanghai customers, the waiting list is demotivational and the Chinese...
Police Chase Ends With Tesla Model S Split in Two
6 Jul 2014, 11:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / While most of us celebrated the 4th of July by eating barbecue with our family, watching the fireworks show in Washington DC and celebrating everything that's great about the United States of A...