Tesla Aims to Become Leading Employer of US Veterans
4 Jul 2014, 14:22 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Palo Alto-based manufacturer is on a bit of a roll these days. After Tesla patents went open source and the Model X pure-electric drive crossover has been confirmed to be ready in early 2015, th...
Molten-Air Batteries Might Give EVs 7,000 Miles Range
3 Jul 2014, 12:31 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Some automakers are investing a lot into creating fuel cell vehicles, but unless they don’t come up with a very cheap way to get hydrogen, standard electric vehicles seem a better alternative ...
Production Infiniti Emerg-E Still Under Consideration
2 Jul 2014, 23:54 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / It’s been more than two years since the Infiniti Emerg-E Concept was first revealed, but it seems like just when we’re about to give up on seeing the car enter production, someone comes ...
The 1916 Detroit Electric Runabout Had the Same Range as Your Nissan Leaf
1 Jul 2014, 17:27 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As a young motorist reading this, you might think electric cars are a new invention and people back when the first motorized vehicles were emerging had to rely on steam power and crappy early gasoli...
Tesla Model E to Be Priced Against BMW 3 Series, Insider Says
1 Jul 2014, 09:53 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The green automotive scene is heavily anticipating Tesla Motors' upcoming Model X crossover, which has been confirmed to come in the first months of 2015 with trick Falcon wing doors, two elect...
Toyota i-Road Car-Sharing Program Expands to Grenoble in October
1 Jul 2014, 08:39 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota started testing it’s new i-Road ultra light EV in Japan about two months ago, to see if it will adapt to real traffic conditions. It seems they succeeded because the project is now expa...
Tesla Model S Customer Smashes Windshield of New Car With a Wrench
27 Jun 2014, 18:00 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Have you ever been so mad with Tesla Motors that you smashed the windshield of your brand spanking new Tesla Model S with a wrench? We didn't and maybe you didn't either, but Yu Xinquan di...
Saleen Tesla Model S Spied while Track Testing
25 Jun 2014, 12:37 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Here’s a riddle for you - what do the electric whine of a Tesla Model S and the whine of a supercharged Mustang have in common? The answer is, apparently, Saleen. If there’s an aftermark...
Chevrolet Volt Battery Coolant Issue Identified
24 Jun 2014, 09:51 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / According to the ignition switch recall-laden General Motors, owners of the 2012 and 2013 model year Chevrolet Volt long range electric vehicle are 'encouraged' by the manufacturer to sche...
New York Testing its First Horseless e-Carriage
23 Jun 2014, 19:25 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Tourism is a huge industry, but this doesn’t mean it can avoid green regulations that are being applied in every other major business. And when we say "green", we don't strictly...
Tesla Is the World's Most Important Carmaker According to Morgan Stanley
23 Jun 2014, 09:20 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In case you didn't know, the current top players in the automotive industry are Toyota (the world's largest manufacturer), Volkswagen (Europe's best selling car brand) and General Mot...
Tesla Model S Coupe Rendering by X-Tomi
22 Jun 2014, 19:16 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Since it was introduced two years ago, the Tesla Model S has pushed the eco-friendly motoring game to new standards. Despite moving more and more units of the luxury liftback sedan from one month to...
Porsche 356 Inspired Electric Vehicle Carice MK1 Available to Order
22 Jun 2014, 16:57 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Although we're not quite convinced about fitting electric motors in classic cars, creating one from scratch to resemble the original and get motivated by electricity seems funky enough to sugar...
Dual Carbon Batteries Firstly Used by Racing Team TAISAN
22 Jun 2014, 15:23 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Ultra efficient batteries are on their way to power our dreams. The technology improvement has been revealed last month and now racing Team TAISAN said they'll be the first to test it on track....
Cadillac ELR Sales Disappoint: 52 Sold in May
20 Jun 2014, 18:47 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you think that the Cadillac ELR is just a Chevrolet Volt in drags at double the price, you're absolutely right! The $75,995 luxury plug-in hybrid is such a commercial flop that Caddy managed...
Solar Taxi Is Able to Carry Up to 5 People Including a Physically Disabled Person
20 Jun 2014, 17:02 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Solar Taxi design is the project that won the 2013-2014 "A’ Design Award" in the "Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation Design Category." Created by Turkish engineer Hakan G...
Zombie 222 Electric 1968 Mustang Is Ready to Burn Rubber, Silently
20 Jun 2014, 16:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As cool as instant torque might sound, seeing an old musclecar doing a burnout without hearing the powerful growl of the engine is as freaky as your worst nightmare. Will we be able to adapt to this...
Honda Discloses its Wireless Charging System
20 Jun 2014, 14:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / New electric vehicle technology is developing with each day passing by and if battery issues might be solved using carbon-carbon technology, all we need now is a simple way to recharge them. Of c...
New York Allows Tesla Direct Sales, New Jersey to Follow
18 Jun 2014, 19:12 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / NY Governor Andrew Cuomo put his signature on a document that permits the EV manufacturer to sell its eco-friendly cars directly to consumers located here. Further more, the Assembly recently passed...
Geodesic EXO Concept to Influence the Way We Build EVs
18 Jun 2014, 17:08 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Most cars today use an unibody construction, meaning that there is no old school rigid chassis under their skin, but an intricate skeleton made out of fused together stamped sheets of metal. This ty...