Find All UK’s Electric Vehicle Charging Points on Zap-Map
16 Jun 2014, 16:08 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The range-anxiety has a cure, at least in the UK where Zap-Map now covers and puts almost all electric vehicle charging points on an interactive map, for owners to know where’s the nearest one...
Spirra Electric Supercar May Arrive in 2015. Will it Use Tesla Roadster Parts?
16 Jun 2014, 13:16 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Putting just an electric motor in a sportscar is not that of a good idea. Why? Simply because you can get carried away smashing the “gas” and finding yourself in the middle of nowhere pu...
Tesla Model S Long Wheelbase to Debut Later This Year
16 Jun 2014, 11:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The EV manufacturer is currently developing a LWB variant of its acclaimed Model S luxury sedan. The same Tesla Motors insider that offered this piece of info to the eco-friendly folks over at Gas 2...
Tesla Motors To Construct Manufacturing Plant in Europe
16 Jun 2014, 08:13 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Even though work on the 10 million square feet Gigafactory hasn't commenced yet, Tesla wants to extend its operations with a new factory in Europe. According to Elon Musk, the European assembly...
Win or Sin? Hot Rodders Create EV Conversion Kit for Muscle Cars
13 Jun 2014, 13:52 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / We can’t neglect the advantages of electric vehicles and the fact we need to stop burning that much dinosaur fat for the sake of our planet, but does this grant us the reason to convert classi...
2015 Kia Soul EV Enters Production
12 Jun 2014, 09:18 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The South Korean company's first all-electric, zero-emissions export model has entered mass production and is ready to join the 2014 Kia Optima Hybrid in the brand's line of environmentall...
New Quantum Dots Research Might Lead to Vehicle Spray-On Solar Panels
11 Jun 2014, 18:32 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Experiments with quantum dots are not that new, with the idea being firstly used by Burnham and Duggan in 1990, after which a series of research projects were initiated. Recently, the University of ...
Tesla to Share Supercharger Network With Other EV Manufacturers
11 Jun 2014, 10:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After personally unveiling the first ever units of the right-hand drive Tesla Model S the last Saturday in London, Elon Musk declared to the media that his company is committed to share its Supercha...
First RHD Tesla Model S Vehicles Delivered to UK Customers
9 Jun 2014, 13:48 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / During a grandiose event that took place in London on Saturday, Elon Musk has personally handed the keys of five new right-hand drive Tesla Model S vehicles to five eager customers. Besides the debu...
Here's Every Major Tesla Model S Software Update Since 2012
9 Jun 2014, 12:20 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In case you were wondering, the Model S is the kind of vehicle that's mostly governed by its electronic brain. And just like any other piece of software, the four-door electric saloon received ...
Tesla Considers Patent Giveaway
9 Jun 2014, 10:07 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / This might come as a pretty surprising bit of news for most of the automotive industry, but the Palo Alto-based EV manufacturer recently hinted that the company may giveaway its patents sometime in ...
GF7 Jet Flying Car Might Come Out in a Few Years
6 Jun 2014, 13:55 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Long time ago, the man looked up in the sky, saw the birds flying by and said “I wish I could do that”. The dream came true eventually and for a couple hundred bucks you can now fly in a...
Berlin Resident Becomes First Volkswagen XL1 Owner, Talks EV Sense
6 Jun 2014, 11:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This weekend, Volkswagen handed over the keys to the first XL1 hybrid during an event held at the Transparent Factory in Dresden, Germany, where the fuel sipper is made. The most efficient VW ever m...
How to Draw a Tesla Model X Electric SUV
5 Jun 2014, 17:53 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Tesla is the perfect example of a company that's grown in leaps and bounds. We could have said "textbook" instead of "perfect", but there's nothing textbook about Elon ...
Could These Algae Batteries Save Electric Vehicles?
4 Jun 2014, 16:16 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Scientists are currently working on all sort of technologies to create electricity more efficiently and more portably if possible. So far we have fuel cells, solar cell roads, carbon-carbon batterie...
Ford and Samsung Team Up to Make Next-Gen Batteries
4 Jun 2014, 15:28 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When two of the most revered global brands join forces, it's certain something really good is gonna come out from that kind of union. After a 10-year-long research effort, Ford and Samsung reve...
This EV Can Go 1,000 Miles on New Aluminum-Air Batteries
4 Jun 2014, 15:36 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Petrol goes down, taxes and regulations go up, but this gives birth to a lot of new alternative ways of powering our cars. If those incredible carbon-carbon batteries didn’t mess up your brain...
New Mitsubishi MiEV Electrifying 2014 Pikes Peak Hill Climb
2 Jun 2014, 18:29 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Mitsubishi returns this year at Pikes Peak International Hill Climb near Colorado Springs with the third iteration of its purpose-built electric racecar - the MiEV Evolution III. After coming sec...
Grown Man Cries and It’s Funny: VW e-Golf Commercial
2 Jun 2014, 18:56 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / VW has just launched a commercial for the e-Golf and this spot is simply unbelievable. No, it’s not that funny, but it does managed to make you smile while getting away with all sorts of stuff...
Wattmobile - New EV Car Sharing Program Starting in France
2 Jun 2014, 16:08 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Since Paris is determined to slow down its traffic for less accidents and cleaner air, maybe electric vehicle companies will benefit from the decision. Why would you even bother driving a classic po...