First Impressions on Toyota’s Winglet Mobility Device
3 Oct 2013, 07:34 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The Toyota Winglet is the Japanese automaker’s response to the well known Segway personal mobility device. However, it is a bit different. Toyota thought that the Segway is too big and is n...
Toyotown’s Pigeon Man Meets the Electric Mailman
1 Oct 2013, 09:52 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Well, it took them a while to put out another mind-boggling Toyota commercial and we kind of missed Mr. Pigeon Man. But he is back and in this short clip, he meets the photogenic electric-powered...
Toyota i-Road “Leaning” EV Specs Revealed at CEATEC 2013
1 Oct 2013, 09:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota’s leaning three-wheeler i-Road we first saw in February has been officially unveiled at the 2013 Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC) in Japan. The small two-seater ...
Toyota City to Optimize and Expand Transport System
26 Sep 2013, 10:01 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota Motor Corporation has announced to expand the “Ha:mo” optimized urban transport system currently operating in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, since October 2012. Ha:mo is an urb...
2013 Nissan Leaf Acceleration Test from Norway
23 Sep 2013, 13:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Norway is probably the country with the highest electric car adoption rate in the world. The smart government there which has made lots of money from offshore pockets of crude oil is actually invest...
Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche to Launch Seven Electric Mobility Vehicles in 2014
20 Sep 2013, 12:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / At the Volkswagen preview media event in Frankfurt, big boss Martin Winterkorn revealed the Group's electric plans for the future, saying they want to become the biggest name in the electric mo...
Volkswagen Want to Become Leader in Electric Mobility by 2018
12 Sep 2013, 15:36 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Martin Winterkorn has always been that "I want everything" type of guy, and at the Frankfurt Motor Show he pointed Volkswagen's compass in a completely new direction. The VW Group ...
City CarShare and Toyota Launches “Dash” Scion iQ EV Carsharing Program
12 Sep 2013, 14:59 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The workers in Pleasanton, California, have the privilege to test out the new DASH carsharing program recently started by City CarShare in cooperation with Toyota, which provided the vehicles in dis...
Frankfurt 2013: Volkswagen e-Golf · Live Photos
10 Sep 2013, 11:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / When General Motors or Toyota sell you a hybrid they put little trees or leaves in your instrument cluster to show you how good you are at driving green. But Volkswagen doesn't do that sort of ...
Frankfurt 2013: BMW i3 · Live Photos
10 Sep 2013, 06:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / One of the most important cars of the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Shows BMW’s i3, which has just been presented to the public. Nevertheless, we'll remind you BMW has previously made the global d...
Toyota RAV4 EV First Drive by Autocar
9 Sep 2013, 17:20 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The love affair between Toyota and Tesla resulted in the world’s first all-electric compact SUV, the RAV4 EV, which is already on sale in California. While Toyota came by with a revamped an...
Tesla Superchargers Launched in Norway
9 Sep 2013, 12:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Are we overhyping the Tesla Model S? We try not to, but there's a good chance this is the car of the future, at least for rich folks. Here are the facts: the Model S has been on sale in the ...
Toyota Partner H2 Mobility Showcases Hydrogen Technology Online
5 Sep 2013, 14:01 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota’s solution for the clean future transport is represented by the fuel cell vehicles, like the FCV-R concept we saw already. The technology is still in research, Toyota being partnered wi...
Toyota RAV4 EV Gets Discount
27 Aug 2013, 09:01 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Due to slow sales for the Tesla-powered RAV4 electric compact crossover, Toyota is offering it at a discount through a low-cost lease. The automaker is promoting the RAV4 EV with a three-year lea...
Tesla Can't Sell Cars in China Because of Trademark Problem
12 Aug 2013, 16:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Last week, Tesla surprised Wall Street traders with news of profits: 20 cents a share compared to the estimated 20 cents lost people were expecting. The stock grew double digits in a single day, whi...
BMW i3 Welcomed by Sienna Miller and James Franco in London
30 Jul 2013, 15:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The importance of the first bespoke built electric car in the premium segment was not lost on BMW. The launch even yesterday was absolutely huge, bigger than any we've seen this year for one pa...
Mercedes-Benz Green Lineup to Explode in the Near Future
31 Jul 2013, 13:35 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Even though the tri-star brand already has the largest lineup of zero-emission car models on the automotive market, the Swabians from Mercedes-Benz aren't going to stop here. Beside the nin...
Production BMW i3 Makes Video Debut
29 Jul 2013, 15:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Slowly but surely, the BMW i3 made it from the concept shown at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show to the production car it is today. The all-electric i3 is described as a huge step not for BMW but fo...
BMW Shows i3 in New York, London and Beijing
29 Jul 2013, 14:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / One car company, one revolutionary product, three separate events that span the world. BMW has officially unveiled the 2014 i3 at a series of simultaneous events held in three major capitals –...
Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi to Develop Charging Infrastructure in Japan
29 Jul 2013, 12:51 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / As the hybrid and EV culture grows rapidly and every automaker tries to come with new solutions on the market, several Japanese automakers have reported to work on a jointly developed charging infra...