Toyota Talks RAV4 EV Energy Management System
25 Jul 2013, 10:04 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The difference in energy consumption between and EV and a gasoline car is that the electric one can actually regain some of the energy it uses back from the environment, whereas the gasoline one sta...
This is How Engineers Made the Toyota RAV4 EV Safe
25 Jul 2013, 09:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / While in a normal gasoline-powered vehicle you are carrying about 60 liters of flammable fuel which may or may not catch fire and transform the car into a flaming wreck after an impact, in an electr...
Take a Closer Look at the 2013 Toyota RAV4 EV
25 Jul 2013, 09:06 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota’s most popular SUV RAV4 now comes with a full electric drivetrain, which combines a Tesla-designed and produced battery pack and electric motor with the the Japanese production expertis...
Chevy Spark EV Reviewed by Consumer Reports
16 Jul 2013, 07:10 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Like the Fiat 500e, the Chevrolet Spark EV was built in order to meet California emissions laws. But you'd be mistaken for thinking they put it together not because they had to but because they...
Chevy Says Spark EV Has More Torque than Ferrari 458
11 Jul 2013, 16:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ohhhh no they didn't! Chevrolet just released a commercial for the brand new Spark EV in which they say this little car has 400 lb-ft, more torque than a Ferrari 458 Italia supercar. Awesome, r...
Tony Hawk Gets a Black Tesla Model S
10 Jul 2013, 08:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / There's a new car taking the celebrity world by storm. No, not the G63, that one's only for a few power-hungry folks – we're talking about the Tesla Model S, a car that seemingl...
Nissan Adding Leaf Fast Chargers to 100 US Dealerships
9 Jul 2013, 11:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan is putting some of its hard-earned money from the Leaf project back into electric mobility and is getting ready to add 100 fast charging station at well placed dealerships to increase access ...
Spyshots: Kia Soul EV to Debut in 2014
8 Jul 2013, 15:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Kia already sells a really small car with electric drive in Korea, the ray EV, but that is not fit for global consumption. However, in 2014 they will introduce an EV version of the Soul urban crosso...
Renault Twizy New Promo Videos Released
6 Jul 2013, 09:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / How do you take your date home in your Renault Twizy? You don’t. She brings her own Twizy along and you guys race each other, responsively and economically, of course. That’s the firs...
Renault Twizy Cargo Makes Video Debut
5 Jul 2013, 11:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Have you guys heard of the Renault Twizy Cargo? It's a light commercial vehicle version of the smallest EV currently on the market. By adding a boot behind the driver and doing away with the...
The New Nissan Leaf: Feel the Surge of Excitement
5 Jul 2013, 11:36 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / With a better looking, better equipped Micra, a much better Note that we can actually take seriously and a new Qashqai, Nissan's compact car segment is finally where it should have been all alo...
Tesla Model S 60 kWh vs 85 kWh Drag Race
1 Jul 2013, 11:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Only July 10th, 1856, Nikola Tesla was born. More than a decade and a half later, his name is so easily associated with electric current that they even named the coolest electric car brand in the wo...
Nissan Leaf Remains Congestion Charge Exempt in London
1 Jul 2013, 08:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / With the car now produced a little cheaper in Britain and congestion taxes rocketing to sky-high levels, we'd think long and hard about buying a Nissan Leaf if we had to go anywhere near London...
The Production BMW i3 Looks Like This
1 Jul 2013, 07:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Just two months before the car makes its official debut in Frankfurt, BMW's first purpose-built all-electric vehicle is making its appearance in patent images. We've been following the i3 ...
Prindiville Electric Hummer for Sale
27 Jun 2013, 10:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The auto world is full of strange contraptions, some of which would have been better off left in the designer's head. For example, EVs and Hummer, which should never be combined, came together ...
The Nismo Leaf Is an Awesome Tuned Electric Vehicle
26 Jun 2013, 08:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / You'd think that EVs are cars for super-sensible people who cut their showers short to consume less water and eat soy beans twice a day… boring people in short. But in Japan people see e...
The Renault Twizy Cargo Gets UK Pricing
25 Jun 2013, 14:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We're going to stop short of calling it a Light Commercial Vehicle like Renault does, but the new version of Renault's cheapest EV is undeniably going to prove handy. The new Twizy Carg...
God Drives a Tesla Model S: The Proof
25 Jun 2013, 13:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Morgan Freeman the man knows a thing or two about starting at the bottom. For a whole year living in Los Angeles, he had to walk everywhere because he couldn't afford a car. His first car was a...
Renault Launches Twizy Cargo LCV
24 Jun 2013, 16:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Since we tested the Twizy last year, we know a lot about its practicality, or rather lack of it. There's a small glovebox for the driver behind the steering wheel and another small space behind...
Nissan Offering Battery Upgrade for Old Leaf EVs
21 Jun 2013, 11:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Seeking to secure its position as the biggest mass-market seller of electric vehicles, Nissan Motor Co. said it will offer a battery upgraded to owners of the early Leafs sold in the US. The prog...