New Features in Tesla Model S’ Hidden Menus
7 May 2013, 17:44 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Tesla’s Model S EV saloon will get some new options in the future, as the adjacent video reveals some non-functional features currently hidden in three secret menus. The short video shows t...
Tesla Model S Says No to Chrome
7 May 2013, 13:47 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The California-based mobile electronics and communications specialist Al & Ed’s Autosound has recently revealed their latest customization for a customer that apparently hates chrome. T...
Coda Files for Bankruptcy Protection
1 May 2013, 12:48 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Electric cars are making headlines the past few weeks as Uncle Sam is questioning them about how they used their allowances. Coda Holdings has already called it quits though, after having sold only...
Nissan UK Goes Green with Nissan Leaf EV Purschase
1 May 2013, 12:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / After careful deliberation of their options, the Nissan Leaf was chosen as the official green car by Microsoft UK, the first electric car o join its staff company car scheme. The Leaf will feel w...
Audi A2 Rendering Takes City Car Up!-market
1 May 2013, 07:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ever since 2011, Volkswagen has been rolling out Up! city cars from its factory in Slovakia at an impressive rate. Together with its brothers from Skoda and SEAT, the model has captured a significan...
Tesla Gives Complete Battery Warranty
30 Apr 2013, 10:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Electric automaker Tesla will offer a full battery warranty for the new Model S luxury sedan, as part as of its promise to deliver the ‘world’s best service warranty program.’ T...
Honda R-EV Concept for the Masses
30 Apr 2013, 09:15 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Jex Chau, a 24-year-old industrial designer graduate of RMIT University, came up with a new electric Honda concept, specially designed for Asian teens that live in urban areas. As electric cars a...
Tesla Model S: The Real American Luxury Car
28 Apr 2013, 14:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Deep within my subconscious, a shocking idea has been steadily growing, developing from a couple of bits of information to a terabyte of invasive ideas . You see, for a long time now I’ve been...
SimCity Game Implements Nissan Leaf Charging Stations
28 Apr 2013, 09:07 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Full electric vehicles are slowly starting to expand into the digital world to further advertise their capabilities and Eco-friendly performance. After people were given the possibility to drive...
GM's Volt and Nissan's Leaf Sales Fell Behind the Tesla Model S
27 Apr 2013, 12:08 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Tesla's Model S is the best sold EV in North America, leaving behind other electric powered cars, such as the Nissan Leaf or the Chevrolet Volt. According to an interview with Detroit Nerws,...
Consumer Reports Test VW Jetta Hybrid
26 Apr 2013, 15:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / America was, from the very beginning, a hybrid supporter.Volkswagen… not so much. But Toyota sold them in the millions, while the Germans kept true to their turbo technology, until they reali...
Renault Twizy Sport F1 In All Its Glory
25 Apr 2013, 13:50 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Something that's tall and narrow should, according to the laws of physics, never be sporty as well. However, the Renault-Nissan alliance doesn't agree at all, because they see there's...
New Fast Charging Technology Cuts Volvo C30 Plug Time to 1.5 Hours
24 Apr 2013, 09:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Swedish carmaker Volvo announced it has developed a new fast charging solution in partnership with Siemens that allows their C30 "Generation II" EV to be brimmed with electricity in just 1...
Detroit Electric SP:01 Public Debut at Shanghai
22 Apr 2013, 09:34 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / After pulling the wraps off of the new SP:01 sport EV for the press earlier this month, Detroit Electric showcased their latest creation at the 2013 Shanghai Motor Show for the public. Customer o...
Spyshots: BMW i3 Shows Its Colors
18 Apr 2013, 15:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Maybe ten years ago, the idea of driving around in cars that sounded like toasters seemed scary, but today the thought of paying $200 to fill up a tank scares us even more, so we're willing to ...
In-Wheel Electric Motor for 2014 from Protean
17 Apr 2013, 12:48 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Meantime, on the ‘green branch’ of the automotive evolving tree, a company known as Protean, announced that it managed to conceive a new in-wheel electric motor that they will start to p...
Ghosn Visits Norway, says Leaf Being Used as Daily Driver
11 Apr 2013, 14:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Nissan Leaf might have been designed and built in Japan, but it's the European country of Norway that became its second home. Yesterday, we told you how the EV grabbed 1.7% of the total ...
Spyshots: BMW i3 Test Prototype Inches Closer to Production
10 Apr 2013, 14:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / As the expected production debut in Frankfurt edgiest closer, the test prototypes for the i3 steadily strip away their camouflage. Today, we bring you the latest spyshots of the car which show the g...
Sarah Palin Calls Tesla, Chevy Volt "Losers"
10 Apr 2013, 13:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We are pretty much immune to the green bug, but electric and hybrid cars are steadily conquering the world and proving to be good solutions to our mobility problems. However, the Republicans still h...
Norway, a Top Market for the Nissan Leaf EV
10 Apr 2013, 12:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It seems Norway has pretty much adopted the Nissan Leaf. A report coming from the Japanese automaker says 17 in every 1000 cars there is a Leaf during 2012, the first full year of sales. That mig...