Cadillac ELR Official Debut Announced for January 15 in Detroit
18 Dec 2012, 14:52 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / GM has announced that it will be debuting their sporty range-extender, the Cadillac ELR at the 2013 Detroit Motor Show, and more specifically on January 15th. It is one of many GM premieres slated t...
First Renault Zoe EV Finds Home Ahead of 2013 Launch
18 Dec 2012, 13:42 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Renault has announced that the first production-spec Zoe EV has entered the possession of its new owner, French Minister of Industrial Recovery, Arnaud Montebourg. He ordered the car a few months ba...
Indianapolis to Replace all City-Used Vehicles With Either EVs or Hybrids by 2025
18 Dec 2012, 11:37 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The current mayor of Indianapolis, Greg Ballard, has announced that he has set out to swap all the city-used vehicles in their fleet with either EVs or hybrids, by 2025. Through this measure, they p...
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner Drive a Tesla Model S
17 Dec 2012, 15:39 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Coincidence or not, Hollywood A-Lister Jennifer Garner and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk were on the same episode of the Late Night Show with David Letteraman a couple of years ago. The green mental...
Trans-Canada Highway is the Greenest in the World - 1,000 Charging Points by 2013
14 Dec 2012, 15:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Trans-Canada Highway runs from Victoria, in British Columbia, to St. John’s in Newfoundland, and it connects Canada’s two coasts - its main route spans an impressive 8,030 km (4,990 ...
BYD All-Electric Bus Begins Testing in Brussels
14 Dec 2012, 15:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / A BYD eBus-12 all-electric city bus has just been given to the local transportation operator, in Brussels, Belgium. It will be tested for a period of two months, in order to see whether or not it co...
Bogota Taxi Fleet to Get 46 BYD E6 EVs in 2013
14 Dec 2012, 15:02 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Chinese automaker BYD (Build Your Dreams) has announced that it will be supplying 46 of their E6 EVs to the taxi fleet of the Colombian capital city, Bogota. The Chinese carmaker will send a total o...
Production of Smart ForTwo ED Increased due to Strong Demand
14 Dec 2012, 14:44 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Daimler has announced that it will be increasing production for the all-electric Smart ForTwo ED (Electric Drive), in order to keep up with the surprisingly strong demand for the little city runabou...
Local US Production for Nissan Leaf Battery Packs Commences
13 Dec 2012, 15:49 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Nissan has just announced the production start of lithium-ion battery packs, destined for their Leaf EV, at the Smyrna, Tennessee plant, where they will also build the actual car - currently, it is ...
Nissan to Launch 15 New Green Models by 2017
13 Dec 2012, 15:32 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / As Nissan CEO, Carlos Ghosn, said after the company launched the Leaf EV, they will be relying heavily on hybrids and full EVs in their model lineup, in years to come. Now, they have announced that ...
BMW i3 Concept Coupe Driving Footage
13 Dec 2012, 10:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / BMW took the wraps of a second i3 concept at the recent Los Angeles Auto Show. This version is a production-intent coupe that will be sold across the world, including the US, next year. The car p...
BYD to Build EV Manufacturing Plant in Bulgaria
12 Dec 2012, 16:14 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Chinese automaker BYD has just announced that it will be building a new factory in Bulgaria, after having signed a joint-venture partnership agreement with a local company. The new plant will report...
Father and Son Take Tesla Model S for 423.5-Mile Ride on One Charge!
12 Dec 2012, 11:00 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While some manufacturers are being investigated by the EPA for declaring false efficiency numbers, the Tesla Model S seems to be exceeding them. A Model S owner from Florida decided to try and see j...
Tesla Model S With 60 kWh Battery Pack Rated at 95 MPGe and 208-Mile Autonomy
12 Dec 2012, 10:39 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While everybody (including Tesla themselves) have only been talking about the top of the range Model S sedan, with the 85 kWh battery pack, it is a bit on the expensive side, and it may even be over...
Coda Automotive Fires 15% of Its Workforce
12 Dec 2012, 09:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / EV manufacturer Coda, and their single model, the Sedan, haven’t been doing so well, since the launch of the all-electric car, having sold less than 100 units thus far. Also, it seems that thi...
Tesla Model S Does The Quietest Burnout Ever
12 Dec 2012, 08:39 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We already knew that the Tesla Model S had easily enough power and torque to do an effortless burnout, yet we had not seen the phenomenon, until now. Road&Track have released a short video, in w...
BMW Celebrates 40 Years of Building EVs
11 Dec 2012, 11:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While BMW has made the green headlines countless times in the last few years, following the announcement that they would be launching a new and very green sub-brand, called ‘i’, which wo...
Jay Leno Invites Henrik Fisker Over to Talk About the Karma EV
11 Dec 2012, 10:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Fisker Karma has already been on sale for a while now, and despite the fact that production is currently stopped due to a battery pack shortage, there is still demand for the range-extender luxu...
Parrot Gets Beak-Operated Buggy to Drive Around In
11 Dec 2012, 08:34 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After seeing the dogs which can drive a car, nothing will surprise us, really. However, this contraption, and the way in which it is operated have impressed us. It is an electric buggy, which can be...
Rinspeed MicroMAX Concept Revealed Ahead of Geneva
10 Dec 2012, 15:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We always thought that designing tiny cars with low carbon footprints and 9-inch alloy wheels was a Japanese thing, but the Swiss design house and tuning company Rinspeed has revealed yet another on...