New Dutch e-Bike Builder ‘Spiked Cycles’ Shows First Offerings
8 Oct 2012, 11:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While startup companies are getting rarer and rarer, as globalization gets an increasingly better footing, it is still very refreshing to see these new companies showing their stuff, as it is usuall...
French Minister Breaks Speed Limit with Renault ZOE EV
8 Oct 2012, 11:31 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While the current crop of road-going EVs may not be the quickest thing on Earth (this probably is, though), but they are still quick enough to get you into trouble, in town at least, with the instan...
New Modern Job Proposed: EV Valet Service
8 Oct 2012, 09:57 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We need to keep up with the changing times, and we need to adapt to all the changes we face. With the increasing acceptance towards EVs, the need for an ‘EV Valet Service’ may arise, acc...
Nissan Leaf to Receive US Facelift and Budget Version to Counter Poor Sales
6 Oct 2012, 10:42 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Nissan Leaf is a well-engineered and good car, and people generally like it. However, it has been set back alot by the warm weather battery issue which has been plaguing some of its US customers...
Kia Getting Aboard All-Electric Train With 2014 Soul EV
5 Oct 2012, 12:30 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Kia will be replacing the current Soul next year, with an all-new model. However, aside from the usual lineup of diesel and petrol engines, it has been confirmed that an all-electric variant is comi...
David Guetta Personalizes Renault Twizy EV
5 Oct 2012, 11:21 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / As you might have heard by now, famous DJ Dacvid Guetta took what was an interesting and revolutionary new arrival to the car world, Renault’s tiny EV, and made it much greater by featuring it...
Germany Gives Up On Promise of One Million EVs by 2020
5 Oct 2012, 08:00 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Germany is easily Europe’s leading nation when it comes to green technology, yet not even they can keep their ambitious promises in the field. The plan was to get as many as 1 million EVs on G...
All Aboard the Hot Tug!
5 Oct 2012, 07:25 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / You have to hand it to the Dutch, when it comes to giving the world weird and wonderful automotive (and other) creations - they made the Spyker C8, which is one of the maddest-looking cars we have e...
Only Mercedes-Benz B-Class to Be Sold in US Is the EV Version
4 Oct 2012, 15:01 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Mercedes-Benz doesn’t currently sell the B-Class, their practical MPV-esque hatchback, in the US, but when they will, it will only be the electric version, and in limited numbers. The informat...
2013 Zero S Bike Gets CHAdeMO Charging
4 Oct 2012, 11:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / While some years ago electric motorbikes were quite a bizarre apparition and were considered as an utterly eccentric vehicle, we cannot help cheering at the sight of their number increasing. With ti...
US-Bound Smart ForTwo Electric Drive to Cost from $25,000
4 Oct 2012, 10:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / EVs are still very expensive to manufacture and sell, mainly due to the high cost of batteries, as well as other associated costs which are usually higher than those for conventional cars, simply be...
Toyota Motorsports EV P002 Breaks Nurburgring Record
2 Oct 2012, 15:42 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Toyota’s EV P002 has just broken the official fastest time for an EV around the Nurburgring, a record set by its predecessor, the P001. The new car managed to best the old record by an impress...
Tesla Selling Stocks to Raise an Additional $225-Million
2 Oct 2012, 12:27 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite having already raised $226- (€175-) million in their first public shares offering, back in June of 2010, Tesla has been constrained by the Department of Energy (DOE) to increase the spe...
Infiniti Emerg-E Not Reching Production
2 Oct 2012, 09:13 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Infiniti really needed an image booster, which would make all their other cars look even more appealing than they actually are. They were planning on doing this with a production version of the fran...
Nissan Countering Poor US Leaf Sales With Discounts and Cheap Leases
1 Oct 2012, 12:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Nissan Leaf sales have fallen by a third in 2012, when compared to last year’s number, racking up just 4,228 units sold until August. Now, US dealers are being forced to stockpile cars, and at...
Lithium Extracted from Salt Water May Bring Cost of Batteries Down
1 Oct 2012, 12:00 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Lithium, the lightest metal known to man, is the key ‘ingredient’ in all modern EV and hybrid vehicle battery packs, and with demand on the rise, its price has increased by 35% over the ...
Mercedes SLS Electric Drive – Most Powerful AMG Ever
1 Oct 2012, 09:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Electric cars are rapidly becoming cool and fashionable, even among exotic car drivers. There’s even talk of a Formula E single seater series that should be ready in a couple of years. If y...
Exagon Motors Furtive-eGT Production Version Revealed
1 Oct 2012, 09:47 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / French company Exagon Motors, a subdivision of Exagon Engineering, have just revealed the production version of their Furtive-eGT green sports car. The electric Furtive eGT is powered by two Siemens...
Volkswagen Confirms Up! GT and All-Electric Version
1 Oct 2012, 07:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / VW officials have just confirmed that a higher-powered Up! GT, as well as an all-electric version of the car are on their way, and will be making a public appearance very soon. The first to come wil...
Paris 2012: Citroen DS3 Electrum · Live Photos
28 Sep 2012, 18:13 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The DS3 Cabrio is not the only interesting DS-badged car to be shown by Citroen in Paris, as the French manufacturer has also brought along an all-electric version of the DS3, called the Electrum. W...