AMP EVs Gets $7.5-Million Boost From Kodiak Capital
6 Sep 2012, 09:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Ohio-based AMP Electric Vehicles is a relatively new company, and like all new companies, it needs substantial financial backing, before it can stay afloat on its own. And so, AMP have just received...
Mitsubishi Gives Details on Upcoming Outlander Plug-In Hybrid
6 Sep 2012, 07:58 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The 2012 Paris Motor Show is the venue where Mitsubishi will present the new Outlander PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle). The manufacturer prides itself on the fact that the Outlander PHEV is t...
Voltitude EV Bike Now Available for €3,850 Plus Taxes
5 Sep 2012, 15:12 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Back at last year’s Geneva Motor Show, one of the most interesting sights to be seen at the ‘Pavillon Vert’ (Green Pavilion) was the Voltitude, a very clever electrically-assised f...
New Saab EV Model to Be Launched in 18 Months
5 Sep 2012, 14:55 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / As you probably know, Saab is now owned by National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (NEVS), a company that plans to build EVs for the Chinese market. The carmaker’s new onwer recently announced tha...
Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf August US Sales Numbers Out
5 Sep 2012, 14:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We previously reported that Chevrolet was expecting to sell some 2,500 Volts in August - it would have been their best-ever month. However, that figure has been surpassed by some 331 units, reaching...
McLaren Looking to Enter FIA Formula E
4 Sep 2012, 15:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / British racing team McLaren may be looking to enter FIA’s new all-green Formula E, a racing series where only all-electric open-wheeled cars are allowed. The series debuts in 2014 and is a rea...
Tesla EV Trip Around the World Ends Badly with Under 1,000 Km to Go
4 Sep 2012, 14:30 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / You may remember Rafael de Mestre’s effort to take his Tesla Roadster EV around the world, to prove that such a feat can be done. Well, sadly for him and EV advocates around the world, his tri...
First Fisker Karma with a Body Kit
3 Sep 2012, 16:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Wait till all the rappers hear about this: Fisker’s one and only car has finally gotten itself a proper tuning makeover in the form of a body kit from an authorized aftermarket parts dealer ca...
Pod Point EV Charging Services Now Available in UK
3 Sep 2012, 11:34 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / POD Point is the UK’s largest electric vehicle charging company and have just now launched the country’s very first nationwide ‘Pay As You Go’ (PAYG) system. All you need is ...
Tesla All-Electric Supercar Coming in 2017
31 Aug 2012, 13:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Tesla has proved to everybody that they can build very good and well engineered cars which genuinely work and can be used with little-to-no compromise, when it comes to range and usability. We are n...
GM Expects to Sell 2,500 Chevy Volts in August
31 Aug 2012, 11:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While it may be another whole week before we get the official August sales numbers, The Detroit Free Press has already reported that GM will be selling a record number of Chevy Volts in August. The ...
Continental Makes All-Electric Renault Megane
30 Aug 2012, 15:38 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While Renault may not make an all-electric version of the Megane (because they have the Fluence ZE), German tire manufacturer Continental has done it for them. They have used only in-house component...
Two-Thirds of British Car Buyers Would Go the All-Electric Route
30 Aug 2012, 14:46 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Britain has a lot of catching up to do, in terms of the adoption of green principles, both in the car industry, as well as in the regular industry. Countries like Germany and Holland are considerabl...
From Russia With. . . Electricity - ‘El Lada’ EV Shown in Moscow
30 Aug 2012, 08:45 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While the title may have hinted at something of a Hispanic origin, 'El Lada' is anything but, and if you thought that EV development was being done in the world’s most industrially-d...
French Adventurers in Citroen C-Zero Close to Completing World Trip
29 Aug 2012, 15:13 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Two French men with a spirit of adventure, decided to take a kei-car-based Citroen C-Zero around the world. Last time we checked, Xavie Degon and Guy Antonin were making their way through China, aft...
Formula E Green Racing Series Gets Licensed by FIA
29 Aug 2012, 14:52 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / In these times of ever-increasing environmental awareness, it was only a matter of time before somebody would get the great idea of starting a racing series which would try to be like Formula 1, but...
NHTSA Recalls 78 CODA Sedans Regarding Curtain Airbag Issue
28 Aug 2012, 13:52 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The CODA Sedan has been on the market for a few months now and it seems as if some of them have run into a problem regarding their curtain airbags. A reported 78 cars are affected and all have been ...
BYD Profits Drop 94% in 2012
28 Aug 2012, 13:15 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / This year has been particularly tough for Chinese carmaker and battery manufacturer BYD. After the sharp increase in sales, registered in 2009 and 2010, when their sales numbers increased very rapid...
Dacia Logan to Become EV in India
28 Aug 2012, 12:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Indian carmaker Mahindra recently launched this version of the Renault’s Dacia Logan, redesigned for the Indian market. But Mahindra’s portfolio also includes a company called Reva Elec...
Fisker Surf at 2012 Pebble Beach
28 Aug 2012, 09:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Fisker has a lot of problems recently, with the battery problems, the recent fire and the negative reviews. But on thing they aren’t lacking is the style and the pantomime required for selling...