Confirmation from Germany - EVs Work Well for Pizza Delivery
27 Aug 2012, 08:47 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Joey’s Pizza, from Germany, have been testing a few EVs as delivery vehicles, for the last 20 months. Now, they are drawing conclusions on whether or not the effort of paying extra for an elec...
Japan Gets World’s First Coin-Operated EV Charging Station
27 Aug 2012, 08:33 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While we tend to shun what we feel is old and outdated (using coins to pay for stuff, instead of dedicated cards, or regular credit cards, for instance), it seems that the Japanese have a different ...
Aftermarket Solution Gives Nissan Leaf EV Extra Range
27 Aug 2012, 07:23 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / If you are not satisfied with the range of your Nissan Leaf, live in the US and have some money to spend, you can now opt for an extra battery pack to be added inside your car, in order to considera...
The Drift Trike - The Most Fun You Can Have on Three Wheels
26 Aug 2012, 13:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While the Morgan Three Wheeler may be one specific type of three-wheeled fun, there are other contraptions which look as though they are even more fun, in their own unique way. Take this D3 Drift Tr...
Renault Say Cold Weather Has Minimal Effect on Zoe EV Range
26 Aug 2012, 11:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / For those who were worrying about the Renault ZOE EV’s cold weather range being significantly reduced, when compared to the official figure of 160 km (100 miles). The little ZOE has undergone ...
Prindiville Launches Electric Hummer - UK’s First Customised EV
24 Aug 2012, 13:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Prindiville is one the UK’s premier auto customizers and coach builders, and since the company’s establishment twelve years ago, the range of activities that they do has grown considerab...
California Central Valley Will Give You $13,000 Back on Your EV
24 Aug 2012, 13:22 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / In an effort to further popularize EVs, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District will be adding a further $3,000 on top of the $2,500 from the state, as well as the $7,500 federal tax c...
Sabine Schmitz Drivers Exagon Furtive-eGT on the Nurburgring
23 Aug 2012, 14:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite the fact that it is officially bankrupt, the Nurburgring is still being used, and all sorts of interesting vehicles grace its holy tarmac. This time it’s the turn of the Exagon Furtive...
Misleading Opel Ampera Ad Banned in the UK
23 Aug 2012, 14:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While the Chevrolet Volt-based Opel/Vauxhall Ampera is a very capable car and one of the most interesting cars on sale in Europe at the moment, the advertising behind it is all pure GM. Regardless o...
BYD to Test EV Buses in Denmark
23 Aug 2012, 13:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With a lot of experience under their belt when it comes to all-electric city buses, with a reported 7 million kilometers (4.35 million miles) of total mileage, BYD is easily the largest and most imp...
Mahindra Reva Opens EV Manufacturing Plant in India
23 Aug 2012, 13:26 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Mahindra Reva is the one of Mahindra’s sub-brands, and more specifically, one which handles the company’s EV related affairs. Now, they have opened a new manufacturing facility which wil...
Bosch to Produce Electric Motors For Scooters in China
23 Aug 2012, 12:35 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Robert BOsch GmbH will be forming a joint venture with a Chinese company called Ningbo Polaris Technology, in order to start producing electric wheel hub motors for scooters, and while they will be ...
Mando Footloose Chainless Folding e-Bike
22 Aug 2012, 13:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Some innovations fit so well together that we often wonder why they weren’t designed in tandem in the first place. One example to support the claim are e-bikes, which use pedal power to bo...
CODA Converts Gas Station into Green Oasis
21 Aug 2012, 15:19 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Each EV manufacturer is trying to promote its product in an interesting and catchy way. CODA, makes of the CODA Sedan, have decided that the best way to advertise their product is to turn a grey, di...
Robert Llewellyn Looks at Inductive Wireless EV Charging
21 Aug 2012, 14:01 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Robert Llewellyn says that it is one of the most important technological breakthroughs and it will only improve the usability of EVs and make them more appealing to more people who will be able to u...
2013 Nissan Leaf May Get 25% Range Extension
20 Aug 2012, 14:14 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The main hurdle faced by the Nissan Leaf, which is otherwise an excellent all-round car, is its weak battery pack, which is only capable of taking the car 73 miles (116 km) from its destination befo...
Production Version of Cadillac ELR to Debut At Pebble Beach Next Year
20 Aug 2012, 13:27 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / This year’s edition of the Pebble Beach Concours D’Eegance has yet to end, but Cadillac have announced that they would be revealing the production version of the ELR at next year’s...
Fisker Needs Another $150 Million for the Atlantic
17 Aug 2012, 15:40 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Fisker Automobile has just appointed Tony Pasawatz, the ex head of the Chevy Volt program for GM, as CEO. But that won’t solve the company’s financial problems, as the Atlantic sedan pro...
Audi Previews Future EV Transportation
16 Aug 2012, 09:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Audi is inviting us to take a look into the future of mobility and while sci-fi movies of the past showed us that we’d all be using flying cars by now, the carmaker is using a more realistic a...
First Sanya Skypump EV Charging Station Sees Active Duty in Spain
14 Aug 2012, 15:02 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Sanya Skypump is a joint-project between Urban Green Energy (UGE) and General Electric. It is basically a wind turbine, albeit one with a special design, which is used to charge up EVs via an in...