Toyota 2000GT EV On Display in Paris
5 Jul 2012, 13:44 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / January of this year marked the revealing of a new EV concept from Toyota. However, it wasn’t cutting edge modern car, but an extremely rare 2000GT, of which only 337 were ever made. Toyota en...
Toyota Launches COMS Twizy-Rival
5 Jul 2012, 11:47 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Since Renault currently have the small electric quadricycle market sector covered all on their own, with the excellent Twizy EV, the world leader in the production of ‘green’ cars could ...
Renault Using Dance-Power to Charge Twizy at Covent Garden Event
5 Jul 2012, 10:00 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite the fact that people have really taken a liking to Renault’s smallest electric offering, the Twizy, which is selling well in Europe and even getting a tuning pack, the French automaker...
US Plug-In EV Sales to Reach 1.7-Million Per Year by 2020
4 Jul 2012, 10:39 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / According to Pikes Research, the future of the plug-in EV is assured. They reckon that since manufacturers, corporations and governments are investing these colossal amounts of money into the develo...
Eggasus: Egg-Shaped EV Pod
3 Jul 2012, 15:18 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / You may have noticed that city folk drive cars which are too big for their purpose, as the driver usually isn’t accompanied by anybody else, thus wasting space on the road, fuel as well as mon...
Future Toyota Supra May Be Underpinned by BMW 6-Series
3 Jul 2012, 14:59 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that 2012 is the year of collaborations between European and Japanese automakers, for the development of sports cars. After Mazda and Fiat, it’s now time for BMW and Toyota to take th...
250 Nissan Leafs to Be Used for Free in Osaka, Japan
3 Jul 2012, 11:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Osaka is Japan’s second largest industrial and manufacturing center, after Tokyo, and it is home to as many as 8.8 million people. However, new and stricter emissions regulations for the area ...
Nissan Leaf Receives Updated Range and Route Calculating Applications
3 Jul 2012, 09:01 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While things may not be going so well for the Nissan Leaf in warm places, like Texas and Arizona, customers in areas with milder climates are still enjoying their EVs without any loss of battery cap...
Tata Working With French Company to Create Sub- €16,000 / $20,000 EV
3 Jul 2012, 08:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After recently showing off the plug-in hybrid version of the Jaguar XJ, Tata Motors (owners of Jaguar-Land Rover) are continuing their green plans with something at the opposite end of the scales - ...
Infiniti Emerg-e Breaks Down During Goodwood Run
3 Jul 2012, 07:34 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / As we had previously reported, the Infiniti Emerg-e range-extended hybrid supercar made its appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and we must admit that we think it looks very good, a trait w...
Nissan Leaf Reversing World Record Successfully Achieved at Goodwood
2 Jul 2012, 14:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After having previously reported that Terry Grant was going to take the Nissan Leaf backwards over the the distance of 1.6 km (1 mile), driven around the Goodwood hillclimb course. Well, earlier thi...
Nine Year-Old Steals Electric Car with Toy Gun
2 Jul 2012, 10:33 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Nope, this is not filed under “April Fools” - it’s true: a nine-year old used a toy gun to steal an electric vehicle in Sweden.It all happened in the Gothenburg suburb of Kortedal...
New Footage of Audi R8 E-Tron on the Ring
2 Jul 2012, 09:28 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Last week, the Audi R8 E-Tron became the fastest ever electric production car to lap the Nordschleife. It achieved the feat extremely quickly, in 8:09, a time similar to that of a standard Audi RS4,...
Lotus Evora Plug-In Hybrid with 1,000 Nm Undergoing Testing
2 Jul 2012, 08:52 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Lotus, being the forward-thinking company that they are, have now begun testing of a plug-in hybrid version of the Evora, called the 414E. It is powered by two EVO electric motors which drive the re...
Honda to Start Fit EV Lease Program in Oregon and California
2 Jul 2012, 08:03 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Honda Fit EV is the greenest car ever tested by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), except for the now-defunct Tesla Roadster S (119 MPGe), achieving the equivalent of 118 MPGe, so is def...
Tesla Model S Owner’s Top 11 Favorite Things - Includes Acceleration Runs
1 Jul 2012, 10:13 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / As we had previously reported, people love the Tesla Model S. But the people who love it the most are the lucky few to have gotten the very first deliveries. One of those lucky few, is entrepreneur ...
Renault ZOE - Frontal Crash Test
29 Jun 2012, 14:18 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The ZOE, being a Renault will definitely be a very safe car, and we have no doubts whatsoever about that. It is because the French manufacturer has its own test center in Lardy, a test center which ...
Car2Go Program Set to Launch in Toronto, Canada
29 Jun 2012, 13:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Car2Go car sharing program will be officially launched in Toronto, tomorrow, June 30th. ‘Car-sharers’ will have 250 Smart EDs at their disposal, and they will have access to these ca...
Robert Llewellyn Rides in Lightning GT Electric Supercar
29 Jun 2012, 13:11 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Robert Llewellyn’s channel is doing an excellent job of raising ECO awareness among motorists. In his latest video, he tries to address people’s idea that EVs can’t be fast or fun ...
NASCAR Driver Jimmie Johnson Loves His Chevy Volt!
29 Jun 2012, 09:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / You may know Jimmie Johnson as a 300+ km/h (186+ mph) NASCAR driver, but not many people know that during the last eight months, he’s had his very own Chevy Volt, and has used less than a quar...