Chevy Volt Getting Updated for 2013
24 Apr 2012, 11:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Other automakers are moving into the plug-in hybrid market, so Chevrolet has decided to continue developing the Volt, despite the lack of sufficient market demand. For the 2013 model year, the ap...
UK Tax Change May Doom Electric Vehicles
24 Apr 2012, 12:08 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The only reason people bought EVs in the first place was to dodge the ever increasing taxes. This concept is threatened by a recent decision by the UK government to force company car drivers who run...
Tesla Model S Winter Testing
11 Apr 2012, 16:35 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Most automakers go to Scandinavia, which is near the Arctic circle to test their cars to the extreme, but Tesla chose a little town called Baudette in Minnesota for its winter extreme kicks. Cold...
Renault Twizy Powered by Music in David Guetta’s Alphabeat Music Video
11 Apr 2012, 15:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Do you think it’s possible to feel like buying a car just because it appeared in a music video? No?! You haven’t seen what David Guetta did with the new Renault Twizy in his latest video...
President George H.W. Bush Buys Chevy Volt for His Son
2 Apr 2012, 12:39 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Chevrolet Volt is more than just a green car, it’s also a vehicle that says something about its owner, so it’s only normal that a number of VIPs will want to purchase such a car in o...
Volvo C30 Electric: Climate Control System Explained
27 Mar 2012, 12:26 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Volvo is making sustained efforts to keep the C30 Electric under the spotlights and the carmaker has recently released a new promo clip for the vehicle, with the video being focused on the car&rsquo...
Opel Ampera Wins 2012 Monte Carlo Rally for EVs
26 Mar 2012, 16:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Opel Amera is racking up the marketing victories. After it was named 2012 Car of the Year in earlier this month, it now added some light racing credentials. The plug-in hybrid convincingly wo...
Infiniti to Unveil EV Concept in New York
23 Mar 2012, 14:09 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The New York International Auto Show is just around the corner, having been scheduled to start on April 4th. We’ve herd plenty of new vehicles making their debut there, including the 2013 Merc...
Volkswagen Golf Electric to Use E-Golf Name
15 Mar 2012, 09:07 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Next year, VW will introduce an electric version of the Golf, with this riding on the carmaker’s new MQB platform. The vehicle, which might also be a path opener for other eco versions of the ...
Ford Focus Electric Gets Access to California HOV Lanes and Extra Tax Incentives
13 Mar 2012, 10:52 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ford now has a good news for the Focus Electric: after the company recently revealed the the green compact received a combined cycle EPA rating of 105 MPGe, the carmaker now tells us that those who ...
Green Cars and Politicians
4 Mar 2012, 22:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Complicated and expensive, cars are ideal status symbols for men. And when you’re the leader of all men in your little corner of the world, the temptation to stroke your ego and change cars ma...
Ford Focus Electric EPA Rating: 105 MPGe and 76-Mile Range
2 Mar 2012, 18:34 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Ford Focus Electric has now received its EPA rating and things are looking great for the green compact, as its 105 MPGe (miles per gallon equivalent) and 76 mile range make it the most efficient...
Fisker Surf Production Version to Debut in Paris
28 Feb 2012, 13:00 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Fisker has had certain issues lately, with the Karma recalls and the financial troubles, but the company is now decided to move on and is sticking to its plan of presenting a production version of t...
Audi A3 e-tron Coming to US for Pilot Program
27 Feb 2012, 20:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Audi recently announced it will debut a test program for the A3 e-tron in the US, with the initiative set to see engineers as well as technical experts driving the model in a large variety of areas,...
Spyshots: BMW i3 Winter Testing
30 Jan 2012, 10:16 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / BMW is taking advantage of the cold weather these days, testing the prototype version of the i3 electric vehicle with our spy photographers recently meeting the car in Munich. We'll remind you ...
Ford EV Smartphone App
12 Jan 2012, 16:57 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Many top automotive producers are promoting electric vehicles, but in order for these cars to become widespread, the industry needs to facilitate their use and an important part of this is represent...
Mitusbishi UK Dealers to Become Electric Vehicle Centres
4 Jan 2012, 16:19 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Mitsubishi’s UK division today announced that its entire network of franchised dealers will become a group of Mitsubishi Electric Vehicle Centres starting from this month. By the end of Mar...
Tesla Roadster Final Edition Revealed
20 Dec 2011, 17:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Tesla has decided on a very cool little swan-song for the EV that put the on the map in the first place. The model you see here is the Roadster Final Edition is exclusive to the North American marke...
Ford Focus Electric: First to Return 100 MPGe
14 Dec 2011, 13:38 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ford recently announced that the 2012 Focus Electric has managed to become the first all-electric, five-seater vehicle to return a fuel efficiency of 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe). In it...
VW's Detroit 2012 Offensive: New EV Concept, Jetta Hybrid
14 Dec 2011, 11:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / For a while now, we thought that VW Group would largely stay out of the electric and hybrid game since they have so many clean diesel engines to pay with. But a whole new market for eco-cars is begi...