Obama Signs Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act
5 Jan 2011, 14:57 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / US President Barack Obama signed into law the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act that is said to provide extra protection to blind people and other pedestrians from new vehicles whose engines are bec...
No Problem Between Audi and VW on A1 Rotary EV
5 Jan 2011, 10:08 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Audi was believed to take its very own route when going the electric way and develop a special version of the A1 model equipped with a lithium ion battery pack and gasoline combustion rotary engine....
autoEVolution
30 Dec 2010, 15:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Have you seen Iron Man 2? Remember the ex-wife bullet/mini-rocket used by Stark's rival to arm the unpainted Iron Man suit? A lot of noise that bullet made, before harmlessly hitting the oversi...
2011, Make It or Break It for EVs
28 Dec 2010, 15:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The end of this year brought with it the launch of the world's first two electric vehicles for the masses, built by established manufacturers. The Nissan Leaf and the Chevrolet Volt are hoped t...
MOBI.E Receives Nissan LEAF Fleet
22 Dec 2010, 18:10 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Portuguese electric mobility consortium MOBI.E has become the first commercial European customer of the world’s first mass-market 100% electric vehicle, thanks to a delivery of nine Nissan LEA...
GE Unveils First Charging Station on Purdue University Campus
22 Dec 2010, 17:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The new Chevrolet Volt took the first charge from the recently unveiled electric vehicle charging station on the Purdue University campus by General Electric Energy-Industrial Solutions. The chargin...
GM Wants to Triple Electric Car Sales
22 Dec 2010, 09:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors has already crowned the newly-released Chevrolet Volt as its flagship product, so taking full advantage of its features is just a way to make the model more profitable. But what CEO D...
Axa to Provide Roadside Assistance to Renault EVs
21 Dec 2010, 15:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Renault is making the final touches to its plans to introduce the first electric vehicles so, to be sure everything is going to be right, it signed a deal with Axa Assistance to provide roadside ass...
Nissan Leaf Battery Status Check by Telenor
21 Dec 2010, 11:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aside for bringing a breath of fresh air to the choking automotive industry, electric vehicles will also spawn a new owner experience for their buyers. From now on, owning a vehicle will forever cha...
Think City Gets Four Seats
20 Dec 2010, 09:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Things seem to be going as planned for Norwegian electric vehicle manufacturer Think. Last week, Think officially kicked off production of the City EV in the US and even delivered the first batch of...
Bluecar EV Sharing for Paris
19 Dec 2010, 19:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We are confident most of you are pretty familiar with the bike rental services available in some of the European countries. If you're not, here's a quick sum-up: bikes are spread throughou...
Ford Transit Electric LEAD Program Complete
17 Dec 2010, 16:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The roll out of the first batches of the Ford Transit Electric vehicles next year to selected customers its entering the final leg, after the company behind the electric drive train fitted on the mo...
First Think City Delivered to the State of Indiana
17 Dec 2010, 09:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The production at the new Think assembly plant in Elkhart, Indiana, is on its way now, following half of month of tweaking and testing the assembly lines. Only a day after the official start of prod...
Think Starts US Production
17 Dec 2010, 09:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having received the certification needed for the City EV from the California Air Resources Board (CARB), Norwegian electric vehicle manufacturer Think kicked off production of the model at its brand...
BMW Wants to Sit and Watch Market Reactions to EVs
16 Dec 2010, 12:55 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / While most automakers seem to follow the eco-mobility trend, some remain skeptical about whether the market is ready for EV adoption or not. BMW, launching its electric car program in 2013, said it ...
Ford Plant Turns Full Green
15 Dec 2010, 06:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In what American manufacturer Ford called today a world's first, news of the Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne getting ready to produce three versions of electric vehicles under one roof was mad...
UK Announces the Nine EVs Eligible for Subsidies
14 Dec 2010, 15:37 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The British government has just announced the name of the nine electric vehicles that are eligible for subsidies if purchased until the end of March 2012. In an effort to encourage British drivers a...
Ampera Qualifies for Plug-In Car Grant of £5,000
14 Dec 2010, 10:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We’ve just announced that the Toyota Prius is eligible for as much as £5000 ($8,000 or €5,900) in government grants. Now it’s the Ampera’s turn under the spotlight, as i...
Southern California Gets Its First Nissan LEAF
14 Dec 2010, 08:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Nissan turns every LEAF delivery into a grand event moment, bringing the customer that was "smart" enough (we're not saying it ironically, this is what the Japanese carmaker thinks ab...
Cali to Become EV Capital of the World
13 Dec 2010, 22:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Always at the forefront of green initiatives, California proves once again that it plans to be a force to be reckoned with in the bright future ahead by announcing a new endeavor meant to put it at ...