EV Industry Desperately Searching for Engineers
13 Dec 2010, 08:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ever since the recession started pushing large carmakers into bankruptcy, companies tried to reduce costs as much as possible and their cost-cutting plans usually included significant layoffs that s...
Companies Could Fully Adopt Hybrids and EVs Within a Decade
10 Dec 2010, 17:17 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Companies could ditch petrol powered cars in their fleets in favor of more eco-friendly vehicles powered by alternative fuels, according to a study carried out by Lex Autolease in the UK. "D...
Green GT Unveils Prototype Electric Racer
9 Dec 2010, 18:03 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Swiss-based group Green GT manages to amaze us once again, presenting a reiteration of its ambitious electric racer. The 300KW Green GT is an evolution of the Le Mans Prototype-style racer that was ...
Fifty Electric Taxis Prepared for Beijing
9 Dec 2010, 11:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Beijing is undoubtedly one of the cities that have to counteract pollution immediately and, in order to do so, the local officials are trying to change a few things in the auto sector, beginning wit...
Infineon Dreams of Joystick Steered EVs
9 Dec 2010, 11:02 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / The global warming and resources depletion myths forced automakers to find new transportation solutions for a so-called sustainable society of the future. While car manufacturers around the world st...
Beijing to Install 36,000 EV Charging Stations
9 Dec 2010, 10:53 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / China, as one of the largest auto markets in the world, is continuously looking into ways to support the auto industry and the EV sector in particular. Not only because carmakers are constantly brin...
Citroen C-Zero Offered in Carsharing Service for Businesses
9 Dec 2010, 09:55 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Citroen Business France partnered with Carbox to provide companies and local authorities with the first 100% electric BtoB (business-to-business) carsharing service. The battery powered C-Zero will ...
Nissan Shows LEAF at Eco-Products 2010
9 Dec 2010, 08:06 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Nissan will participate in Japan's largest exhibition of environmentally-friendly products and services, Eco-Products 2010. This year's exhibition is themed "Green x Clean Revolution!...
Toyota, Daimler, BMW Turn to Tesla-inspired Laptop Battery Solution
8 Dec 2010, 19:37 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Toyota Motor Corp, Daimler AG and BMW AG are looking at laptop batteries to power their electric cars, following an example set by California-based automaker Tesla Motors. The three aforementioned a...
Takayanagi Miluira Retro EV - An Electric Vehicle from the Past
8 Dec 2010, 14:51 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / While most of today's electric vehicles struggle to keep up with their internal-combustion engined equivalents, the Takayanagi Miluira Retro EV boasts an unparalleled styling approach inspired ...
Ford Begins Transit Connect Electric Deliveries
7 Dec 2010, 17:29 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Ford and Azure Dynamics have begun shipping the Ford Transit Connect Electric to North America and the UK. The all-electric commercial vehicles come equipped with Azure Dynamics’ patented Forc...
Toyota Dismisses Lithium Ion Batteries for 10 More Years
6 Dec 2010, 10:23 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / The leader in hybrid technology, production and sales, Toyota Motor Corporation, says it will stay with nickel-metal batteries for at least 10 more years. This comes as a surprise, as most of Toyota...
Tesla Roadster Sport BRABUS Green Package Full Details Released
6 Dec 2010, 09:53 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Recognizing that petrol-burning performance cars might be a thing of the past, German tuner and manufacturer BRABUS is trying to make a name for itself with green electric sportscar. It was the firs...
Mitsubishi i-MiEV to Sell in the Supermarket
6 Dec 2010, 08:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In an electronics specialist's supermarket, that is. Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi announced over the weekend it had agreed with electronics retailer Yamada-Denki on a combined effort which ...
Renault-Nissan: Everything for EVs
6 Dec 2010, 07:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Renault-Nissan has invested massively in the EV industry in the last couple of years and the number of Zero-Emission agreements it signed with authorities and organizations from all over the world i...
First Ever EV Recall: Think City, 850 of Them
4 Dec 2010, 08:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Being probably (still) the single full EV marketed with a good degree of success on the European market, the Think City has been so far a car to dream about: small, not polluting, cheap to run, perf...
Renault Tests Chinese Market with Fluence EV
3 Dec 2010, 14:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A small number of Fluence EVs will be delivered by Renault to the Chinese market next year, in order to measure the success of a possible future move into the Asian electric car market made by the F...
Peugeot Boss Urges Spanish Govt to Support EV Adoption
2 Dec 2010, 10:57 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Governments around the world have established numerous programmes to support the adoption of electric vehicles and encourage drivers to replace their traditional gasoline powered vehicle with a gree...
London G-Wiz Limited Edition Launched
2 Dec 2010, 07:56 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The G-Wiz electric vehicle has just received a limited edition that celebrates the car’s strong bond with London. The London G-Wiz was commissioned by GoinGreen, the retailer of the EV and was...
Rinspeed Bamboo Concept Introduced
1 Dec 2010, 13:58 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When you hear the Rinspeed name, you instantly think at original automotive creations that seem to be coming from another world. The Swiss company is now introducing a new development, in the form o...