NESTIA Born to Boost EVs in China
31 Aug 2010, 08:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Last week, the Chinese Assets Supervision and Administration Commission announced the creation of perhaps the biggest local project to date meant to promote EVs and their use in the fastest growing ...
Chevy Trains First Responders to Handle EV Crashes
28 Aug 2010, 09:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Not wanting to leave anything to chance, American manufacturer Chevrolet announced today that, in partnership with OnStar and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), will begin a series of ...
Manhattan Parking Lots to Get EV Chargers
26 Aug 2010, 14:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The expansion of the charging points for electric vehicles will soon reach several parking lots in Manhattan thanks to the Car Charging Group, an EV charging solutions provider which will begin inst...
Electric Vehicles for US TARDEC
25 Aug 2010, 07:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the rapid expansion of the electric vehicles engulfing most of today's world, it was only a matter of time until the military began contemplating the idea of operating environmentally frie...
Chinese Carmakers Join Forces on Mega EV Project
24 Aug 2010, 10:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The efforts which began last year and were aimed at reducing the huge number of companies which are manufacturing cars in China (well over a hundred such companies, according to last year's est...
Ford Tests EV Batteries Using Wireless Tech
21 Aug 2010, 06:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As one of the manufacturers who will release in the years to come a whole range of electric vehicles, Ford is currently hard at work testing the batteries which will go into those vehicles. In an at...
Think Finishes E-Miglia 2010
20 Aug 2010, 07:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Yet another competition intended for electric vehicles started and concluded this week, taking several EVs on a trip which lasted four days and traveled 560 kilometers (348 miles). The competition b...
Zero Race Day One
17 Aug 2010, 15:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Worthy more of the marathon name, given its incredibly long route (30,000 km/ 18,641) and duration (80 days), the world's first ever race of this magnitude for electric vehicle kicked off on Au...
DeLaSalle EV Video Released
17 Aug 2010, 14:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The group of students from the DeLaSalle School in Kansas City who are working on the car which is poised to receive the Guinness World Records title for efficiency performance have released this we...
Zero Race EV Competition Kicks Off Today
16 Aug 2010, 12:13 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Canadian Solar, one of the world’s largest solar companies, announced the sponsorship of an unique, zero-emission, electric car race. Dubbed ZERO race, the competition is debuting today at ...
DeLaSalle EV Aims for World Record
13 Aug 2010, 13:24 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The big automotive producers aren't the only ones shaking the world of electric vehicles. A number of universities from around the world are also contributing to the EV development. The late...
Wireless EV Charging Explained
9 Aug 2010, 18:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the first batches of electric vehicles just months away from hitting the market, all eyes turn to that part of the EV world called infrastructure. A sort of make it or brake it deal, the exist...
Portland GE Opens US' First Quick Charge Station
6 Aug 2010, 07:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first quick charging station for electric vehicles in the US became operational this week in Portland, Oregon. Operated by Portland General Electric (GE), the station is capable of recharging an...
Plugless Power Wireless EV Charging Coming in 2011
6 Aug 2010, 07:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the world's first two electric vehicle rivals are getting ready to be launched onto the market, the main battle has moved from the two carmakers who produce them, Nissan and Chevrolet, to th...
Coulomb ChargePoint Installed in Anaheim
4 Aug 2010, 10:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The push to become the largest charging solutions provider for EVs in the US is intensifying, with more and more charging points being installed by specialized companies in more locations across the...
UK Revs Up Charging Infrastructure
2 Aug 2010, 07:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After last week the British government gave a green light to an incentive program aimed at encouraging its citizens to buy electric vehicles, the country is now getting ready to step up efforts to g...
Roush to Manufacture Blink Chargers
29 Jul 2010, 10:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The rise of the electric vehicle segment, as well as the industries which support it, is making companies not usually linked with EVs get into the heat of the moment and announce their involvement i...
White House Supports Green Cars Financing
29 Jul 2010, 06:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The $4.4 billion funding aimed at supporting the adoption of natural gas-powered and electric vehicles adoption in the US has received the backing of the White House this week, opening the doors for...
UL Starts EV Training Programs
28 Jul 2010, 15:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Being an area of expertise not so common until recently, the installation of charging stations for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles requires some sort of training for it to be correct. Until now...
UK to Give 5,000 Pounds to EV Buyers
28 Jul 2010, 10:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following several months of uncertainty, the new British government has approved a piece of legislation which will give future buyers of electric vehicles 5,000 pounds off the price of the vehicle. ...