Toshiba to Build EV Motors, Plant in Houston
23 Jun 2010, 06:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Toshiba announced yesterday it is expanding its presence in the automotive sector with the start of production of high-performance drive motors for hybrid, hybrid electric and ...
Dow Kokam Battery Plant Breaks Ground
22 Jun 2010, 07:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Work on what is supposed to be an 800,000 square-foot, large-format battery manufacturing facility has begun yesterday in Midland, Michigan, with Dow Chemical Company, TK Advanced Battery, Groupe In...
Plugless EV Charging System Closer to Production
16 Jun 2010, 09:19 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Evatran, the manufacturer of the world’s first cordless electric vehicle charging system, announced it will receive a $1.25 million grant through Wythe County’s Joint Industrial Developm...
Think Makes First EV Fleet Sale in Switzerland
16 Jun 2010, 09:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Norwegian electric vehicle manufacturer announced today it has completed the first fleet sale of EVs in Switzerland and, at the same time "the most exciting retail agreement' made by Think...
New South Wales to Start Smart Grid Testing
15 Jun 2010, 09:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The government of New South Wales announced this week the start of a AU$100 million "smart grid" testing and demonstration, with 20 electric vehicles to put the network through its paces. ...
Renault Nissan Alliance Expands to New Zealand
14 Jun 2010, 07:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The push for electrification by French-Japanese Renault Nissan alliance got another boost over the weekend, as the two carmakers announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with t...
Proterra Electric Bus Maker Secures $20M Funding
9 Jun 2010, 12:56 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Proterra, a heavy-duty eco vehicle manufacturer based in Golgen, Colorado, announced that it has received $20 million in funding from clean tech investor MK Energy and Infrastructure. The money w...
Audi Kicks Off EV Production Competition
7 Jun 2010, 09:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German carmaker Audi announced today it will start a competition aimed at developing new ideas for production of electric vehicles. Called “The Production of Electric Automobiles,” the c...
BBC to Drive the Think Across Europe
4 Jun 2010, 07:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In what may be the very first documentary of an electric vehicle trekking the countries of Europe, Norwegian electric carmaker Think announced in has partnered with BBC for a historic trip called BB...
THINK Makes First Step Into Brazil
2 Jun 2010, 12:37 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Scandinavian electric vehicle maker THINK is continuing the expansion plan that has seen the company enter new European markets, as well as announce plans to start new operations in the U.S. and...
Excitement Over Germany's EV Ambitions Fades
31 May 2010, 08:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Back at the beginning of May, Germany was in celebration over the launch of the country's National Electric Mobility Platform (NEMP). All that enthusiasm and excitement have now faded away, as ...
Think Supports Electric Vehicle Deployment Act
31 May 2010, 06:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With prices for electric vehicles still above the price of the average internal combustion car, it's no wonder electric car manufacturers are all lobbying for the implementation of more and mor...
Michelin Challenge Bibendum 2010 Kicks Off This Weekend in Rio de Janeiro
28 May 2010, 11:55 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The 10th Michelin Challenge Bibendum will kick off in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday, May 30, with the eco competition ending on Thursday, June 3.The Rally will include acceleration, noise and ha...
Azure Dynamics Deliver 100 Balance Hybrid Electric Walk Vehicles
27 May 2010, 12:29 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Azure Dynamics announced that it will deliver a fleet of 100 Balance Hybrid Electric Walk vehicles to Ohio-based Cintas Corporation, with the shipment scheduled for the fourth quarter of the current...
Americans Prefer Inexpensive Eco Engine Technologies
27 May 2010, 12:28 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The American consumers are willing to adopt more efficient transportation solutions, but they prefer technologies that offer enhanced fuel economy for existing gasoline powered technologies at a low...
Daimler and BYD Establish 50:50 Electric Vehicle JV in China
27 May 2010, 10:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Daimler AG and BYD signed a contract creating a 50:50 research and development technology joint venture for the development of an electric vehicle in China, with the new company using the Shenzen B...
Nissan Leaf Sold Out for the Year
27 May 2010, 10:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Talk about a sizzling start... The world's first mass-produced electric vehicle, the Leaf, turns out to be a hit the size of which Nissan itself didn't even dare to dream. According to the...
Magna Interested in Battery Production
27 May 2010, 09:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Even if an expansion into the hybrid and EV sectors by the biggest automotive supplier in North America, Magna International, has been somewhat hinted by several of its executives, one of the compan...
Mahindra Buys REVA EV Producer
26 May 2010, 12:33 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Mahindra & Mahindra has expanded its presence in the electric vehicles segment, as the company has acquired the majority stake in REVA Electric Car Company. The move will see the latter being re...
4.7M Charging Points On the Road by 2015
26 May 2010, 10:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As electric vehicles become more and more part of our daily lives, several research institutes try to give us a better idea on how the world will look like in the near future, based on current evolu...