27 Jan 2011, 10:37 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Tesla Motors has already revealed, through the voice of its CEO, the future product plans, with several electric vehicles to hit the market in a few years. Since we're talking about an EV manuf...
27 Jan 2011, 07:57 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Nissan continues the construction of its manufacturing facility in Smyrna, Tennessee, which will produce lithium-ion batteries for the company's first all-electric vehicle already on sale in th...
15 Jan 2011, 15:02 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Kids now have yet another toy to wish for, as Chicco have just announced the release of a remote control motorcycle toy for toddlers, priced around $39.99 (depending on the retailer). The new Ducati...
13 Jan 2011, 10:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / According to Bloomberg report, Toyota is had at work developing a magnesium battery for their future hybrid models. The magnesium-sulfar alternative to lithium models is being developed at the carma...
12 Jan 2011, 11:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you have been watching our coverage of the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), then you already know that Swedish manufacturer Volvo planned and, by all accounts, succeeded in impress...
11 Jan 2011, 18:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Last year, Volvo brought along a road-ready C30 Electric to the Detroit Auto Show. This time, the company which prides itself on safety is showing what the EV looks after a 64 km/h (40 mph) controll...
10 Jan 2011, 10:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / And now we can safely say we've seen it all... Perhaps for the first time in the history of the automotive industry, a crashed vehicle will take its rightful place under the spotlight of a majo...
7 Jan 2011, 21:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After nearly a year of waiting, the first passenger electric vehicle wearing the Blue Oval as a logo broke cover this week in Las Vegas, where Ford is attending the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show. T...
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...
7 Dec 2010, 16:08 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Today's battery technology is in an incipient form that cannot sustain the emerging eco-friendly car industry. Fortunately, Toyota takes matters into its own hands and proposes a solid state ba...
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...
2 Dec 2010, 17:42 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / The Global Research team at General Electric announced an EV advancement today, that could proliferate EVs and maybe even lead to a widespread adoption of the electric bus. The company demonstrated ...
23 Nov 2010, 14:20 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Back in August, Sanyo Electric Co, the world's biggest maker of lithium ion cells, has completed construction of the “Kasai Green Energy Park” lithium-ion production facility in Hyo...
20 Nov 2010, 13:26 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Toyota announced its plans to release a range of greener vehicles. Among them are 11 new conventional hybrids and a plug-in hybrid based on the current Prius. Toyota claims that one of the hybrids, ...
28 Oct 2010, 04:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Toyota has a goal, a very sane one, given the size and needs of the company: make money. From everything, anything and however. Since selling cars proved to be quite a hard nut...
26 Oct 2010, 10:52 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German automaker Volkswagen and their two joint venture partners seem to be keen on invading China with electric cars, despite the lack of a national charging infrastructure. While Shanghai-VW are w...
7 Oct 2010, 09:08 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Automotive batteries supplier Johnson Controls announced today it plans to invest $118 million to build a third automotive battery plant in China. The new plant is set be located in Chongqing, joini...
25 Sep 2010, 08:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The world of the electric vehicles is currently evolving at a very rapid pace, with more and more models being released or announced as scheduled for production on a nearly daily basis. There are ho...
21 Sep 2010, 14:21 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / General Motors announced today it has signed a partnership with ABB Group to develop pilot projects for re-using the batteries from the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle. The automaker believes the ba...
11 Sep 2010, 13:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As GM's needs for lithium-ion batteries will increase over the next few years, having taken all the required steps today might just help the carmaker have the upper hand over its competitors in...