Archive: October 2009
Panasonic Linking PC Batteries Together To Power Cars
If Panasonic gets its way, your average laptop battery could be the electric vehicle power source of the future. The Japanese consumer electronics company announced Thursday that it has developed a method of binding standard lithium-ion batteries together (Tesla Motors style), for use in...
Nissan to Unveil Electric Land Glider At Tokyo Motor Show
Later this month, Nissan Motor Co. will unveil its two seat electric Land Glider at the Tokyo Motor Show. Not content with the Leaf as their only EV, Nissan is hoping to... October 8, 2009 by Eric Loveday 1
Infiniti Preparing M35 Hybrid For Spring Of 2011
In March we told you that Nissan's luxury brand, Infiniti, planned to release a hybrid version of their M sedan. Today the Japanese automaker has confirmed that the new... October 7, 2009 by Robert Scardino 1
Preview: 2012 Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid
Our editor Marty Padgett is spending the day with Volkswagen, driving new models, learning about advanced technologies, and quizzing executives. Here's his preview of VW's... October 7, 2009 by Marty Padgett
Electric Cars Are Real Cars: 2011 Chevy Volt Climbs Pike's Peak
We've written before about some of the misconceptions around high-mileage and electric cars, among them that they're essentially glorified golf carts. Now the test engineers... October 7, 2009 by John Voelcker 2
Toyota Goes Steampunk With New Electric-Car Concept for Tokyo
It hasn't been a great year for Toyota in the U.S., with a recall of 3.8 million vehicles for possible floor-mat hazards and a dire shortage of 2010 Prius hybrid models. So... October 7, 2009 by John Voelcker 1
Green Car of the Year Finalists: Three Hybrids, Two Diesels
The five finalists for the 2010 Green Car of the Year Award include three hybrid models--two Japanese hatchbacks and one U.S. sedan--and a pair of German clean-diesel cars... October 7, 2009 by John Voelcker
GreenTech Unveils 4 Fuel Efficient Prototypes, Seeking Investors for Mississippi Production Plant
GreenTech, a small startup company with old ties to Brilliance China Automotive, recently unveiled 4 fuel efficient prototype vehicles that they hope to build at a... October 7, 2009 by Eric Loveday 5
Mazda Raising $1 Billion in Funds for Hybrid Vehicles
Mazda hopes to raise 96 billion yen which translates to about $1 billion in order to fund the development of new hybrid models and additional advanced technology vehicles. ... October 7, 2009 by Eric Loveday 2
Toyota to Officially Unveil FT-EV II Concept in Tokyo
Toyota is slowly getting closer to what appears to be a production ready EV. This new concept, which will be displayed first at the Tokyo Motor Show, shows that the company... October 7, 2009 by Eric Loveday 4
Bentley Backs Away From Biofuel Bomber, At Least For Awhile
We've always been more than a little skeptical about Bentley's biofuel claims for its 2010 Continental Supersports hot rod. We think it's very, very unlikely that owners of a... October 6, 2009 by John Voelcker
Zenn Motors Remains Confident of EESU Delivery by Year End
The saga of the Zenn Motors and EEStor continues to wind on. For those that don't know, EEStor is a Texas-startup reportedly secretly building a powerful new energy storage... October 6, 2009 by Lyle Dennis 6
Hybrid Sales Plummet After Cash-For-Clunkers Credits Quit
We knew all along that the Cash-For-Clunkers program induced July and August car buyers to go for vehicles they might not otherwise have chosen, specifically smaller cars... October 6, 2009 by John Voelcker 1
Daimler CEO Discusses Future of EVs and Fuel Cell Vehicles
Most major automakers have scheduled the release of an EV within the next few years. Daimler is one such company which promises us an EV soon. However, many automakers do... October 6, 2009 by Eric Loveday 4
Portable, Automatic Battery Swapping Trailer Displayed at AltCar Expo
On display at the AltCar expo in Santa Monica was this intriguing battery swapping concept pictured above. Though it was little more than a small scale, model mock up, the... October 6, 2009 by Eric Loveday 1
Hybrid Sales Fall 48.4 % From August to September As Clunkers Program Dissappears
The Cash For Clunkers program was highly successful at boosting sales of many different types of vehicles including hybrids. During the program, hybrid sales soared for... October 6, 2009 by Eric Loveday 1
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