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Wanxiang-VL Offer For Fisker Reported To Be Just $20 Million

Yesterday we reported that two companies, VL Automotive and China's Wanxiang Group, had put in a bid for struggling automaker Fisker Automotive. It's now become clear just how little the ailing plug-in carmaker is worth to investors and buyers, with Reuters revealing the VL and Wanxiang bid...

May 23, 2013 by Antony Ingram 6

Tesla Repays $465-Million DoE Loan, Chrysler Bites Back At Claim

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Gasoline, Diesel, Hybrids And Plug-Ins: The Efficiency Leaders

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2014 Chevrolet Spark EV Electric Car Priced At $27,495

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Four Used Plug-In Electric Cars To Avoid

There are lots of very good plug-in electric cars for sale now, and some of them are starting to show up on used-car lots. We recently suggested some used hybrid-electric... May 22, 2013 by John Voelcker 35

Electric-car charging station locations as of May 2013, combined data from Recargo and Xatori

Electric-Car Charging Station Locator App Companies To Merge

Two companies that make apps to let electric-car drivers locate nearby charging stations will merge, they announced today. Recargo and Xatori will combine their communities... May 22, 2013 by John Voelcker 6

2012 Audi Q7 quattro 4-door 3.0L TDI Premium Grille

Audi Startled By Tesla Sales Success? Deleted Press Release Seems To Say So

It may be that short sellers and naysayers aren't the only ones a bit surprised these days at the positive press received by electric-car maker Tesla. Yesterday, Germany... May 21, 2013 by John Voelcker 28

Better Place Renault Fluence ZE on the streets of Jerusalem

One Year With Better Place: Electric-Car Driver's Report

Today marks my first anniversary driving a Better Place Renault Fluence ZE battery-electric car. So it seemed appropriate to summarize my experience to date with the Better... May 21, 2013 by Brian of London 5

Infiniti's 'Luxury Leaf' Electric Car Will Wait For Inductive Charging

It's been a few years since Infiniti confirmed it was working on a luxury sedan based on the Nissan Leaf, but little extra information has emerged since then. Autocar reports... May 21, 2013 by Antony Ingram 17

NJ Per-Mile Tax Already Scrapped, Electric Car Fee Proposed Instead

A New Jersey senator's plan to drop gas tax and charge all vehicles a per-mile fee has already been scrapped, according to reports. Instead, Asbury Park Press reports the... May 21, 2013 by Antony Ingram 12

Home Depot To Refund Taxes To Electric-Car Charging Station Buyers

Many states offer discounts, rebates, and other incentives for the purchase of infrastructure improvements that encourage electric-car ownership. Washington is one such... May 20, 2013 by Richard Read 4

Battery pack assembly at Nissan plant in Smyrna, Tennessee

How Are Electric-Car Batteries Made? Photos From Nissan's New Plant

Making a battery for an electric car is more like assembling microelectronics than the kind of auto-plant scenes we think of, involving huge steel stamping presses and... May 20, 2013 by John Voelcker 1

Sales Of Renault Zoe Off To Strong Start In France, Trounces Leaf

Tesla's Model S might be making all the headlines, but there's a smaller, more accessible electric car with equally high expectations placed upon it. That electric car is the... May 20, 2013 by Antony Ingram 14

Nissan Leaf electric car with eVgo quick charging station. [courtesy eVgo]

California Drivers Very Happy With Their Plug-In Electric Cars

With Chevy's Volt topping customer satisfaction surveys for the last few years running, it's no surprise to hear that other plug-in electric cars are also popular with... May 20, 2013 by Antony Ingram 10

First 2011 Nissan Leaf delivered to buyer, San Francisco, Dec 2010, photo by Eugene Lee

100,000th Plug-In Electric Car In U.S. Sold Today (More Or Less)

Sometime yesterday or today, the 100,000th modern plug-in electric car was delivered to a buyer somewhere in the U.S. The exact buyer and car will likely never be known. But... May 20, 2013 by John Voelcker 8

Elon Musk signs new 2013 Tesla Model S at Tesla Store opening, Austin, Texas [photo: John Griswell]

Can Tesla Raise More Than $1 Billion On Soaring Stock Price?

Investors in startup electric-car maker Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] have had quite the wild ride lately. Following its first-ever profitable quarter, with its share price... May 19, 2013 by John Voelcker 15

Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover (Image: NASA)

Electric Vehicle Sets Longest-Distance-Traveled Record...On Another Planet!

A vehicle journey of just over 22 miles hasn't really been cause for celebration since the dawn of the motor car itself, when low speeds and unpaved roads made it more... May 18, 2013 by Antony Ingram 2

Wyoming Lithium To Make U.S. Self-Sufficient In Electric-Car Batteries?

It's a major threat to national security: A natural resource needed by one or many nations is controlled by only a few countries, which don't much like how the rest of the... May 17, 2013 by John Voelcker 31

2013 Mitsubishi MiEV Evolution II electric race car

Mitsubishi Electric Race Car To Tackle Pikes Peak Hill Climb Once Again

Mitsubishi caused a stir at last year's Pikes Peak hill climb with its electric i-MiEV Evolution race car, and the team is returning this year to challenge for overall... May 17, 2013 by Antony Ingram 1