Electric Cars

 Audi will not follow BMW in trying to position itself as a green brand, according to Chairman of the Audi board of management, Rupert Stadler. "We want to take out weight and want to further diesel and FSI technology. We can still improve fuel consumption. But we will not position Audi as a green...

The Toyota Prius is the poster child of the green car movement.  Its overall sales volume speaks for itself as the Prius has outsold every other hybrid model and the trends show that this dominance is likely to continue for some time.  The Prius has won countless awards for its innovative...

General Motors considers education a very important element in marketing the Chevrolet Volt. People have to understand the benefits of driving on electricity for environmental, social , and economic aspects.  Learning the meaning of range anxiety and the advantage of an EREV over a pure EV is...

It's no mystery that Nissan CEO, Carlos Ghosn, wants electric vehicles to be a significant part of the Japanese automaker's future. He takes every chance he gets to advertise his ambitions and he's got the Leaf EV to champion his cause (and perhaps more importantly for Nissan, to take some press...

If you recall a story we printed here back in March highlighting one of the numerous Memorandums of Understanding that Mitsubishi had signed in connection with the i-MiEV with several countries, then you may recall that the Principality of Monaco was on that list.  Read the previous story here. ...

The CEO of Fisker, Mr. Henrik Fisker himself, announced that production of the companies plug-in EREV Karma will be delayed slightly.  Though the delay does not comes as a surprise, its certainly a disappointment for some interested buyers. The company had previously stated that the Karma would...

Beware Best Buy customers. Next time the Geek Squad drops by to accidentally crash your hard drive or drop your brand new plasma, you might not hear them coming. That's because Mitsubishi has agreed to lease Best Buy's electronics "professionals" four JDM-spec i-MiEVs (Mitsubishi Innovative...

Just weeks ago, two journalists had the first opportunities to drive the Chevy Volt in the highly discussed charge sustaining mode.  Though their overall reviews of the vehicle were of high praise, both commented that the vehicle needed additional work transitioning from electric drive to battery...

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  The people have spoken and they've chosen Viridian Joule as the name of the Chevy Volt's green-gray paint color. Dave Thomas, of Sanford, Florida came up with the winning entry which beat the second place offering, "enviroMint" by nearly 300 votes. "EV-ergreen" came in third, falling 400 votes...

Mazda is one of only a handful of companies who remain uncommitted to electric vehicles.  Up until now, the company has shown little interest in anything with alternative propulsion.  Over the past year, they have dismissed a possible hybrid model, then confirmed a hybrid model, discredited EVs...

Quantum Technologies, the source for Fisker Automotive's hybrid electric propulsion systems, has just announced that it is providing all the equipment for Shell to open a hydrogen refueling station at the entrance of JFK International Airport. This new hydrogen fueling station will allow the...

Nissan continues to make headlines on a regular basis.  The much talked about Leaf EV is of course the center of attraction for the company.  Numerous articles have popped up recently discussing every aspect of the vehicle. A recent article on this site discussed the possibility of leasing the...

According to Toyota, the company has received around 14,000 pre-orders for their new SAI hybrid sedan that is scheduled to go on sale in Japan early next month. Toyota did not anticipate a sales volume of this magnitude.  According to the company, they had set a sales target of only 3,000 units...

Ford might need to upsize their trophy case for all the awards the new Fusion is winning. Just two weeks ago, the Fusion was awarded Motor Trend's golden calipers as the 2010 Car of the Year, beating out the Honda Insight, the Lexus HS 250h, and the Toyota Prius, among numerous others. Now Car and...

Electronic Arts and Capstone Turbine Corporation introduce the CMT-380 HEV.

The latest production prototype 2011 Chevrolet Volt  features these unusual door panels -A sort of screen-printed psychedelic motif depicting vaguely science-ey,  geometric forms swooping along on curved lines of force (no doubt the winds of change). According to chief Volt engineer,  Andrew...

The Business of Plugging in Expo presented all types of information pertinent to electrically motivated vehicles.  Speakers covered numerous topics and hundreds of industry experts were on hand.  The expo, considered the largest of its type, grow each and every year as electric vehicles become a...

According to a report from Automotive News, the future all electric vehicle from Nissan's luxury brand Infiniti will focus on the performance image that the company itself has portrayed over the last few years. As Infiniti Business Unit Vice President Ben Poore said, " You can really turn up the...

Indianapolis-based battery maker EnerDel is tied closely to the Th!nk electric car company  and to other automakers moving into the EV and PHEV field such as Nissan.   But it seems that the company is now expanding it's activities beyond automotive power units and into the area of the larger...