Electric Cars

Today, Mitsubishi announced their plans to cut the price of the i-MiEV in half in by the mid 2010s.  They have set a new target price of 2 million yen or about $21,000 including tax breaks and incentives.  Currently, the i-MiEV will hits the streets in April for a purchase price of around $47,000...

Toyota has logged 180,000 total orders for its new Prius, a number that crushes sales of the Insight. Through last minute price drops and high anticipation, Toyota has managed to pull off a stunning feat.  Initially, they expected to sell 10,000 Priuses a month, but demand is sky high leading to...

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is not one to shy away from controversy. Recently, Martin Ebehard, Tesla's former CEO, filed suit against the company for libel, slander, and breech of contract. Musk has written a new voluminous blog post in an effort "to correct several misconceptions propagated by...

The San Francisco Bay area has added its third community to its growing list of public charging stations. The community of Walnut Creek joins San Francisco and San Jose as communities in the Bay Area to offer public charging areas for EVs.  The three cities all utilize the ChargePoint system from...

In a live webchat on Friday, our illustrious Editor-In-Chief, Lyle Dennis, posed a question to GM North America President, Troy Clarke, regarding collaboration with Toyota, given the American automaker's failed economic state.Dennis: What are some possible options under consideration for GM’s...

Say you're an eco-conscious tourist on vacation in Italy and you'd like to explore the outskirts of Milan, but you left your driver's license in the hotel safe. No problem. Catch a cab 25 miles northeast to Bergamo and rent an Italian-made Startlab Open Street EV. The Startlab is an electric...

South Korea has decided to give a go at creating a consortium on electric vehicles. The consortium will consist of governmental institutions, automakers, and battery manufacturers.  The group will be united in an effort to qork together to develop electric vehicles in the near future.  South...

Bright Automotive has assembled a team of leading battery pack experienced individuals and hopes that their real world knowledge of batteries will make them front runners for government grant funding.  Click here to read about who Bright Automotive has added to their experienced team. According to...

MINI E Electric Car 1 Year Test Drive

The automotive world held it's breath as Mitsubishi announced the production schedule for the i-MiEV.  Would they be the first major automaker to bring an EV to market and sell to the general public?  Close, but not quite.  And close doesn't get you a world's first.  Of all companies, Subaru...

China is obviously committed to making the change from fossil fuels to electric power to move their vehicles. It seems that news of electric vehicle development is pouring out of China, with new partnership announcements coming one after the other every week. This deal is no exception, with Detroit...

Renault has recently announced that they will unveil three new electric vehicles at the Frankfurt Motor Show this year. One of the three vehicles will be a concept EV set for a possible release date in 2012.  The other two vehicles have been mentioned before and they include the production ready...

On Tuesday, the Department of Energy made official announcements regarding the recipients of $11 million in funding that will go towards the development of advanced batteries for electric drive vehicles.  Many companies were in line, but the government dwindled down the list to just a few. Some...

  Late Thursday the US Senate passed the $106 billion war appropriations bill which had previously been passed by the House of Representatives.  Included in the bill was a $1 billion provision called "cash for clunkers."  This money is earmarked to give to US consumers who purchase new...

If you live in South Florida, your Fisker dealership is on its way. Car selling veteran, Warren Henry Zinn, plans to open a Fisker Chic showroom in North Dade County by the fourth quarter of 2009. The new facility will showcase Fisker's $87,900 plug-in hybrid Karma sports sedan. Zinn's current...

Plug In Conversion Group has release a software update that will allow converted plug-in Priuses to travel up to 70 mph in electric only mode. Toyota programming had previously limited the electric only speed to 34 mph, but by breaking the programming code, PICC has more than double the speed...

Who would have ever though that the pint size MINI would some day be part of a police force known for driving their full size Crown Vics, Caprice Classics, and more recently Dodge Chargers.  Well the day has come as the Los Angeles County police department will soon have 17 heading their way. ...

With rumors swirling about various Jaguar hybrids in the works, we contacted Media Communications Officer, Mia Bae, to help us make sense of it all. The information gleaned from several emails doesn't confirm or deny previous reports that an extended range hybrid Jaguar XE Roadster is being...

Recently, Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu has been delivering a wave of commencement speeches at various universities. During a speech at CalTech last week, he is quoted as saying we needed to prepare for the "inevitable transition to electricity as the energy for our personal...

The law suit filed by Martin Eberhard against Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has revealed many interesting accusations.  For one, Eberhard claims he was to receive the first Tesla Roadster to run off of the assembly.  But Eberhard did not get number 1, in fact not even number 2. Eberhard, co-founder of...