Electric Cars

With sales of the Honda Insight below the target of 90,000 annual units, Honda is now considering offering two additional hybrids that would undercut the price of the Insight. There are no details at this time as to what the models may be, or what vehicle they could be based on, or even a time...

What do you get when a niche Swedish supercar company, Koenigsegg, buys the common man's Swedish car company, Saab? Apparently you get the capacity to produce electric supercars in volume. Realtid.se has reported that Koenigsegg's recent purchase of Saab was intended to give the supercar company...

Hybrids aren't known for blistering performance, but that didn't stop one UK automotive publication from putting two of the most popular fuel misers on the drag strip. In a recent comparison of the Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight, iMotor performed the standing quarter mile in both cars. Needless...

A few days ago I took delivery of MINI E #412 in New York. I will have the car for a 1-year close ended lease. As an electric car enthusiast and advocate, actually getting my own EV for full time use to charge and recharge is a dream come true. Though not traditionally a big MINI buff the fact that...

The Tesla Roadster may soon have aftermarket support from an unexpected source. Martin Eberhard, former co-founder of Tesla, has started production on what could be the first aftermarket accessory marketed directly towards Tesla Roadster owners.  His mobile charger will give Tesla owner a more...

The Honda Insight, a sub $20,000 fuel efficient hybrid was expected to sell in big numbers.  The first month sales were record breaking leading Honda to believe that an increase in production was in order.  Now new predictions are in showing that the Insight may indeed fall 33% percent short of...

The federal General Services Administration bought additional fuel efficient vehicles from the Big Three.  The purchase of $210 million worth of fuel efficient vehicles brings the total to $287 million spent by the federal government on vehicle purchases from the Big Three. The additional 14,105...

According the Roger Penske, electric vehicles may be the first new vehicle built through the Penske-Saturn company. When the deal is finalized, Saturn will turn their attention to a new emphasis on fuel efficiency and a low price.  According to Penske, "EVs will be right at the forefront and might...

The seven seat people carrier from Ford called the S-Max recently received an update from Langford Engineering in the form of a liquid fueled micro turbine engine used as a range extender converting the vehicle from a conventional power train to an EREV setup. The vehicle, a crossover from Ford...

ZAP is currently working on an electric pickup truck that they plan to produce at the Zap Motor Manufacturing plant in Franklin, Kentucky. At this time, not much is known about the vehicle.  ZAP has released some information.  The vehicle will be a four wheeled (some ZAP products have less than 4...

Recently Mazda had announced that it had no interest in hybrid models.  Then they announced that diesel options would be available soon.  Then a focus on more efficient, direct injection technology followed by an announcement that they had interest in producing hybrid vehicles.  Now Mazda...

Late Thursday evening, the House and the Senate agreed on terms for the Cash For Clunkers program.  The program was approved by the House on Tuesday, but the Senate wanted to see some modifications to the plan before they would pass the bill.  However, the House version of the bills was agreed...

As the vehicle tracker on Earl Stewart's website yesterday showed the modified Prius strolling down Pennsylvania Avenue towards its final destination in Washington, D.C., one thing is certain.  A plug-in Prius can travel 1,100 miles on a tank of gas. But how did the journey go?  Well, if you...

Jaguar has been undergoing a transformation. They've changed parent companies, they've produced new, attractive designs targeted to younger buyers, and they've improved vehicle quality. And like most other carmakers, they're positioning themselves to go green (or at least improve their corporate...

Motoczysz, a struggling American motorcycle maker, will indeed have their electric bike ready in time for the TTXGP race at the Isle of Man kicking off today. The race, as we reported about previously here World's First Zero Emission Motorcycle Race Held at Historic Isle of Man, will be a...

"We have to do hybrids in order to show people that we are able to do them," said Wolfgang Hatz, head of powertrain development for the Volkswagen Group, back in January at the Detroit Auto Show. Maybe that explains why Audi has been waffling in their decision to make a hybrid version of the Q5...

With all of the accusations of libel and slander going on these days in the EV world, a story about charitable giving to a community in need is refreshing. So prepare to be refreshed. Daimler Trucks North America has donated one of its Class 7 Freightliner, diesel-electric hybrid box trucks to...

According to Lexus, they will cut their initial sales target for the upcoming Lexus HS 250h hybrid by 5,000 units to account for a continuing downturn in the car market. Lexus set initial sales target at 30,000 units for the upcoming hybrid, but has now decided to cut their sale target to only...

Martin Eberhard, co-founder of Tesla, was removed from the company in November of 2007.  Now, nearly two years later he has filed a lawsuit against Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the company itself. Eberhard's filing claims that Musk was libelous and slanderous towards him.  He also claims that the...

The Zap Xebra, a three wheel Chinese built electric vehicle classified as a motorcycle, has been recalled by the manufacturer. The Xebra, a three wheeled, low speed electric vehicle built in 2008 and in use in the U.S. mainly by parking enforcement and campus safety personnel is subject to a recall...