Electric Cars

Some time ago, when Tesla founder Elon Musk appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, he told Letterman the Chevrolet Volt had a maximum range of only 40 miles, which is completely incorrect. Regardless, once Dave Letterman starts bad-mouthing the range of the Volt, true or not, people start...

FAW, a large scale Chinese automotive group, recently announced plans to build a new factory that will focus on building hybrid buses and cars. The factory is scheduled for completion as early as 2012.  The new factory will give FAW the ability to build an expected 1,000 buses and 11,000 sedans...

Ford Motor Company was recently presented with the Green Choice Award from the Natural Health magazine. The award is given to companies who display green thinking and make sound environmental choices.  Ford was one of 10 companies to receive the award. Amongst automakers, they were chosen for...

The British company, Elektromotive, unveiled two new technologies at the Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS 24) in Norway today. The innovations are aimed at convenient billing for power consumption at charging stations and reducing EV charging times. The 'Three-Phase Fast Charge Elektrobay...

Korean researchers have devised a new approach to electric cars. Instead of placing large rechargeable batteries in the cars, electric strips would be placed in the roads that keep cars charged on the fly. In the experimental technique, 8 by 35 inch strips would be built directly into the top of...

Citroen recently announced that it plans to reintroduce its DS badge.  The DS lineup of cars will be premium Citroen models.  Citroen showed off the first vehicle in its new lineup at the Geneva Motor Show in March.  The first DS vehicle displayed was the DS3 concept, a vehicle about the size of...

Renault is opening two new lines at its factory in Flins and the tasks of each line couldn't be more different from one another.  One line will destroy old vehicles that create high levels of emissions; the other line will produce zero emissions vehicles. The first line added at the Flins factory...

Ford has responded to email recipients who inquired about a special offer that they received via email stating that they can purchase a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid for the low, low price of just $15,500. It seems too good to be true and indeed it is according to Ford.  The email is spam and lists a...

Yesterday, we brought you a story about a webcast that would air this morning at 7 am.  The webcast, provided by Daimler, was a press conference in which they would announce their electro mobility plans for the future and reveal a strategic partnership.  We had hinted at the partner being Tesla...

Tomorrow morning at 7 AM sharp, Daimler AG will hold a live webcast press conference to discuss their future in regards to electric vehicles.  The press conference aims to educate interested parties in the electro mobility future at Daimler and provide information regarding a strategic partner...

On Tuesday, President Obama will lay out a new proposal that aims to require strict national standards for passenger car emissions. In an effort to make good on his promise to mirror the requirements California wishes to set, he will mandate that passenger cars reduce CO2 emissions an average of...

With 80,000 pre-orders, the all new 2010 Prius is putting the heat on the Honda Insight as it launches today in Japan. Toyota, the world's leading producer of hybrid vehicles, is aiming to take back its top spot from Honda as the Insight was the best selling vehicle in Japan for the month of...

Red ink was everywhere on Nissan's report regarding fourth quarter losses, but apparently Nissan is not ready to cut funding for it's electric vehicle program. For its fourth fiscal quarter, ending March 31st, Nissan reported losses of $2.85 billion.  For the entire year, they reported losses of...

Buses account for a significant amount of air pollution and have always been known as notorious fuel users,  but all of that could change if a company called UQM Technologies Inc. gets the chance the install their Power Phase electric propulsion system into buses of the future. UQM Technologies is...

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, the country's 12th largest airport, purchased its first electric vehicle to be used by the parking management staff. The electric powered utility truck is a $22,000 Cushman vehicle.  It has the ability to run up to 55 miles on a single charge and could...

Hybrid vehicles are gradually gaining market share since their first appearance in the 90s.  Recently, the millionth hybrid hit the roads, still a small fraction out of our 135 million plus vehicles.  Although these cars represent less than 1% of cars on our roads today, they made up more than...

The i-MiEV (pronounced Eye-Meev) is Mitsubishi Motor's pure electric car. It is a 4-door 5-seater than can travel 100 miles on a single charge. Mitsubishi has big plans for the car and has also demonstrated a sports version. It was just announced that the cars will become available for purchase in...

Exxon Mobil's Chemical division is currently manufacturing lithium ion battery separator films by a new method which could make batteries lighter, more durable, and smaller.  The thin film is designed to prevent the positive and negative fields within the lithium ion battery from touching. The...

Ford recently announced plans to change its Michigan Assembly Plant from SUV and truck production into a plant that will build fuel efficient vehicles well into the future including the upcoming Ford Focus and Focus EV.  As an update to that story, Ford has more plans in the works regarding...

So, you're a die-hard Prius fan eager to get your hands on one of the 500 PHV test lease vehicles Toyota has promised for next year? Hold on to your butt... Toyota has announced they'll be leasing the third-generation Prius plug-in hybrid by the end of THIS year, months ahead of schedule. There...