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  • Battery symbol

    Companies are engaged in a legal battle over different versions of a battery-cathode chemistry.

  • 2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid
    Lawsuit Accuses Ford Of Infringing Hybrid Technology Patents, Once More

    Ford isn't having much luck with its hybrid vehicles. Don't get us wrong, they're selling well, but after complaints that Ford's hybrids couldn't hit their stated EPA mileage figures, Ford is now facing a lawsuit that accuses it of infringing on technology patents in its hybrid vehicles. Bloomberg...

  • Henrik Fisker
    Fisker Fate Up In Air After Last-Minute Bid; Founders Sued As Well

    A flurry of last-minute legal moves puts the fate of bankrupt electric-car maker Fisker Automotive up in the air again.

  • Envia Battery Technology
    Collapse of Battery Startup Envia: What Really Happened

    The race to find battery technologies of the future is not one without casualties. The trail left behind Envia, one of the most promising battery startups in recent years, has left something more akin to a warzone--and even huge companies like General Motors have taken shrapnel during their...

  • Tesla Store Los Angeles [photo: Misha Bruk / MBH Architects]
    Ohio Car Dealers Sue To Block Tesla From Selling Cars In The State

    With legislation defeated, Ohio car dealers are turning to the courts to block Tesla's company-owned stores.

  • Envia Battery Technology
    Envia's High-Energy Battery Cell Mired In Dispute, GM Cancels Deal

    Researchers and development firms regularly reveal battery-technology breakthroughs. Now, Envia Systems--one company that gained much public attention by promising such a breakthrough--faces two lawsuits. One claims that Envia stole its technology from other companies. And General Motors, which...

  • ECOtality DC fast charger  -  Portland, OR

    Electric car charging network provider Ecotality announced Monday it had suspended trading due to "material adverse developments". The company, which sells charging equipment and runs the Blink network of charging stations, filed an 8-K report advising of several factors preventing it from meeting ongoing obligations. Failure to meet those obligations also saw the company lose important Department of Energy payments, but there's a larger impact for Ecotality's Blink network users: A recall of thousands of connector plugs at charging stations. With financial troubles preventing a fix for...

  • 2012 Chevrolt Volt Gas Station Advert
    Is Electricity 'Fuel'? Dutch Gas Stations Sue To Stop Electric-Car Charging

    Remember all that stuff we said recently about The Netherlands being a haven for electric vehicles? Maybe knock a few degrees of conviction off that statement, as it seems not everyone in the European country is as keen on electric vehicles as some. Companies operating regular gasoline and diesel...

  • Supreme Court of the United States
    Supreme Court Won't Reverse EPA E15 Ethanol Rules

    The U.S. Supreme Court has been slow to rule on many of the biggest cases on this year's docket. Maybe that's because some of the justices are prone to procrastination, or maybe, like seasoned TV scriptwriters, they're just playing America like a violin, getting us all worked up for a rousing...

  • 2012 Fisker Karma EcoSport
    Fisker Layoffs Followed By Federal Lawsuit Over Lack Of Notification

    The last few weeks have made painful reading for fans of electric car startup Fisker Automotive. It seems fate has a few more nails to bang in to Fisker's coffin. Automotive News reports the company is now facing a federal lawsuit from 160 employees laid off on Friday, for breaking laws requiring...

  • 2013 Hyundai Elantra sedan
    Hyundai Will Settle Overstated Gas Mileage Lawsuits

    Last November, Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia found themselves in hot, and rather deep water. An EPA investigation found each manufacturer had overstated its gas mileage window stickers on 13 models--some by as much as 6 mpg. Hyundai has now agreed to settle lawsuits that followed the...

  • 2012 Fisker Karma during road test, Los Angeles, Feb 2012
    338 Fisker Karmas Wrecked By Sandy Waiting For Recall Parts

    As luxury automaker Fisker prepares to battle in the courts over its Sandy-damaged Karmas, more details have emerged as to why its cars were sitting at Port Newark in the first place--they were there for recall work. 338 Fisker Karmas were submerged during the deluge of Superstorm Sandy, damaging...

  • 2012 Fisker Karma

    Fisker Automotive's succession of calamitous events would be hilarious were it not so tragic--the stream of misfortunes so constant you begin to wonder if naming its first vehicle the Karma was a terrible mistake. After losing 338 vehicles through flood and fire during Hurricane Sandy, the company's insurer now refuses to pay up--and Fisker is taking them to court to seek damages. According to Reuters (via Autoblog Green), Fisker's policy through insurer XLGroup Plc. entitles it to up to $100 million for damage incurred through named storms such as Sandy. The value of the destroyed Karma...

  • 2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid
    2013 Ford Hybrids' Gas Mileage Generates First Lawsuit

    It isn't just Hyundai and Kia in deep water over misleading MPG claims--now Ford is the subject of a lawsuit over the MPG of its hybrid models. The federal lawsuit concerns the fuel economy of its most recent hybrid models, the C-Max Hybrid and Fusion Hybrid. Filed on December 7, the lawsuit says...

  • Big square baler harvesting wheat straw for production of cellulosic ethanol
    Oil Industry Sues To Overturn Ethanol-In-Gasoline Mandate

    Paying too much for that fast-food burger? Blame the government's ethanol targets, says the oil industry--and it's sueing the Environmental Protection Agency for what it describes as "overzealous" biofuel mandates. The American Petroleum Institute filed the lawsuit over the EPA's decision to...

  • 2013 Hyundai Elantra Coupe
    Hyundai, Kia Face Federal Lawsuits For Overstated Gas Mileage

    Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia are being sued in U.S. courts over inflating gas mileage ratings on 2011-2013 vehicles. It was revealed on Friday that both automakers had reported higher numbers on EPA window stickers than the cars were actually capable of in EPA economy testing. Both companies...

  • ECOtality Blink DC fast charger plugged in
    Ecotality Lawsuit Tossed Out, CA To Get NRG-Funded Charging Stations

    Electric car charging station provider ECOtality has had a lawsuit against the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) thrown out by a California appeals judge. ECOtality had wanted to stop the Commission funding a charging network set up by eVgo, a subsidiary of energy company NRG. The $102.5...

  • Tesla's retail store concept
    Auto Dealer Groups Escalate Battle Against Tesla Stores

    If we had to pick one word to describe Tesla Motors, "audacious" would be at the top of the list. Not only did founder Elon Musk decide to build a car company, which in itself is pretty gutsy. He chose to create a car company that builds nothing but electric cars -- pricey, high-end electric cars...

  • 2012 Fisker Karma EcoChic, New York City, Jan 2012

    This is the week when driving impressions of the 2012 Fisker Karma have started to appear, as Fisker invites in waves of automotive journalists for a half-day of driving in and around Los Angeles. (We'll have our report early next week, but we had a brief drive a few weeks ago, and another with video in December.) So, with luck, the press about Fisker Automotive will be about the Karma range-extended electric car--not the lawsuit by an irate investor, nor the ongoing negotiations with the U.S. Department of Energy to renegotiate the terms of low-interest loans under the DoE's...

  • 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid
    California Extends Deadline On Honda Civic Hybrid Gas Mileage Case

    When it comes to gas mileage figures, we're always told "your mileage may vary". It's when that mileage varies outside of reasonable expectations that people start to take issue, and that's exactly what happened when 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid owner Heather Peters was unable to match Honda's 50 mpg...

  • 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid
    Honda Civic Hybrid Gas Mileage Case Heads To Small Claims Court

    When you buy a new car, you’ll probably use manufacturers’ own gas mileage estimates alongside the official Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fuel economy database to help you choose which car will be best for you. Any of these gas mileage figures -- whether official or not -- can...

  • Tesla versus Top Gear
    Tesla Losing Libel Case With Top Gear In UK High Court

    A British judge ruled against Tesla Motors in its lawsuit for libel against the BBC show Top Gear, which had shown the carmaker's Roadster electric sports car seemingly out of electricity.

  • Green Vehicles Triac 2.0
    Lesson Learned As Salinas Sues Bankrupt Electric Car Maker?

    It's a sad fact of business that many start-up companies fail within the first few years of trading. Electric car fans are quite used to this and even the most promising new companies can struggle. One such company is Green Vehicles, an electric start-up that folded back in July. Green Vehicles had...

  • Top Gear Stage Another Electric Car Stunt
    Top Gear Tests Nissan Leaf, Peugeot iOn: A Fair Assessment?

    It's the episode electric car enthusiasts have been itching to see- and now the guys at BBC motoring show Top Gear have tested two electric cars to see whether they make any sense for the car buying public. Now we already know that Top Gear hasn't had the greatest history with electric cars. First...

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