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Physicists at the University of Miami and Tokyo and Tohoku have invented a radical new type of battery in the laboratory. The profound findings were published in the journal Nature. The battery uses special nanomagnets inside devices called magnetic tunnel junctions. By applying a large magnetic...

Nissan's redheaded stepchild of the Scion xB, called the Cube, will be at the test ride section of the Kanagawa Electric Vehicle Festa this weekend, in EV prototype form.  This will give the general public an opportunity to experience the car first hand for the first time. The prototype is front...

Johnson Controls and Saft Advanced Power Solutions LLC signed a deal with Azure Dyamics to supply them with lithium ion batteries to convert commercial vehicles to hybrid vehicles.  Azure Dynamics is believed to be the world leader in converting commercial trucks, vans, and passenger vehicles to...

Years ago, Magna International Inc. decided to diversify its company by expanding into electric only vehicles.  They sourced companies that were versed in electric drivetrains, and decided on the Ford Focus as the vehicle that would represent their achievements in a battery electric vehicle. Magna...

With recent pricing announced on the new Honda Insight starting at around $19,800, Toyota has decided to offer a lower priced hybrid to compete directly with the Insight. Rather than only offering the higher priced $22,000 new Toyota Prius, Toyota has decided to develop a new model to compete with...

The Electric Car Market is Getting Another Player

California style, Canadian power?

In December they were begging the Norwegian government for moola. Fast forward a couple months and Th!nk representatives are meeting with eight states in the U.S to discuss plans for an American manufacturing facility and technical center. Th!nk says the manufacturing plant will provide 300 jobs...

Yesterday, March 11th, AT&T announced plans to purchase a large amount of hybrid vehicles in the near future.  According to AT&T, they will spend up to $565 million during the next decade to purchase more than 15,000 hybrid and natural gas powered vehicles.  According to AT&T, Ford...

According to Hyundai, their first hybrid vehicle is scheduled to go on sale in the U.S. in October 2010.  This hybrid, based on the Sonata platform and shown at auto shows as the part of the Blue Drive concept will have its own distinctive styling that sets it apart from a standard Sonata...

In these confusing times of automotive fiscal difficulty combined with needs for fuel efficiency R&D, strange bedfellows have appeared. It was reported that the British government was giving Land Rover $37 million in order to help them develop a green SUV. This morning we find out that the new...

What does an iconic SUV maker need to survive the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression? $37 million according to the U.K. government. That's how much Land Rover will receive to develop a 'green' SUV. With sales down 22% last month in the U.K., the government is standing behind it's car...

Toyota announced today that they have exceeded one million total hybrid sales of Toyota and Lexus vehicles in the U.S. Toyota accomplished this feat with a fleet of six total hybrid vehicles from Toyota and Lexus, including the automotive industry's first gas electric hybrid, the Toyota Prius. The...

Chinese car company BYD still promises EVs will be sold in the U.S. by 2011. BYD has made bold statements before regarding when their vehicles would go on sale in the U.S., but this time they seem to stand behind their release stating that they will bring electric vehicles to the U.S. by 2011. BYD...

Toyota trumped Ford's hybrid milestone by pointing out it has sold 10 times as many in the US alone as Ford has built

MINI Gives Consumers Another Reason to Join the Club

The number of Toyota Prius registrations, along with those of other hybrids, have soared recently around Washington, DC. But it's not necessarily what you may think. That is, there's no data to suggest it's due to (presumably hybrid-loving) Democrats moving in to replace departing (presumably...

Well, today the word came down. The 2010 Honda Insight will carry a base price of $19,800 for the base LX model, which slides it just under the magic $20,000 mark. But--and there's a big but here--buyers will also have to pay a mandatory $670 delivery charge, which brings the total to $20,470. And...

Ford Motor Company celebrated the production of their 100,000th hybrid at their Kansas City Assembly Plant today. The company, which plans to increase hybrid car production this year with the incoming Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan models, used the day as an opportunity to plug their gas-electric...

The second generation Honda Insight is a highly anticipated vehicle. It has a distinctive hybrid design and now sports 4 doors and 4 seats. Using a new generation integrated motor assist drivetrain including a 1.3 L VTEC engine, the car is able to achieve 40 MPG city | 43 MPG highway. It has...