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Mitsubishi has announced that trials of the iMiEV, the peppy electric vehicle based on the gasoline-powered 660cc “i” minicar, will begin in Europe, in addition to the current fleet testing going on in Japan. 12 iMiEVs will be offered for government, utility, and corporate fleet testing: five...

If this year's Detroit Auto Show taught me any one lesson, it was that every automaker is developing a line-up of electric vehicles, from plug-in hybrids to battery-electric vehicles. Every display boasted at least one new or improved electric vehicle, from the modest and somewhat dull BYD set to...

Toyota has recently unveiled its new third generation Prius, which has improved aerodynamics, a larger engine, and an improved parallel hybrid drivertrain that permits it to achieve a 50 mpg combined fuel efficieny. The Nikkei has just reported that Toyota will begin selling the car in May...

Here's more news falling under the "Korean Automakers Are Taking Over the World" category. Hyundai plans to introduce a hybrid version of their popular midsize Sonata sedan for 2011. The Korean car company expects to meet the 2020 Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards in 2015. The Sonata hybrid...

Audi E2   While BMW's Mini E is garnering all sorts of attention Audi is quietly planning a full line of alternative fuel vehicles ranging from a tiny city car to a speedy sportback. There are five potential vehicles in the works, currently referred to with ambiguous monikers E1 through E5...

Of the 50 MINI Es that MINI USA is making available for fleet use testing, today New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced that ten of them will be prowling his streets, looking for graffitti, potholes, and other unsightly blemishes as part of the city's Street Condition Observation Unit...

What do Chrysler, Lotus and Russian race car driver/singer/TV anchor/actor, Nikolay Fomenko, have in common? They all want to make electric sports cars to compete with Tesla. Enter the Marussia. The Russian supercar pairs some front end styling cues from the Lamborghini Revention with an interior...

Ford made an especially strong jump on the EV scene at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show announcing that they will begin mass production of a battery-electric vehicle, yet unnamed, in 2011. I was invited by Ford to actually test drive a prototype. At this point the vehicle is based on the Ford Focus body...

Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, has confirmed the rumors that have been lighting up the blogosphere for months. The start-up electric car company will supply its lithium ion battery packs and charging systems to the Daimler Group for use in the upcoming Smart ED. The agreement was announced at the Society of...

Back in November, we reported on the 2010 Fusion hybrid unveiling at the L.A. Auto Show. Yesterday, we drove it at the EcoXperience test track at the NAIAS. I had driven hybrids before, so I wasn't completely shocked by the Fusion's ultra-quiet idling and low-speed driving. After all, we were only...

When I heard Mitsubishi was offering their right-side drive iMiEV concept for testing at the EcoXperience track at the North American International Auto Show, I immediately headed for the basement at the Cobo Center, signed an injury release form, submitted to a breathalyzer, and got in line...

Today, in a dark ballroom packed with eager journalists and pushy photographers, Bob Carter, Toyota Division Group VP and General Manager, unveiled the third generation Prius. It's immediately recognizable as a Prius, with the same iconic, streamlined shape. Upon closer examination, the edges at...

Surprise! There's a new potential Chrysler ENVI product at the Detroit Auto Show. It's called the Chrysler 200C and it might use the same fake range-extending powertrain employed in the Wrangler, Patriot and Town and Country EVs. It's also apparently the American born Hyundai Genesis love-child...

On Friday it got its name. On Saturday it got its face. The tireless auto fanatics at Jalopnik have pics of the Dodge Circuit EV. As expected, the prominent company trademark cross-hair grill is in place. No word on when or whether this car ever sees the light of a showroom floor. If Dodge is using...

Honda's Insight hybrid was revealed at NAIAS today and is expected to arrive at a dealership near you in April. The Insight uses a 1.3-liter SOHC aluminum-alloy i-VTEC engine, a continuously variable automatic transmission and integrated motor assist hybrid technology to achieve a U.S. EPA...

Ford decided to get into the electric car game six months ago, being pushed into it by the wave of enthusiasm from the Chevy Volt and other concepts. They called the plan Project M. On Sunday the vehicle will be demonstrated in the body of a Ford Focus compact car. Powered by lithium-ion batteries...

Toyota has released more details about its electric city car concept that will be unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show tomorrow. They will displaying a concept car called the FT-EV that is based on the 4-seat IQ urban vehicle already on sale in Japan. The automaker stated they intend to produce a 50...

Remember the whole Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program (ATPMIV) that was supposed to encourage automakers to develop more technologically advanced, fuel efficient vehicles? This is the same pool of money that the Detroit Three were salivating over until the government decided...

Thanks to a careful search of trademarks, the automotive blog site Jalopnik was able to determine the official name for Dodge's forthcoming EV, the Dodge Circuit. Indeed a domain name search confirms DodgeCircuit.com has been taken. Chrysler previously showed the electric car concept EV in a Lotus...

Kate Walsh may be driving something altogether different in her future Cadillac commercials, but it could be just as sexy (the car, that is) as her CTS. Cadillac is expected to unveil an E-flex concept coupe at the upcoming auto show in Detroit. The concept is expected to look "bolder" than...