Toyota RAV4 News

Over two dozen Tesla Roadster owners hit the streets of L.A. on Saturday to recognize the San Carlos, California, based electric car company's 500th delivery. Sixty miles of driving and one Malibu barbecue later, some impressive videos of the event appeared on YouTube. This was no ordinary car...

Tesla Motors has confirmed that they will open seven new regional sales and services centers this summer. The new stores will be located in New York, Seattle, Chicago, Miami, London, Monaco and Munich. The New York, Chicago and London locations will all open within the next few weeks. The electric...

Tesla Motors is collaborating with Daimler AG on two affordable EVs planned for production within the next few years. In an interview with Green Car Advisor Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, confirmed that in addition to the previously publicized Smart EV, the two companies have been working on another...

Contrary to blogosphere speculation, Edmunds has confirmed that there will be no electric Audi R8 at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. An Audi spokesperson who wished to remain anonymous told Edmunds that rumors starting in the European automotive press (and perpetuated by yours truly) are not...

Any worthwhile discussion of today's best supercars mentions the Audi R8. It's a car that looks like it was sent to Earth from an alternate, more advanced (but clearly benevolent) dimension. The interior is as luxurious as they come. Not to mention the performance, which rivals that of Ferraris...

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...

Fulfilling a campaign promise, the Obama Administration will harmonize national mileage rules with California's limits on greenhouse gas emissions

A two-minute video simulating the swap of an EV battery pack within 2 minutes is nice, but it's hardly the whole story

Last month CNN told us that the Dodge Circuit would be Chrysler's first production ready EV. Today, according to Autocar, the Circuit has been cancelled. Fare thee well, Circuit. We hardly knew ya. After several auto show appearances, and an ad-campaign asserting that Chrysler was "building a new...

Brammo CEO, Craig Bramscher had a problem. His startup electric motorcycle company had no place to sell its products. Enter the nation's largest electronics store: Best Buy. In February, Autoblog reported that the Brammo Enertia motorcycle would be available at five Best Buy stores on the west...

A declining world economy and falling gas prices have put Indian EV makers on the offensive. The industry has asked the Indian government for a 25% subsidy on each electric vehicle purchase for the next two to three years. The request comes as a previously hot market for electric scooters has all...

There are three constants in life: death, taxes, and Nissan's periodic announcement of another zero-emission partnership. This time, the Renault-Nissan Alliance is working with Progress Energy and the non-profit group, Advance Energy, both based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The three entities will...

Is a Toyota RAV4 hybrid in the works? Probably, yes, at least in China. According to Koei Saga, Toyota's Managing Officer of Hybrid System Development, "Toyota needs to accelerate the 2020 goal to hybridize all the Toyota models." He also said that, quite specifically, Toyota plans to bring the...

Last November we reported that Sam's Club sold a non-existent sports car called the Liv Inizio by Hybrid Technologies. As it turns out, the start-up EV company (now calling itself EV Innovations) is planning to attend the New York Auto Show with two electric sports cars in tow. The first debut...

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...

The Bavarian Porsche tuners at RUF have a unique model on display at the Geneva Motor Show. The eRUF Greenster EV is based (in appearance anyway) on the Porsche 997, and RUF's own R and RT-roadster models with one giant exception. The Greenster uses an all-electric powertrain. This is no ordinary...

Fuji Heavy Industries, the parent company of Subaru, set a goal to sell 100 Stella EVs. Today, they say that goal will be surpassed: Inquiries have already been received for “several hundred” Plug-In Stellas, according to an official at the maker of Subaru cars. Sales of the vehicle, an upgrade...

Toyota RAV4 EV What better place for a parade of electric vehicles than Santa Monica, California, the city that introduced a sustainability plan fifteen years ago, long before "going green" meant anything. On Saturday, a few hundred spectators came out for the EV procession which featured 74...