Despite the chilling reception makers such as Fisker have gotten with their EVs, VW is fully convinced that the marque should offer optional plug in hybrid powertrains throughout their entire range. Anticipating breakthroughs in the EV industry as early as 2016, Heinz-Jacob Neusser, Development Chief at VW recently suggested in an interview with Autocar at […]
The expense of battery production and recycling are significant obstacles that stand between Tesla and their ability to sell and produce a mass-market electric vehicle. Tesla has announced plans for construction of a new battery plant to serve the EV industry, which will significantly eclipse last year’s lithium ion automotive battery production by a significant […]
Let’s get this one out the way: it’s okay to pretend that one is five years old and blow $135,000 on one of the most innovative and aesthetically pleasing sports cars on the market that has fricken laser beams for headlights. It’s also okay to carry a man-purse, or if you are of the female […]
Honda has launched the green versions of their Civic: the Hybrid and the Compressed Natural Gas models. Yesterday we learned that they were killing off the Insight and the CR-Z, but these models have both gone on sale over here in the States. Available with a 7″ touchscreen, leather and a CVT, the Hybrid can […]
Sold completely to the Chinese Wanxiang group earlier this month for an additional $149,000,000, (on top of what they already paid) Fisker may not be worth much, but the new owner is looking to change that. In an interview with Reuters, the group’s CEO said “Obviously we want to sell more than what Fisker sold before […]
Thanks to fairly damp sales, Honda is going to stop selling the Insight hybrid, which competes with Toyota’s Prius 5-door hatchback. The Insight started life as the first hybrid automobile (as a two-door coupe) in the US, went on hiatus for between 2006 and 2009 and reemerged as a larger Prius competitor. The automaker has […]
Former GM CEO Bob Lutz has just been assigned to a slightly offbeat but very compelling post: Chairman of the Board for VIA Motors, an electronic vehicle company that currently offers a line of retrofitted GM trucks. Since his slide from the GM limelite, Lutz has been focusing on pushing electric vehicles for heavier duty, […]
Cadillac has just knocked down a barrier to ELR, uh, lesseeship. With some stipulations, the $75,000 plug in hybrid coupe is now available for those with qualified credit for $699 per month. The 32,500-mile lease lasts 39 months after one forks over a $5,000 deposit at the lease signing. The ELR is a snappy, two-door, […]
