According to a new study by the Union of Concerned Scientists, drivers of electric-vehicles like the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan LEAF may save as much as $1,200 a year comported to gasoline powered compact cars. Read our review on the Chevrolet Volt. With gasoline hitting $3.50 a gallon, drivers who plug cars into electric outlets would save [...]
Toyota’s Chevrolet Volt competitor is here! The Japanese automaker today officially introduced the new 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid, which will hit dealerships in 14 launch states beginning this October through Toyota’s Online Order System at www.toyota.com. Deliveries of the 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid strat in Spring 2012. The launch states include California, Oregon, Washington, [...]
The 2013 Ford Focus Electric car will become the first all-electric pace car to ever lead the field for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at the Richmond 400. The Focus Electric will perform all pace care duties at Richmond International Raceway on April 28 as long as it doesn’t run out of batteries. Click [...]
At the 2012 Beijing Motor Show, Citroen will show up to China with a new concept car called Numero 9. The Citroen Numero 9 Concept shows a very aggressive and sleek looking shooting brake with a new front end design for plug-in hybrid technology. Designed in Paris, Citroen Numero 9 hints at the future styling [...]
GM has just released an updated statement regarding the lithium-ion batter explosion that took place it its Warren Technical Center yesterday during a testing of an experimental battery: An incident occurred about 8:45 a.m. Wednesday inside a test chamber at the General Motors Alternative Energy Center during extreme testing of an experimental battery. Chemical gases [...]
Not a stranger to using social media to promote its vehicles, Ford is now using Facebook to promote the all-new and zero-emissions Focus Electric. The company has launched a new game called ‘Plug N Play Electric City with the 2012 Focus Electric’ where Facebook users can take their friends and themselves on a little ride [...]
Nissan’s Colin Lawther, vice president of Nissan engineering in Europe, says that the company plans on giving the next LEAF electric-car a more European design and may also lower the price of the EV. “We’ll fine tune the car for the European customer from a design point of view,” Lawther said. Click here for more [...]
Honda and Zipcar announced today that the Japanese automaker will be adding a couple of hybrid and electric-vehicles to Zipcar’s car-sharing service. “The agreement will give Zipcar members access to Honda’s most technologically advanced, lowest emission vehicles, making an already transformational service even more sustainable,” ZipCar said in a statement. The agreement will bring the [...]
Don’t expect Rolls-Royce to go green anytime soon. Even though the company has been testing an electric version of the Phantom, the company has no plans to produce it. Why? Because they are listening to their customers. Rolls CEO Torsten Mueller-Oetvoes told Automotive News at the 2012 New York Auto Show that Rolls-Royce owners have shown [...]
A battery explosion took place this morning at GM’s Warren Technical Center in Warren, Mich., injuring two people and causing a small fire. The explosion occurred in Warren Technical Center’s battery research lab. According to reports, the explosion involved a lithium-ion battery. Warren Deputy Fire Chief Gary Wilkinson told media that when crews arrived at the [...]
