Tesla’s Deal with the city of San Jose

Tesla Motors, the luxury electric car manufacturer recently announced its intentions of building a $250 million manufacturing unit in San Jose. It plans to build a new $60,000 sedan at this factory. The area would also have Tesla’s headquarters and is expected to employ around 1000 people. The site should be able to put roll [...]

The Success Story of Reva

Reva, the electric car from India was introduced into the market long before the trend for electric cars caught up across the globe. Reva has the proud distinction of being counted among the world’s first commercially sold electric cars. Though the beginning was tough, but someone wise once said that nothing can stop an idea [...]

Canada Allows Electric Cars on its Streets

It’s unfortunate and ironic that though the technology for electric cars existed much before the internal combustion engine came into being, it was completely eclipsed by the latter. Electric car companies did not bother to manufacture electric cars for sale until recently following the widespread resurgence of interest in electric cars. Car owners are now [...]

New Zealand enters the Electric Car Race

Meridian Energy, a company from New Zealand has revealed its electric car plans. It intends to manufacture New Zealand’s first electric cars for sale within a few months. Meridian Energy has entered into a deal with a Japanese car manufacturing company for the purpose.
This comes at a time when car owners around the world [...]

Electric Cars in Hawaii

It has been difficult for electric car companies to introduce electric cars for sale in the US market because of its people’s driving habits, as well as the powerful lobby of US automobile industry that is working against it. This has forced electric car companies to seek alternate avenues of entering this promising market. Project [...]

The Resurrection of Detroit Electric

“We’re the last manufacturing company of electric passenger automobiles in the United States - in fact, in the whole world.” – These words were uttered in 1934 by Alfred Renz, who was the president of Detroit Electric Co. The Detroit Electric Co. was established in 1907, and within 3 years it reached its peak selling [...]

Electric Cars Are a Big Hit in Oslo

Where Oslo has seen a 5 percent reduction in the sales of new cars in the past year, it has also been witness to increasing popularity of the electric car. According to figures, electric car companies have registered increased sales to the tune of 74 percent during the last year.
Electric car companies ElbilNorge and Think [...]

Japan Prepares Itself for the Electric Car

As major car manufacturers gear up for releasing electric cars for sale in Japan, the country is preparing itself big time for electric cars. For starters, the Japanese government is supporting plans for building hundreds of plug in electric car recharge stations that would allow electric car owners to recharge their cars sufficiently in a [...]

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