Mitsubishi raises the bar

Electric cars had been regarded as a part of hobby mechanics over several decades. It’s only in recent times that they are making a big comeback, buoyed by the increasing fuel prices and protests over environmental degradation. Most of the major automakers worth their salt have announced or are in the process of developing electric [...]

The Dodge EV from Chrysler

The electric car industry is charged up like never before, and that augurs well for the world. Every few weeks we get to hear news about some new or established auto maker revealing its plans for developing electric cars for sale. Chrysler which had already entered the electric car race recently unveiled three prototypes of [...]

Tesla in Red

Tesla Motors, one of the cutting edge electric car companies, which has people like the founders of Google, George Clooney and Arnold Schwarzenegger among its fans, has announced that it has been hit by the global financial crisis and is losing money.
Tesla Motors was banking on an investment of $100m, which failed to materialize because [...]

Electric Cars on French Roads

France is preparing itself to welcome electric cars, with President Nicolas Sarkozy pledging to mobilize around €400 million of public money over a period of four years, on the research and development of electric cars. Furthermore EDF also announced that it had entered into agreements with PSA Peugeot Citroen and Renault to build infrastructure for [...]

Subscribe to Electric Cars!

Shai Agassi, who is quite well known as an electric car evangelist, has been trying to popularize a new way of selling electric cars, which according to him would make them cheaper and bring the prices to the level of regular cars, if not lesser. Mr. Agassi, who used to be a software executive, say [...]

Insurance for Electric Cars Same as Regular Ones

Insurance Corp. of British Columbia has announced that the owners of electric cars in Vancouver would not have to pay to higher insurance than the owners of conventional gas-powered cars. Vancouver recently became the first major city of Canada to allow electric cars on its roads. Though major automakers have already shown their faith in [...]

The Paris Auto Show

The Paris Motor Show had some major car companies showing off their upcoming electric cars. A number of models were on display and the atmosphere was charged with electricity. Certain doubts remained, however. Some executives acknowledged that their companies’ electric car plans could be slowed down due to uncertainties pertaining to batteries, as well as [...]

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