The British government goes out of its way to support electric cars

The present worldwide financial crisis has hit sales of cars in UK. But the British government’s commitment towards ensuring a better environment, by supporting electric cars remains steadfast. The government recently announced a pilot scheme to test how electric cars fare on the roads of Britain.
The scheme would involve purchasing several electric cars and testing [...]

Major automakers and their electric babies

There’s been so much hype about electric cars in the recent times because most of the major car makers across the globe have gone into manufacturing electric cars for sale.
Chevrolet is developing a plug in electric car Volt, which it aims to roll out for sale by 2010. It would be a hybrid, which means [...]

Toyota Prius Hybrids

A number of drivers, especially Toyota Prius owners are increasingly converting their Prius Hybrids into plug in electric cars by installing an extra battery. Though it comes at a hefty price of $10,000, a Watertown based company A123 Systems which started selling it online July onwards, has already sold to 200 hybrid car owners. Six [...]

The Challenging Ride of Tesla Motors

Tesla Motors has been developing high-performance electric cars for sale. It has already attracted the attention of heavy weights like PayPal co-founder Elon Musk, who is its main backer, and Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Tesla Motors has raised $186 million until now.
It has produced the Tesla Roadster, which is a plug in [...]

Going electric, but where’s the battery?

The way automakers have rushed into developing electric cars for sale, may signal the beginning of another crisis with substantial environmental and economic cost. Lithium ion batteries that are used to power electric cars are a favorite with other industries as well. They are already being used in laptops and other electronic gadgets. Its continuously [...]

Going green all the way!

The automobile industry is trying to redeem itself by not only developing electric cars for sale but also revealing concepts of “green” electric cars. These are cars that would cause minimum damage to the environment. In a bid to stand out of the crowd, automakers are trying all that they can, to prove their green [...]

Australia Announces Introduction of Recharging Stations

The world stands at the edge of a big technological revolution with electric cars poised to make a huge comeback. Yes this will be a comeback, it may surprise many people to know that when cars first introduced, they were powered by electricity. It was only later that the internal combustion engine was developed and [...]

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