Tokyo Motor Show – Toyota and Honda would unveil new electric vehicles

This week’s Tokyo motor show is going to be buzzing with talk of zero-emission cars as some major electric car companies are going to launch their concept electric cars. However it will take some time before these cars roll out for the mass market.
Toyota, which is one of the world’s leading car-makers, will be [...]

Electric Cars: Plug to Ride!!

The growing concerns over deteriorating environment and depleting fuel reserves have sparked a spate of research for new technology to run vehicles. The criteria for such vehicles being, they must not pollute.
Companies like Nissan, Reva and Honda are locked in the battle to start production of viable prototypes of electric cars for sale. It seems [...]

Electric Cars – Charging for change

The fever for electric cars is rapidly spreading as many new and old car manufacturers strive to come out with latest models for public use. Market heavyweights like Nissan, Subaru, and Honda are locked in battle with a number of boutique car manufacturers to offer to the customers, the first electric car for sale.
Most [...]

A Quick Review of Nissan’s Electric Car

The final prototype of the electric car by Nissan is out. Here is a quick review of the much-awaited plug in electric car by Nissan.
The outer shell of the electric car (EV-02) by Nissan is similar to its existing car. However, the car parts and performance are expected to be the same as what the [...]

Electric Cars - The Future Is Here

Better Place, the venture-backed firm has a vision of how the electric cars will remodel the landscape of automobile industry in the next decade. CEO of Better Place predicts the future of transportation as all-electric based, rather than hybrid. It is expected that once there are electric cars for sale in the cities, the demand [...]

Obama Grants a Whopping $2.4 Billion Aid for Electric Cars

Mr. President on his tour of Southern California has announced a financial support of $2.4 billion for the electric cars. He laid emphasis on his environmental jobs agenda by visiting the electric cars testing facility situated in Pomona where he made the announcement. This competitive grant program was made with the intention to have electric [...]

Electric Cars in the US

Cars powered by batteries, more popularly known as plug in cars might soon become a more frequent sight on US roads. The US giant General Motors already has over a dozen hybrid cars in its stable. A session at the US-Islamic World Forum, Doha was concerned with ‘Energy Security in the 21st Century’. David [...]

Electric Cars to Take on the Streets of Merrill

The city officials of Merrill are creating a blueprint of an ordinance that would allow electric cars to run on city streets. It is expected that very soon there will be electric cars on sale in the city. Merrill’s Health and Safety Committee is working on the ordinance at the request of the city people. [...]

Battery Changing Stations for Electric Cars

Shai Agassi started developing infrastructure for servicing electric cars in 2007. Back then circumstances were not quite in his favor. But things have changed for the better due to a combination of rising gas prices, and increasing air pollution. Agassi, an Israeli-born 40 year old entrepreneur, is selling a new concept for charging electric cars. [...]

New Company Plans Network of Electric Car Charging Stations

A company called Better Place has plans of installing thousands of battery replacement and plug-in stations that would serve electric car drivers. The startup from Palo Alto created a stir when it revealed that it would be building thousands of stations where electric car batteries could be recharged, as well as replaced.
This would lead more [...]

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