Covering Electric Cars For The Sake Of Our Future
Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn unveiled the Nissan LEAF electric car-set in Los Angeles last week. The company plans to put them in the market by the end of 2010. Ghosn said that the LEAF was a new paradigm car and represented a technology that would completely change the way people power-up and drive their cars. [...]
The government of Singapore is quite keen on expanding its population of electric cars and is dedicating various ministries and taskforces to that end. At present hybrid and CNG vehicles remain the preferred choices for eco-friendly cars in the country. The Singapore government has been offering a Green Vehicle Rebate scheme that gives buyers a [...]
Tesla Motors Inc. is planning to seriously consider Ontario when the time comes for mass-manufacturing it’s under $30,000 electric cars for sale. However the eventual decision will also depend on the value of the Canadian dollar at that time. The company is considering Ontario because the top bosses believe that it’s a great place to [...]
China is striving hard to acquire the position of the ‘leading producer of electric cars in the World’. The country has big plans to provide a major thrust to its economy and ranking in the world. A plug-in electric car called F3DM, produced by the nation is already being promoted in the domestic market with [...]
Toyota’s first plug-in electric car has been officially announced by the company. It has been developed by Matsumoto’s team. Toyota’s new car has an electric, as well as petrol engine but is different and better than the Prius, an earlier hybrid car developed by Matsumoto. The new improved battery of the electric car can be [...]
Electric cars are no longer confined to the design boards of automobile manufacturers. The leading automobile heavyweights such as Volkswagen, Honda, Nissan and GM are ready with their prototype electric cars for sale. New players in the field comprise of a number of boutique car manufacturers who have unveiled their prototype versions and are giving [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Recession has hit the world bad, and automakers are among the biggest hit. But this ongoing economic crisis may turn out to be a blessing in disguise for electric car companies. According to certain industry experts, plug in electric cars stand a substantial chance of making a breakthrough in the North American car market in [...]