With EV sales increasing, more affordable models are starting to come into the marketplace. GM, in a bid to cash in on this market, recently released the Chevy Spark EV. In limited release, in California and Oregon, the […]
BMW had a pretty fanciful unveiling of its first electric car, the BMW i3, last week. It was fun. But beyond that, it also seemed to convey a true seriousness about a transformation to electric vehicles. […]
The numbers are in for “mass-market” 100% electric vehicle (EV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), and conventional hybrid electric vehicle sales. Well, the numbers are in from everyone but Tesla and Fiat. (The Tesla Model S […]
Meet the Daedalus — the University of Minnesota’s new Cruiser-class solar racing car. The new — and rather interesting-looking — vehicle is going to be the university’s entry into the 2013 World Solar Challenge in October. […]
After years of development and countless teasers, the commercial-production BMW i3 has finally been unveiled. The BMW i3 electric car was simultaneously unveiled in London, New York, and Beijing yesterday.
Ford has not historically been a leader in hybrid or electric vehicle technology. Toyota and Honda very clearly led the introduction of mass-market hybrid electric vehicles. More recently, Nissan and GM have led the burgeoning 100% […]
The Chevy Spark EV is a compact electric vehicle with some very unusual characteristics (in a good way). 1. The Chevy Spark EV can recharge in as little as 20 minutes using a special charging accessory. 2. […]
The name Terra Motors may ring a bell for you. It has developed an awesome electric tuk-tuk, which we wrote about back in April. Well, the company has also developed an iPhone-connected scooter. With the A4000i, you just […]
Something that I think not many people are aware of is that some green cars are only produced because of California’s strict laws aimed at greening the automobile industry. Unfortunately, while some automakers get the underlying […]
Honda’s micro-sized EV model — the Honda Micro Commuter β — will begin field tests this fall in the Japanese city of Saitama, a recent press release from the company has revealed. The Saitama City council for […]
A number of additional details about the BMW i3 electric car were recently revealed by BMW. After a bit of corporate “we’re becoming sustainable because we also love the world” talk, BMW gets into some of […]
The Fiat 500e is supposed to be delivered to its customers in California (it’s only market at the moment) sometime this summer. The cute and cool electric car is already sold out, fortunately or unfortunately, depending […]
This article is being reposted from Solar Love: If you’re unfamiliar with the World Solar Challenge, it’s an event where universities and research institutes create solar cars and race them 3000 kilometers (1864 miles) across the […]
The BMW i8 Roadster, formerly known as the i8 Spyder, definitely surprised and thrilled auto journalists when it was unveiled on April 1, 2012. Last year, the plug-in hybrid electric concept car won the North American Concept […]
Ready for our monthly US electric vehicle sales (including hybrid sales) update? How could you not be? Below is the full table, including comparisons between June 2013 sales and June 2012 sales as well as between […]
