A new report by by Zentrums für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW), which Green Car Congress somehow ran across, shows that the number of plug-in cars on the roads more than doubled from the end of […]
I shared China’s 2013 electric car sales numbers in January. The total for all models came to 6,795. “In the first weeks of 2014,” BYD reports that about 6,000 units of its new Qin plug-in hybrid […]
China’s electric car market is just getting rolling. Sales don’t compare to US, European, or Japanese electric car sales, but they have certainly been growing, and hopefully they will within a couple years. For now, here […]
China, the largest country in the world according to population, the second-largest according to GDP, and the largest according to CO2 emissions, has had a tendency of late to do things in a big way. It […]
The Denza electric car is now going to be available through some of China’s largest car dealers, thanks to a new deal between the Denza EV holding company Shenzen BYD Daimler New Technology Co and Zhongsheng […]
Zap Jonway, an automobile manufacturer headquartered in Santa Rosa, California, has unveiled its latest lineup of 2013 electric vehicles, including two versions of a 5-star minivan, a 3-Door E380 SUV, and a 5-Door E-Falcon SUV. The 5-star minivan […]
Wheego is an electric car company based out of Atlanta that you probably haven’t heard of. It doesn’t get nearly the attention of Tesla or the Nissan Leaf, or even CODA. Of course, its sales don’t […]
BYD, one of China’s larger automakers, recently announced a new strategic plan to save its ailing company. This follows BYD stock sinking about 75% in the past year. The company has decided to stop producing gas engines and […]
A strategic partnership between Detroit Electric and Geely Automotive was recenetly announced in Shanghai, at Auto Shanghai 2013. The two manufacturers plan to co-develop electric vehicles and powertrain components for the Chinese market. They expect to start selling […]
The Auto Shanghai 2013 has had its fair share of concept hybrid and electric vehicles this year. As part of that, the Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company (DFL-PV), one of Nissan’s joint ventures in China, presented Nissan’s new […]
Here’s an interesting announcement from Shanghai, but partly from a US EV company. Like with CODA, the effort seems to target delivering a relatively cheap and “somewhat made in America” all-electric car. But the question is whether or not […]
If you thought this site was just about cars, I wouldn’t blame you — that’s what we spend most of our time on — but we are into all types of electric vehicles, and that certainly […]
People seem to be either China haters or China lovers — or maybe it’s just those parties that are the loudest. I’ve actually got a good deal of criticism for the red giant, most especially because […]
It’s no secret — China’s automobile ownership is booming. The best the country can do to avert ecological catastrophe as a result of that is get more drivers into clean electric cars. Hybrid electric vehicles aren’t […]
Electric vehicles are very different from gasoline-powered vehicles, as we all know. But one unique thing about electric cars that might not have crossed your mind is that the wheels of an EV could potentially receive […]
