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Aug
14

Bamboo Taxis in the Phillipines

The mayor of a Philippine city called Tabontabon was tired of seeing so many 3-wheeled motorcycles acting as taxis in his city (and causing accidents...
Jul
14

Delithium - Futuristic Performance Hot Rod Design

Designer Bo Zolland has come up with an electric car he’s calling the Delithium.  It’s a two-seater hot-rod with a lot of cool, retro sty...
Jul
07

World Solar Racing Champs Roll Out New Competition Car

The Dutch Nuon Solar Team from Delft University has taken the trophy at the World Solar Challenge four times in a row now.  They’ve unveiled th...
Jul
07

Video: Tesla Model S Commercial

A new publicity promo from Tesla Motors has been released, featuring the 2011 Model S and chief designer Franz von Holzhausen.  The Model S is to be...
Jun
26

ZeroFuel: the Hydrogen Car Powered by Used Big Gulps and Coffee

So you’re zipping down the highway in your new, sleek, hydrogen-powered ZeroFuel car and you suddenly see the fuel gauge glowing red.  Uh oh...
Jun
24

Electrovaya Announces New Maya 300 NEV

Shaped very similar to the iMiEV, this car made its debut in 2008. Since then, the Maya 300 has been undergoing road and technology testing and is no...
Jun
24

Electric Mini E’s Hitting the Road…and Blogs

The first of the electric Mini Coopers (called the Mini E) from BMW have been hitting the streets throughout the U.S. in recent weeks.  One of the mo...
Jun
19

Automotive X-Prize Competitors’ List Release: 136 Entries

The Progressive Automotive X Prize begins this month, with judging on the 136 official entries starting soon.  To get in, these cars had to meet spec...
Jun
19

Mitsubishi Releases iMiEV Final Production Model & Photos

Mitsubishi launched the series production of the iMiEV on June 5 and along with it came pictures of the actual production model for the little car....
Jun
15

Lumeneo SMERA EV Now on Sale in France, Soon to Hit All of EU

Built in France by Lumeneo, the SMERA is a tiny electric car that sells for about 24,500 Euros ($33,000USD).  The little EV debuted at the Geneva Mot...
Jun
06

Tesla Not Alone: Zap Gets a Recall Too

While Tesla might have been the first to get into the news for their electric car’s recall, ZAP Motors came in right after them.  The Tesla Roa...
May
26

Shai Agassi is Today’s Steve Jobs and Better Place is Apple Computers

According to the April 30 issue of The Economist, Shai Agassi of Better Place is an “Electric Evangelist” with the ability to sway otherwi...
May
19

Th!nk City Gets Highway Approval in Europe

The Th!nk City has gone in and passed safety requirements in the Netherlands, which means it’s now considered road worthy throughout the Europea...
May
17

Video: Drive It Like You Stole It! Fisker Karma on the Track

Here’s a great video (despite the music) showing the Fisker Karma being put through some paces on the track...
May
10

Nissan Promises a “Real Car” As Their Upcoming EV - Could it be a Be Bop?

Nissan’s officials have promised that their upcoming electric car will be a “real” car and not a neighborhood electric or limited sp...
May
06

Optamotive Campagna T-Rex Enters Auto X-Prize

Codenamed the Surge, this rendition of the popular Campagna T-Rex high-performance car is going to enter the Automotive X-Prize.  Optamotive, who mad...
May
06

The Electric Arcimoto Gets a Test Drive

The Arcimoto is a 3-wheeled electric vehicle capable of 50mph, 30 miles’ range on a charge, and seats one.  It’s an urban commuter that t...
May
02

First Nissan EVs in U.S. Will Arrive in Seattle

Nissan has been making the rounds with its Cube EV prototype, vising several cities in the northwest.  They’re looking for two things, apparent...
Apr
29

Shanghai Auto Show: The BYD e6 Crossover Unveiled

The all-electric BYD e6 crossover vehicle debuted at the Shanghai Auto Show today.  It’s a step away from the usual designs BYD has offered so...
Apr
29

FEV Proposes Wankel Rotary Engine as a Range Extender

FEV proposed the Wankel Rotary Engine as a range-extender solution at this year’s SAE conference.  The issues of repeated starting and engine v...
Apr
27

Green GT Racer Unveiled at Energissima in Switzerland

At the Swiss Show of Renewable Energy and New Technologies (Energissima), Green GT showcased its new prototype FIA-spec racer.  This all-electric rac...
Apr
24

Politics Put Electric Car Share in Paris on Hold

About a year ago, Paris’ Mayor Bertrand Delanoe announced a new electric vehicle renting service for the public.  Called Auto’lib, it was...
Apr
24

EV Tribute to 1925 Sunbeam Tiger LSR Design

Ryan Skelley, a British design student, has made renderings of a 2-seat electric roadster to commemorate the centennial (2025) for the 1925 Sunbeam Ti...
Apr
23

Shanghai Auto Show: Chery’s New EVs Get Facelifts

Chery is showing two new electric vehicle concepts this year in Shanghai.  The first is the Riich M1 EV and the other is a new Tiggo 3 EV.  The Riic...
Apr
21

Wheego Whip to Begin Shipping in May

Wheego, a division of RTEV, is now taking orders at their Atlanta, Georgia headquarters for shipments of the Wheego Whip NEV (Neighborhood Electric Ve...
Apr
20

Subaru Now Testing EV in Japan: the Stella

Well, this isn’t a Street Car Named Desire, but instead is an electric car named Stella.  STELLA!  It’s Subaru’s final specificati...
Apr
20

Video: The Foldup, 3-wheeled Electric Car for Women

For those of you interested in a little bit of EV history, here-s an interesting video from the 1920’s of a fold-up, 3-wheeled electric car desi...
Apr
20

Neil Young’s Fork in the Road Video Challenge

So..wanna be a rock star?  Or at least be in, on, or around a true rock video?  Well, here’s your chance.  Neil Young, whose LincVolt hybrid...
Apr
17

The GEM Peapod Mobility, Chrysler’s NEV Concept

This little car has been buzzing around the ‘Net for a few days now, after it’s debut in the U.S. at the New York Auto Show earlier in Apr...
Apr
17

myCar NEV To Give G-Wiz Some Competition in London

The Italian-designed myCar CV.2 is available for sale in the UK through Eu Auto Stores in London.  The little Hong Kong-made car is a 2-seater NEV th...
Apr
16

Pininfarina BlueCar EV Sports 3,300 Pre-Orders Already

Not due for release in Europe until 2010, the BlueCar EV van by Pininfarina and Bollore has already received well over three thousand reservations for...
Apr
14

ZENN’s New, Under $10,000 NEV Program Announced

Want a neighborhood electric vehicle, but aren’t interested in paying full-car prices?  Well, ZENN might have an answer for you in their new ea...
Apr
14

Oregon Wants To Be Electric Vehicle Capital of the USA

It appears that if the State of Oregon has their way, they’ll become the nation’s electric vehicle capital.  Three huge announcements hav...
Apr
13

Future Vehicle Technologies Debuts 275mpg eVARO for X PRIZE

The Automotive X Prize competition is heating up and the latest entrant is the new eVARO from Future Vehicle Technologies (FVT) in British Columbia...
Apr
13

Sigma Motorworks Electric Sports Car Based on Mustang

The Sigma GTE, designed by Sigma Motor Works, is slated to hit the streets sometime in 2010 with 500 models of this all-electric sports car. The proto...
Apr
13

Tata Motors Steals the Show: the $2,000 Car, 56mpg, and an EV

Want a car for $2,000 and want it to get at least 50 miles to the gallon?  Tata has you covered with the Nano.  How about an EV sedan with an extrem...
Apr
10

Fisker Brings In Another $85M in Venture Capital for Karma

Two venture capital investors have stepped up for the next round of capital to get Fisker to production level. One is Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and B...
Apr
10

Mitsubishi Increasing i MiEV Production to Meet High Demand

The little electric car that could is turning out to be the Mitsubishi i MiEV, which released a year ahead of schedule in Japan and is slated for rele...
Apr
09

NY Auto Show: Scion Announces New EV

To no one’s surprise, Scion announced the Scion iQ Concept, which is basically a Toyota iQ with some small body changes.  The paint is very dif...
Apr
08

The Futuristic Carriage F-Cell Roadster from Mercedes-Benz

At first glance, you see this F-CELL Roadster and say “what the…?”  Then you either like it or hate it.  Personally, I really like...
Apr
08

Meet the Latest G-Wiz: li-ion, 75 mile range, under 16k!

GoinGreen, which distributes the Reva G-Wiz in the UK, has announced the new specs and pricing for the lithium-ion next generation G-Wiz. This little...
Apr
08

VIDEO: Tomorrow’s Transportation from America.gov

This is a great little video (about 1 minute long) from america.gov featuring many of the electric vehicles available right now, including the Tesla R...
Apr
07

TH!NK Gets Into Austria, Considering U.S.

TH!NK Global has had some rocky times lately, but things are looking up. The little TH!NK City is now in Austria and more are going there soon. The Au...
Apr
07

Tesla S Pre-Sells 520 Cars in a Week

Tesla Motors unveiled the new Model S sedan at the end of march and in ten days has taken reservations for 520 cars and counting. For the bean counter...
Apr
06

Duke’s Garage and the Electric Mustang Conversion

Duke’s Garage near Denver, Colorado is all about classic cars. Whether you want one restored, want to purchase one, or want to sell yours, Duke...
Apr
05

Chevy Volt’s Price Will Depend on Gasoline

In a truly GM-styled move, the upcoming Volt’s price will be based not on business dynamics, it’s cost versus consumer demand, or anything...
Apr
05

Detroit Electric Revives All-Electric Car - To Be Out Before the Tesla S

Detroit Electric, which made cars back at the turn of the century, has announced that they’re getting back into the business. Teaming up with Pr...
Apr
05

Velozzi to Enter Two Cars in Automotive X Prize

Velozzi plans to enter not one, but two separate vehicles into the X Prize. Both are PHEV (plug-in electric vehicles) that can use a variety of fuels...
Apr
02

VIDEO: Elon Musk Gives First Model S Buyer Test Drive

After the Model S was revealed the other day, paying customers got the opportunity to test drive the vehicle they’ve been waiting so long to rec...
Apr
02

Brilliance Auto to Unveil new Electric Car at Shanghai Auto Show

The Shanghai Auto Show is just around the corner - doors open on April 22nd - and news is already starting to filter out about some of the EV offering...
Apr
02

GM to Create Two More Electric Cars in Addition to the Volt

According to information found in an updated business plan that was presented to the U.S. government yesterday, General Motors is currently requesting...
Mar
31

Mazda Not Going Hybrid or Electric

In a bold move, Mazda released a press announcement Friday stating that the company has no plans to develop either a hybrid or an all-electric vehicle...
Mar
27

Unveiling of the Tesla Model S Uncovers New Specs Too

The hot news right now is the unveiling of the Tesla Model S sedan, which happened with much anticipation and fanfare.  Also released were the specif...
Mar
27

Full, Professional Electric Vehicle Conversions…Free?

There are conversion options for all kinds of changeovers for your vehicle.  CNG, biodiesel, propane, and others are all easily had and have been for...
Mar
26

Friendly Electric Car Now Available for Pre-Order in France

Heuliez, which crashed the Paris Motor Show last fall with their surprise EV the Friendly (a sort of car/van mashup) has now made the Friendly availab...
Mar
25

Live Video of Tesla S Unveiling From Leftlane!

On Thursday (March 26th), the Tesla Model S will be unveiled at 12:30PST amid a lot of speculation and hoopla.  Elon Musk has been showing his Silico...
Mar
23

Tesla Announces Price Drop for S Model - Under $50k?

Tesla has announced that the Model S will be priced at $57,400 (base), rather than at $60k as originally stated.  The reason for the price drop?  Af...
Mar
23

Xof1 Solar Car Breaks World Distance Record

The Power of One (Xof1) solar car has broken the world distance record for a solar-powered vehicle.  The journey, amazingly enough, started by accide...
Mar
22

Aptera 2e to Undergo Crash Testing

Refuting the claims that the Aptera is not as safe as other cars, Marques McCammon, Aptera’s Chief Marketing Officer, talked to Green Fuels Fore...
Mar
22

Could Tomorrow’s Blue Light Special Be an Electric Car?

A Chinese-made electric car Kathleen Ligocki, CEO of GS Motors, sells electric cars in Mexico and sees huge potential for doing the same throughout th...
Mar
20

Citroen to Launch Green Brand

At the Geneva Motor Show earlier this month, Citroen announced the DS line of ultra-efficient cars.  Now, they are announcing a fully “green...
Mar
17

Bookmark These EV Websites

If you’re a regular reader of Zoomi Life, there’s a couple of very useful EV websites that you might want to add to your bookmarks or RSS...
Mar
16

The Aptera in Color

Tired of seeing the Aptera in only white?  Well, fear not, for it’s filsmyth’s Photoshop to the rescue!  This intrepid Aptera fan dared...
Mar
16

Study Predicts 32.7 Million EVs by 2015, Aptera Wants 100,000 of Those

WinterGreen Research, Inc. has published a study guessing that by 2015, there will be 32.7 million electric vehicles on the road.  The study is avail...
Mar
16

Nissan Reveals Some EV Infrastructure Teasers

Nissan has been talking about their electric vehicle plans a lot lately.  First, with their planned partnership with Sonoma County in California and...
Mar
15

Geneva Motor Show: Pininfarina and Bollore B0 Pre-Orders Open

Pininfarina has started a list of pre-order customers for the upcoming B0 electric car (pronounced B Zero), which they are building in partnership wit...
Mar
15

Geneva Motor Show: Mitsubishi Global i MiEV Prototype Revealed

The prototype for the Mitsubishi Global i MiEV was revealed at the Geneva Motor Show.  Very much like the original i MiEV, this version is the “...
Mar
13

Ford CEO: EVs Will Own The Road in 10 Years

Alan Mullaly, the Ford Motor Company CEO, spoke at a recent economic conference.  He told reporters that “in 10 years, 12 years, you are going...
Mar
12

Wheego Whip Electric Car Now Available for Pre-Order

The Wheego Whip from Ruff and Tuff Electric Vehicles (RTEV) is now available for pre-order in the U.S. and Canada.  The NEV has some great features f...
Mar
12

Neil Young’s New Eco-Car Album in Pre-Release

Neil Young, who we featured not too long ago with his X-Prize entrant the LincVolt, is releasing a new musical album titled “Fork in the Road...
Mar
12

Tazzari Zero Gets North American Distributor

The Tazzari Zero electric city car hasn’t been in the spotlight much, but that’s about to change.  The company has announced that a Decem...
Mar
08

Geneva Motor Show 2009: Mitsubishi i MiEV Sport Air

The new i MiEV electric car from Mitsubishi has received a fair amount of notice in the past few months as an urban commuter EV.  This new version se...
Mar
08

Geneva Motor Show 2009: Rinspeed’s E2 & iChange Debuts

The concepts from Rinspeed this year are both “ya, ya, it’s an EV” and “holy crap, that’s awesome!”  The E2 being...
Mar
07

Geneva Motor Show 2009: Ruf Debuts Greenster eRuf Porsche

Last year, Ruf (the Porche high performance tuners) announced a prototype electric Porsche 911.  The latest incarnation of that is the Greenster, a t...
Mar
07

Geneva Auto Show 2009: Magna Steyr Unveiling Mila EV Concept

Magna Steyr announced in February that they were going to unveil their latest EV concept, the MILA EV.  The Austrian firm (a unit of Canadian Magna I...
Mar
07

Geneva Motor Show 2009: Brabus Smart Ed

Brabus makes a tricked-out Tesla Roadster, but the tuning company also has a smaller, trendier side.  That would be the new Smart Ed (from Daimler)...
Mar
06

Nissan Swears Off Hydrogen And Hybrids, Promoting Battery EVs

In a somewhat bold move, Renault-Nissan has announced that they will not continue to pursue hydrogen or hybrid technologies in the future.  Research...
Mar
05

MIT’s Solar Car To Race in Australia’s World Solar Challenge

Eleanor, the Solar Race Car built by students at MIT, will be participating in the World Solar Challenge in Australia this coming October. The seven d...
Mar
05

Fisker Raises $3 Million to Buy Battery Stock

Fisker Automotive, whose Karma will be hitting the streets this fall, has announced a successful fundraising round of $3 million.  The money will go...
Mar
04

Protoscar’s New Electric Sports Car, The LAMPO, To Be Unveiled at Geneva Motor Show

The Swiss design company Protoscar will reveal a new electric sports car called the LAMPO at the Geneva Motor Show.  For now, they’re giving ti...
Feb
26

Fisker Starts Taking Pre-Orders on the Karma S

Fisker has announced that they are now taking pre-orders on the Karma S hard-top convertible, due to hit the streets in 2011 and debuting in street-re...
Feb
26

The Electric Car Stimulus Plan

Obama’s “stimulus” package (I’ll try not to get political here) includes some pretty decent tax breaks for purchasing alternat...
Feb
25

Chinese Electric Cars Coming to America

Shandong Baoya Vehicle Co. of China has announced that they have received 4,800 electric car orders originating in the U.S.  and have already sent 50...
Feb
24

GM Plans It’s Volt-ific Future: 2 New PHEVs

General Motors currently has six hybrid electric vehicles and the much-anticipated Chevrolet Volt will hit the streets late next year.  Based on the...
Feb
24

Fisker Karma Debuts New Television Ad During Oscars

Fisker televised its new ad for the Karma during the Oscars.  The ad features Henrik Fisker himself talking about the car as well as shots of the car...
Feb
24

Latest Video From the Wind-Powered Sports Car

Dale Vince, who you’ll remember we talked about not too long ago regarding his wind-powered sports car concept, has made another video to update...
Feb
20

Rinspeed to Unveil Electric Concept Car in Geneva

The upcoming Geneva Auto Show in March will feature another interesting concept car unveiling.  This one, from Rinspeed (a Swiss carmaker), is called...
Feb
20

Chery Announces New Electric Car Model - the S18

Earlier this month, we noted the announcement of Chinese company Chery Automotive’s hybrid BSG, the A5. Well, the company has announced another...
Feb
18

Wheego Electric Cars Launches U.S. Dealer Network

Wheego has announced that they’re now taking applications from perspective dealers in the United States and Canada.  Wheego (owned by RTEV) mak...
Feb
18

Swedish McDonalds to Install EV Charging Points at Restaurants

Amazingly, Europeans are as willing to put up with McCrappys just as we Americans are.  Sweden, in particular, has several of the Golden Arches resta...
Feb
17

Volkswagen and Toshiba Team Up To Make Electric Car

Volkswagen has announced that it is teaming up with Toshiba to create an electric version of the Up! concept car.  The minivan concept VW introduced...
Feb
14

ZoomiLife 1st Weekly Green Car Blog RoundUp

There’s so much news happening in the EV and Green Car industry that we can’t keep up. Not for lack of trying, mind you - we spend every...
Feb
13

Tesla Releases Model S Teaser Photo

Tesla has just released a teaser photo of their upcoming Model S electric car on their blog. Most of the car is covered and there’s not much t...
Feb
12

More Information Available on the BG C100 Electric Car

Back in November, we talked about the little BG C100 coming to America and hoping to pass DOT testing for roadworthiness.  If it did, it would likely...
Feb
11

SEAT Introduces New “Twin Drive Ecomotive” Concept

The Spanish car company SEAT (part of the Volkwagen Group) has released information on a new concept they’re calling the “Twin Drive Ecomo...
Feb
10

Reva To Set Up New Production Plant For New Electric Car

Reva Electric Car Company in India has announced plans to market their Riva electric car this year, starting in a few months.  So far, nearly 500 of...
Feb
09

Tazzari Gives Up More Details on Zero EV

A few days ago, we mentioned the new website that the Tazzari Zero now has.  With that site, Tazzari has now issued new specs for the Zero, which wil...
Feb
08

Hurricane Recyclable Electric Car Concept

Hoyoung Jo, Jinseok Song, and Kyuwon Kim, students at Seoul National Unversity of Technology are design students.  They’ve come up with a conce...
Feb
05

Aptera Releases Final Specifications for 2e

Aptera is showcasing their new production model at the TED conference and has finally released the final spec list for the much-anticipated EV...
Feb
04

The Tazzari Zero Gets Marketing Glitz

The Tazzari Zero has entered the new age of marketing with a brand new website designed to allow users to build their own Zero. The new site launched...
Feb
03

ZAP Alias Electric Car to Compete in Progressive Automotive X Prize

ZIP has just announced that their Alias electric car, unveiled for the first time at the NADA show in New Orleans, will compete in the Automotive X PR...
Feb
03

F-City: The Electric SUV of the Future

Remember those scientists in California who came up with that goofy electric box with four wheels that looked like a really unstable golf cart? Well...
Feb
02

German EDAG to Unveil Recyclable Electric Concept Car in Geneva

German company EDAG has announced that they will unveil a new, futuristic recyclable concept car at the Geneva Motor Show going on in March this year...
Jan
31

UK’s Bee Automotive Announces Plans for 700hp Electric Race Car

British carmaker Bee Automotive has announced plans to revive the BRM brand after 60 years with the creation of a new, high-performance electric race...
Jan
30

GM’s Fuel Cell Vehicle Gets a Test Drive

Recently, the boys at EcoGeek got to test drive the Chevrolet’s Equinox, a fuel cell test vehicle the company has been quietly working with for...
Jan
29

LG to Provide Batteries for the Chevy Volt

The South Korean company LG Chem has penned a deal with General Motors to build lithium-ion batteries for the Chevy volt until the end of 2015.  The...
Jan
29

Lotus’ New Electric Car Coming in March

Apparently, selling platforms to Tesla and Dodge to make electric cars out of gave Lotus an idea.  Why not make an electric car of their own?  Well...
Jan
28

Acclaimed Ex-McLaren Designer Planning Electric Sportscar

Jim Dowle, former McLaren F1 designer, now with JJAD has announced his own plans to build an electric sportscar based on his-previously-announced P1 d...
Jan
27

Shelby Smokes Something Wacky, Makes Unbelievable Claims About Aero EV

Some of you may remember our coverage of the Shelby Aero EV back in November. At the time, Shelby Supercars was already making some pretty incredible...
Jan
27

Loremo 120-mpg And All-Electric Prototypes to Hit Roads in 2009

German company Loremo (stands for LOw REsistance MObile), has announced that it’s prototype vehicle - one body style, three powertrains - will h...
Jan
27

The Myers Motors NmG: Visions of Electric Cars in Every Garage

Right on the front page of their site, Myers Motors says that their goal is “Sub-$20,000 vehicles that are practical and affordable…” Pretty...
Jan
26

Opel To Reveal Ampera Electric Car At Geneva Motor Show

Opel has announced that it will unveil a new electric car called the Ampera at the Geneva Motor Show, happening in Switzerland between March 5-15 this...
Jan
26

ZAP Introduces Electric Van and Truck at NADA Expo

ZAP is introducing two new electric vehicle models this year at the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) expo, going on right now in New Orl...
Jan
26

Los Angeles, New York City to Receive Fleet of Mini Es

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has just announced that the City of New York is set to receive a fleet of Mini Es from BMW as part of a feasibility s...
Jan
26

Ecomodder’s Dirt Cheap DIY Electric Cars

One of our favorite websites is ecomodder.com, which features a lot of awesome, green, do-it-yourself stuff for modifying existing automobiles to make...
Jan
25

First Aptera 2e Rolls Out of the Factory

The first pre-production model Aptera 2e finally rolled off the factory floor, on time (finally).  Scheduled to go into full production in October, t...
Jan
21

Electric Cars - Yes We Can

This photo was taken along the train route that President Obama took on his way to Washington DC. While I’m not usually big on slogans, I do ag...
Jan
21

Concept Car Lets you Work Out While You Drive

Why waste money at the gym when you can get your workout done while you commute? That’s the concept behind this vehicle design from Da Feng, a d...
Jan
19

THINK Gets Last Minute Funding to Stay Afloat

A month ago, it looked like all was lost for the Oslo-based company THINK, when the Norwegian government denied their request for another loan to keep...
Jan
18

Tesla Raises Prices, Even for “Locked In” Orders

Tesla Motors has announced price increases to various options and other changes to the still undelivered 2008 Tesla Roadster. These price increases a...
Jan
17

Tesla To Supply Batteries For Daimler’s Smart ED

Tesla Motors has announced that they will be supplying the battery packs for the Daimler Smart ED.  Well, 1,000 of them anyway (all lithium-ion), wit...
Jan
15

Lynx Electric Vehicle Concept Focuses on Safety

While many electric concept cars are funny-looking (to say the least), most of them have two things in common: they run on electricity and they are ae...
Jan
15

Mitsubishi i MiEV Going to Europe

The Mitsubishi Corporation has penned a deal with the French group PSA which will supply 10,000 MiEVs to them in 2011 (which doubles expected European...
Jan
13

Dodge’s New Electric Sports Car Gets a Name

Dodge unveiled their new electric sports car at the LA Auto Show in November last year, but had another surprise for Detroit today. The newest versio...
Jan
13

Chevy and Ford Promise Electric Cars in 2010 and 2011

Both GM and Ford have announced electric vehicle plans for release in the near future.  Both companies, neither of which has a pure EV currently on t...
Jan
13

Fisker Unveils New Karma-S Convertible at Detroit Auto Show

While the question of whether Boy George will be re-releasing his hit song as “Karma, Karma, Karma Conver-ti-bllllle” is left unanswered, Fisker h...
Jan
12

Detroit: Smart ED Electric Smart Car Coming to America Soon

The Smart Car called the “ED” (Electric Drive), made by Daimler, is gaining ground on the European market as a smart urban commuter. The name wil...
Jan
12

Chrysler Pulls a Rabbit Out of Its Hat at the Detroit Auto Show: The 200C PHEV Concept

It was a surprise to everyone but the Executive VP of Product Development of Chrysler, who showed off the new PHEV. This is a realistic, sell-able co...
Jan
12

The Mercedes BlueZERO Concept Trio Debuts In Detroit

Mercedes has introduced a trio of concept cars they’re calling BlueZERO. All three look the same, but are powered differently. The body and cha...
Jan
12

Toyota to Launch 10 New Hybrids and New Electric Car Within 3 Years

Eager to keep the top spot in the world’s hybrid car sales market, Toyota has announced that they will be offering 10 new hybrid models by 2011...
Jan
11

Smith Electric’s “Edison” Electric Ford Transit Van

Showcased at the Electric Drive Transportation Association’s 2008 conference, this Ford Transit van converted to plug-in electric by Smith Elect...
Jan
10

BYD Moving Into Leadership Position In Electric Vehicle Technology

The Chinese company BYD, which we’ve covered before with their new BYD F3DM plug-in hybrid car, is making other moves to become the world’...
Jan
10

Subaru, Better Place, and Japan Team Up to Create Electric Vehicle Charging Network in Japan

Subaru has the R1e (Stella) all-electric car that they’ve been testing in New York, but haven’t announced any plans to sell yet. Many have...
Jan
10

Tata’s New Indica Electric Car Unveiled at Bologna Auto Show

Tata is the Indian company that bought Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford.  They’re one of India’s premier auto makers, with exports going a...
Jan
09

Aptera Delays 2e Production Until October

The production prototype model for the Aptera 2e was to be out for testing at the end of 2008, but that did not happen. In an email to potential custo...
Jan
06

Prius Owner Powers His Home With His Car

Here’s an interesting alternative use for your hybrid electric. John Sweeney, who lives in Harvard, Massachusetts, was one of the many victims...
Jan
06

West Unveils WX10-T Electric Race Car

West Race Cars, based in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of the premier makers of race cars on the market. Their latest model, made in conjunction with Klee...
Jan
05

The Phylla Solar-Powered Electric Car Looks Like Hello Kitty

The Phylla electric car is solar-powered and capable of going 80mph. The concept prototype was driven by some VIP guests at the Turin Environmental P...
Jan
04

AC Propulsion’s Ebox Electric Car Conversion

A few years ago, Tom Hanks was pushing this company and then it suddenly just went poof. After an appearance on Letterman, a couple of videos on his M...
Jan
02

The Swedish SAM Electric Car by Cree Is Back!

Cree, which was founded in 1996 and began prototyping and testing an innovative 3-wheeled electric called the SAM, went out of business in 2003 due to...
Jan
02

Closer Look: The Triac 3-Wheeled Electric Car/Bike

The Triac is neither a car nor a motorcycle, but sort of a combination. It’s in the same category as the Aptera and other “technically-motorc...
Dec
27

A Bullet With Boston’s Name On It

The winner of this year’s Boston Design Competition was a car called the Boston Bullet by a Romanian designer named Mihai Panaitescu. The compe...
Dec
26

New Tesla Roadster 1.5 Video Review

I recently watched some videos made by Oncars.com as they reviewed the Tesla Roadster in its 1.5 drive-train configuration.  The video is well done a...
Dec
26

The Tango Snow Plow

While the Tango is primarily a commuter electric, it has other uses too, as shown in the following YouTube video...
Dec
23

Utilities Considering Upgrading Fleets to Electric Vehicles

Several utility companies are apparently behind the scenes working to convert most of their vehicles to plug-in hybrids or all-electric vehicles. Many...
Dec
20

Ontario Joins Other Provinces in LSV Rules

The province of Ontario in Canada is the most populous province in the country and is finally following B.C. And Quebec in permitting low-speed vehicl...
Dec
19

Norway’s Buddy Electric Car

A Norwegian upstart, ElBil Norge, has come up with an electric car they’re calling the Kewet (“Buddy”). Their website, which is in haltingly...
Dec
18

VIDEO: How NOT to Design an Electric Car

Here’s a demonstration on how you should NOT design your electric car and its safety components.  This is some kind of university competition i...
Dec
18

G-Wiz Claims Good Financial Health Despite 50% Sales Drop

The G-Wiz is London’s most popular electric commuter car, having been around a few years and being well-established as the nation’s best l...
Dec
16

Solar Taxi Goes Around the World in 80 Days

Or thereabouts. In July of 2007, the Solar Taxi embarked on a trip of 32,000 miles around the world. The car is completely solar powered and took a f...
Dec
16

CalCars: Bailout With a Twist

A non-profit startup called CalCars has a unique proposal to both save the American auto industry and force them to get on board with plug-in vehicle...
Dec
12
Dec
10

Hawaii Teams With Better Place to Create Statewide EV Charging Network

Hawaii has endorsed a deal with Better Place, which puts together electrical charging infrastructures for EV use. This follows a deal with California...
Dec
10

ZENN’s Ian Clifford In Live Online Q&A Friday

Ian Clifford, founder of Canada’s ZENN Motor Company(Zero-Emissions, No Noise) will be online Friday to answer questions from the Web at large...
Dec
10

Three Dirt Cheap DIY Electric Cars - Part 4

Electric cars don’t have to be prohibitively expensive.  In fact, they can be surprisingly affordable for a resourceful tinkerer.  In Part 4 o...
Dec
09

The Pininfarina B0 (B Zero) Electric Car

Welcome to Italy. Yet another electric car will hit Italian streets in the near future. The Pininfarina B0 (B Zero) electric car debuted at the Pari...
Dec
09

The Wrightspeed X1 Electric Race Car

Those with a true need for speed know that there are only so many things you can do with a car that just isn’t made to go fast. The folks at Wr...
Dec
08

Aptera To Finally Begin Production in 2009

The Aptera, which has gone through several modifications and had many delays since its announcement in 2006, is now slated for 2009 production. The la...
Dec
08

Tango Outruns the Tesla Roadster

It’s a sad day.  Really.  The Tesla Roadster got beat out by one of the worst geek-mobiles in the electric vehicle production world: the Tango...
Dec
05

Three Dirt Cheap DIY Electric Cars - Part 3

Electric cars don’t have to be prohibitively expensive.  In fact, they can be surprisingly affordable for a resourceful tinkerer.  In Part 3 o...
Dec
05

Hydrogen fuel cell car review part two

This is the second of a two part post. Part one can be found here. Bloomberg press sent luxury car columnist Jason Harper on a little trip from New Yo...
Dec
03

Miles EV (XS500) Updates

Miles is putting a new electric car on the market, which we covered not long ago. That car has seen some updating. It’s name is changed from t...
Dec
03

Fisker Karma Updates

The Fisker Karma has finally gone into production, with a production model rolling off the floor and being showcased in some new photos from Fisker...
Dec
03

The Dodge EV Electric Car

Not too long ago, we posted a video here pitting a Dodge Hemi Challenger against a Dodge EV in a 1/4 mile. The Dodge EV won, of course, and that even...
Dec
01

GM’s Latest Video Explaining the Chevy Volt

This video is short (about three and a half minutes) and well-produced.  While it’s a little simplistic, it does explain how the Volt’s c...
Nov
30

The Tazzari Zero: Not So Zero In My Book

I normally don’t like so-called “micro” vehicles and I especially despise “commuter” vehicles. These are usually one-in-the-same and are...
Nov
28

Honda FC Sport Concept: Ugly, Even For a Concept

Concept cars are not usually known for their realism or great looks. They’re sort of the modern art of car design: only those who made them unde...
Nov
26
Nov
25

Dodge EV Smokes Challenger in 1/4 Mile

“Hey, that thing got a Hemi?” Ya, it does and it’s still slower than the electric. The LA Times featured a video from Dodge’s marketi...
Nov
25

The Tesla Roadster Gets An Overhaul

I know that I’ve touted the Tesla a lot and tend to use it as a benchmark for other electrics, but there’s a reason for that: it rocks. W...
Nov
24

The Subaru R1e and G4e Electric Cars

The Subaru R1e Electric Car Quietly, Subaru has been working on some electric vehicle concepts. Without the hoopla of GM or the immediate green cred...
Nov
22

Miles Electric Vehicles Introduces XS500 Electric Sedan

Want a normal-looking car that’s all-electric and can actually do highway speeds and longer ranges? Maybe you also want it to cost less than $3...
Nov
21

Stackable Rental Electric Cars Coming Soon?

People’s imaginations have few boundaries. Ideas are prolific and sometimes mind-boggling. The arena of electric cars is no different. How ab...
Nov
21

High School Homework: Convert Saturn SP1 to Electric Car

“How’s the homework going, Junior?” “Not bad, dad.  I just finished putting the lithium-ion battery pack into the project car...
Nov
19

Fisker’s Karma Electric Hybrid Sedan

Fisker made some big splashes when their Karma Electric Sedan, which definitely gives Tesla’s Roadster a run for its money in style, debuted in...
Nov
18

Mercedez-Benz Announces S400 Hybrid Sedan

Jumping on the hybrid vehicles bandwagon, Mercedez-Benz has released their S400 BlueHybrid to the European market and will be introducing it in North...
Nov
18

Meet the Nexter (Not To Be Confused With Geekster)

Imagine a VW bus (the classic ones) that’s been smashed sideways so it only seats one in a row. That’s basically what the Nexter looks li...
Oct
09

GM Tries To “Volt” NASCAR Fans

Photo from TechnoRide...

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