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Aug
14

Consumerism Goes EV: The Electric Shopping Cart Car

You heard right.  It’s an electric shopping cart that’s also a car.  Appropriately, it’s named the LOLrioKart.  Of course, it was...
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
14

Not Even Out of Bankruptcy and GM is Already Green Washing

General Motors hasn’t even come out of bankruptcy yet (a judge has cleared the way, so they will soon) and they’re already going ahead ful...
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
30

The Mercedes-Benz Citaro Fuel Cell Hybrid Bus

Mercedes-Benz unveiled its Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid at the UITP World Congress and Mobility & City Transport Exhibition in Vienna earlier this month...
Jun
30

Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders’ New EV Group

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has created a new Electric Vehicle Group as an industry-wide collaborative promotion effort.  The grou...
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

ExxonMobil Chemical and Electrovaya Team Up To Exploit Lithium-Ion Breakthrough

In 2006, ExxonMobil Chemical made the news when it was announced that they, along with their Japanese affiliate Tonen Chemical, had developed a protot...
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
24

ZeroTruck Enters Production, First Model Sold to Santa Monica

The ZeroTruck by Electrorides has finally entered production with the first unit being sold to the City of Santa Monica in California...
Jun
24

Cash For Clunkers Passes, But Nobody Is Sure How to Run It

The Congress passed the “Cash for Clunkers” program (officially called “Car Allowance Rebate System” or CARS).  Now, theyR...
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
17

The Pending Cash for Clunkers Program: Failure From the Get-Go?

The much-argued “Cash for Clunkers” program will become law soon enough.  The House and Senate have agreed on wording and terms and where...
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
15

Europe’s NCAP Finds Small Cars Are Safe

NCAP is the highway safety assessor for seven European governments and is sort of like a combination of Consumer Reports and the IIHS in the U.S.  Un...
Jun
15

Video: GM’s New Commercial and A Spoof Of the Propaganda

General Motors has issued a new commercial promoting their new “green” (attempted) image, their new company outlook, and a full minute of...
Jun
07

The Definitive Guide to Electric Cars

Confused about what the difference between a hybrid, a plug-in hybrid, a 2-mode hybrid, and a neighborhood electric are?  Did you see a photo or witn...
Jun
06

Electric Vehicle Festival Moves to August 1

The first annual Electric Vehicle Festival, which is much anticipated, will be held on August 1, 2009 in Hollywood Park, California...
Jun
06

Peak Oil for Lithium-Ion Battery and EV Technology?

There are some rare earth metals that are vital to electric motor production, lithium-ion battery storage, and other electric vehicle concerns.  One...
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...
Jun
06

Hydrogen Road Tour a Success: 1,700 Miles From California to Vancouver, B.C.

The road trip started in Chula Vista, California on Monday, May 27, 2009.  The tour ended in Vancouver, British Columbia on Wednesday, June 3rd.  Th...
May
30

Video - Casual Mafia: In My Prius

This video is pretty funny.  Having recently been to California, I can agree with them that every other car seems to be some kind of hybrid...
May
30

GM Faces Bankruptcy, What Will the Fallout Be?

General Motors‘ bondholders rejected a debt-for-equity swap and so have set into motion the likely bankrupting of GM.  This could be the larges...
May
29

Tesla Scratches Its Head: Recalls 75% of Roadsters

Tesla has just announced that they are recalling 75% of the Roadsters they’ve put on the road so far for a safety issue involving the rear hub....
May
26

Lexus Preparing to Release a Premium Subcompact in Europe

The Prius may gain a new cousin at Toyota’s premium car company, Lexus.  Lexus is preparing a new hatchback model to debut at the upcoming Fran...
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
22

Gruber Assist: the Undercover Electric Bicycle

If James Bond owned an electric bike (provided by Q, of course) or if Jason Bourne wanted to exhibit unexplained bionic abilities, they’d get a...
May
22

New Non-Profit Virtual Consulting Group for Electric Vehicles: EV Professional Network

A group of electric vehicle experts from several different perspectives have come together into a consortium of professionals to aid the electric and...
May
22

New Electric Bicycle Law Proposed in Texas

The Texas state legislature has moved a new law out of committee and is now considering a law that would change how electric and electric-assist bicyc...
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
19

Fastskinz (formerly Sharkskinz) Golf Ball Car Covering Gets Independent Testing

Popular Mechanics recently gave a test drive to the Fastskinz car wrap made by Skinzwraps (formerly known as Sharkskinz).  The wrap uses closely-spac...
May
19

Ford Bets The Fiesta’s Future on Social Networking

Ford has changed marketing tack completely and is jumping into the social networking phenomenon to promote the Fiesta.  A hundred people who’re...
May
19

New Indiana Plant to Make Lithium-Ion Battery Packs Commissioned

EnerDel officially commissioned America’s first commercial-scale production plant for lithium-ion automotive battery packs in Indiana.  EnerDel...
May
17

Proterra Electric Bus Getting 20mpg(e) in Tests

We first caught sight of this electric bus back in February.  At that time, the Proterra was cruising through California hoping to get some interest...
May
17

Video: Better Place’s New Electric Car Battery Swap Station In Action

It’s not cheap at $500,000, but the battery swap station can swap out a dead battery on an EV in less time than it takes to pump a tank of gas...
May
17

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Funding Slashed From New DOE/Obama Budget

The much-touted “green” President, Obama, has OK’d a slash in the Department of Energy’s research funding budget for 2010.  I...
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
13

Mobility 2050: The Royal College of Arts Students Envision Future Transportation

The Royal College of Art has been at the forefront of futuristic and sustainable transport design in academic teaching for a long time.  Every year...
May
13

Ford Spends $550 Million to Retool Michigan Plant For Hybrids

Ford has announced that they’re retooling the Michigan Truck Plant in Wayne, Michigan to become the Michigan Assembly Plant.  This means that t...
May
13

Brammo Gets Serious About the TTXGP

There’s just over a month to go before the big race on the Isle of Man and Brammo is getting serious about it.  Recently, their Enertia TTR ent...
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

FedEx Paris Fleet Gets Electric Vehicles

FedEx has been testing two human-electric hybrid 3-wheeled bicycles for small delivery route operations.  During the 11-week trial, the little LEVs m...
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
06

New York Police (NYPD) to Patrol in Nissan Altima Hybrids

The New York Police Department has put forty new Nissan Altima hybrids into its fleet and on the road.  Eighteen of them are patrol cars while the re...
May
02

VIDEO: Tesla’s Elon Musk on Letterman With the Tesla Model S

Elon Musk has a conversation with a very hoarse David Letterman on the Late Show and shows off the new Tesla Model S as well as giving a sneak peek at...
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...
May
01

NovaCharge, AVRC and Coulomb Team Up In Virginia and North Carolina

NovaCharge, an authorized channel for ChargePoint Systems from Coulomb Technologies, has teamed up with Advanced Vehicle Research Center (AVRC).  Thi...
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
29

Adura Systems Announces Electric Bus Powertrain With 100 Mile Range

Adura Systems, a Silicon Valley startup, has announced that their new MESA powertrain architecture is more efficient than a Smart ForTwo.  That’...
Apr
28

Toyota Expects 40,000+ Pre-Orders on Prius

The 2010 Prius officially goes on sale in mid-May in Japan.  They expect to have pre-orders of over 40,000 units by then and have already accepted mo...
Apr
28

Mazda Norwegian-spec RX-8 Hydrogen RE Begins Delivery

The first of the Norwegian-spec’d Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE models have arrived in Norway for delivery to the government.  These are the same as t...
Apr
28

Mazda’s Tribute Hybrid SUV

In 2006, Mazda first introduced the hybrid version of their popular Tribute SUV.  Since then, they’ve come of age and are some very efficient m...
Apr
28

Mazda’s Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid

Mazda is famous for two things: fun cars and Wankel Rotary Engines. The company has two cars in its lineup right now it’s testing as hydrogen mo...
Apr
28

GM and Chrysler Likely Facing Bankruptcy - GM Drops Pontiac and Saturn Brands

Both General Motors and Chrysler have been told by the Obama administration’s automotive task force that they should prepare for bankruptcy. The...
Apr
28

Truck Stops of the Future: According to Wired

Wired Magazine likes to run “Artifacts From the Future” which are always interesting glimpses into what some artists think the future will...
Apr
27

Mint Announces New Car Sharing Option for New Yorkers Starting May 1

Drivers in both Brooklyn and Park Slope, New York will have car sharing options opened up to them starting May 1.  In the first of Mint’s expan...
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
27

Ford Transit EcoNetic Commercial Heavy Duty Van To Get 32.6mpg

Back in March, we reported on Ford’s team-up with Smith Electric Vehicles to build the Ford Transit EV as a commercial delivery van for the U.S...
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
24

Hyundai’s New BLUE-drive PHEV Confirmed

Hyundai has confirmed two new hybrids for their lineup, one is the concept Nuvis and the other is an Elantra LPI.  The Nuvis has no set production da...
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
23

Investment Group Wants to Buy GM’s Saturn

One of the troubled assets that General Motors has to liquidate to make the Obama Administration happy is the Saturn brand.  The sub-company is a con...
Apr
23

Shanghai Auto Show: GM and SAIC to Build Fuel-Cell Vehicle For 2010

General Motors and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC) announced plans to build fuel cell vehicles in 2010.  The Shanghai Auto Show is full of s...
Apr
21

SAE J1772: The New Plug Standard for Electric Car Charging?

One of the things being discussed behind the scenes in the plug-in vehicle industry is standardization of key interfaces.  One of the most critical i...
Apr
21

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Lift Truck Conversions at Nestle’ Waters

Nestle Waters, the company that makes seven of the top ten bottled water brands on the market, has converted the lift trucks (aka forklifts) at their...
Apr
21

Michigan Gives $543.5 Million in Tax Credits to Battery Makers

Four battery makers–Johnson Controls-Saft Advanced Power Solutions, KD Advanced Battery Group, A123Systems, and LG Chem-Compact Power–are...
Apr
21

Kentucky the Choice For Li-ion Plant From NATTBatt

The National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Batteries (NATTBatt) has selected Glendale, Kentucky as its choice of locations to build a manufactu...
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
20

Eco-Nagging: The New Eco-Driving Systems Coming to a Car Dash Near You

Driving smarter can save fuel.  Huge amounts of fuel, even for non-hybrids and gas guzzling SUVs.  Most of the newer vehicles, especially hybrids, a...
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

BYD’s CEO Guzzles Battery Fluid Like a Frat Boy…to prove a point

OK, maybe not “like a frat boy,” exactly, but he did prove a point.  Wang Chuan-Fu is the CEO of BYD and he made a point about the new ge...
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

SIXTY-NINE Million in Funding for A123 Systems

A123 Systems has announced a round of funding from General Electric and others totaling $69 million.  The money will be used to expand existing facil...
Apr
16

GM Told To Prepare For “Surgical” Bankruptcy

The U.S. Treasury Department told General Motors on April 13th to begin laying the groundwork for a June 1st bankruptcy filing.  GM is currently runn...
Apr
16

Fuel Cell Plug-in Hybrid Heavy-Duty Port Trucks Clear 2nd Stage Performance Testing

Vision Industries prototype plug-in electric/hydrogen fuel-cell Class 8 Tyrano truck has completed the second stage of its performance tests.  The te...
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
15

Chinese BYD F3DM Not Selling Well in China

The BYD Dual Mode (aka range-extended hybrid) PHEV is not the sales phenomenon BYD had hoped for.  Reports from China say that the F3DM launched in D...
Apr
14

More Bailouts for the Big 3 in Detroit

The Obama Administration plans to send another $285 million in funding to Detroit to purchase 17,600 new vehicles from the Big 3 before June 1st. The...
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

NY Auto Show: Chrysler’s ENVI Showcase

Unlike many automakers who have only one electric vehicle they’re pushing, Chrysler is working on a full line of them in order to cut costs and...
Apr
14

NY Auto Show: Ford’s Fuel Economy Display

One of the more interesting displays at the New York International Auto Show was the Ford display in the corner.  By all accounts, it was one of the...
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

Tesla’s Elon Musk: PR Mastermind

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, has once again proven himself to be a master of public relations. While the attack on the New York Times reporter was...
Apr
13

Plug In America Gives Away $60,000 in CARB Money for PHEV Racers

Four California schools are the recipients of $15,000 each to promote their Formula Hybrid programs for 2009. The California Air Resources Board (CARB...
Apr
13

No DoE ATVM Loans For GM or Chrysler Either

Tesla Motors has already run into the problem with that the Department of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Incentive Program&...
Apr
13

CARB To Grant $6.8 Million for Hydrogen Refueling Stations

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has announced that they will be issuing a grant for $1.7 million each to four organizations to build hydroge...
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
11

VIDEO: Aptera Overview and the Aptera Stability Question Answered

Here’s a couple of great videos we found about the Aptera. The first is a great automotive report on the Aptera from Edmunds InsideLine. The se...
Apr
11

Tesla Motors Opening London Store

The first European sales office for Tesla Motors will be in London, England and will open this summer. Located at 49-51 Cheval Place, in the heart of...
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

Coulomb Unveils U.S.’s first Solar-Powered EV Charging Station

Carbon Day Automotive, the midwest distributor for Coulomb Technologies’ ChargePoint stations, has unveiled the nation’s first electric ve...
Apr
09

New Automotive X Prize Video Released

A new video from the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize has been released...
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
09

NY Auto Show: Honda FCX Clarity Wins World Green Car of the Year

The Honda FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel-cell car won this year’s World Car of the Year Award. The panel of jurors from around the world’s auto...
Apr
09

World’s First Electricross Goes Off Without a Hitch - World Records Broken All Around

The Zero Motorcycle 24 Hours of Electricross event was held Saturday, April 4th in San Jose, California and featured 10 endurance bikes running for 24...
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

Chrysler and GM Pick Battery Suppliers

In announcements that surprised no one, both Chrysler and General Motors have announced their battery suppliers for plugins and electrics. One announc...
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

Breathrough in New Catalysts for Hydrogen Fuel Cells Achieved

Researchers in Quebec, Canada have reported a major advance in hydrogen fuel cell manufacturing technology. The announcement was published in the jour...
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

GM Considered “Not Viable” by Obama’s Team

On March 30, President Obama’s viability assessment team looked at GM in light of the requirements that had been laid down for GM to meet in ord...
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
05

Valence Wants in on the Li-Ion Game In a Big Way

Valence Technologies has applied for a $608 million low-interest loan from the Department of Energy under the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturi...
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...
Apr
01

Aptera 2e Goes Through First Crash Test And EXPLODES!

The Aptera 2e underwent the first in its series of crash tests for federal motor vehicle highway safety and exploded on impact this morning.  Enginee...
Apr
01

U.S. Army to Purchase 10,000 Smart ForTwo’s

The United States Army announced today, through a spokesman at the Pentagon, that they will be purchasing 10,000 specially modified Smart ForTwo EVs o...
Apr
01

Elon Musk Gives In and Purchases a Karma

In stunning news today, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk was seen at the Fisker headquarters in southern California today and drove out of their garage in a...
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
31

Optare Introduces Solo EV Electric Bus

Optare PLC, a UK-based company, has just announced their new Solo EV battery electric bus. The Solo EV electric bus comes in several sizes, and is a n...
Mar
31

Ford Partners with Smith Electric Vehicles to Build Commercial EVs

Ford and Smith Electric Vehicles have announced plans to work together to build commercial battery electric vehicles at a new manufacturing site locat...
Mar
30

Honda Insight Hybrid On Sale Now

The new Honda Insight hybrid became available in showrooms in the U.S. on Friday and Honda says that the handful available nationally now will become...
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

GM Still Has Big Battery Plans - Daimler Does Too

General Motors still thinks it’s in the game and is hoping to get even more stimulus money by building lithium batteries for the Volt in-house....
Mar
27

VIDEO: Smith Electric Utility Trucks Get Tested in Chicago

Smith Electric Vehicles have come to the U.S. and were featured at The World Truck Show in Chicago.  Industry professionals and purchasers got the ch...
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

Tesla Model S Unveiled

As reported just yesterday, the Tesla S has unveiled and our friends at LeftLane were there to document it.  If you missed the streaming video of the...
Mar
26

Definitive Guide to Electric Cars at HybridCars

Here’s an awesome idea and great execution of it from HybridCars.  Brett over there has put together this massive list of major electric cars c...
Mar
26

ZAP’s Kentucky Manufacturing Plan Fails, Plan Survives

ZAP (Zero Air Pollution) announced last fall that they were teaming up with Integrity Manufacturing to build a manufacturing plant in Kentucky to make...
Mar
26

Rumors from Toyota: Scion and MR2 EVs?

Rumor has it that Toyota has two “secret” EV projects: a new Scion and a new MR2. Scion’s new concept car is headed for New York 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
26

Mitsubishi’s New PHEV Concept: the cX

In 2007, this concept was shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show as a clean diesel machine.  It was basically a small diesel engine with a variable geomet...
Mar
26

Could the Japanese Prius Price Change Be Done Here Too?

Toyota has lowered the price of a Prius to match the current price of the Honda Insight in Japan.  The move was expected, but still surprising.  The...
Mar
26

Electric Vehicle Festival to Accompany 2009 California Truck Jam!

We’re excited to find out that the upcoming 2009 California Truck Jam and Car Show will feature a day-long Electric Vehicle Festival too! The ev...
Mar
26

New Supercapacitor Could Revolutionize Electric Vehicles

There’s been a lot of big news in the field of power storage lately with new battery systems and now capacitor technology improvements.  A team...
Mar
26

Fisker Signs Battery Deal with Canadian Supplier

Keeping things on the continent, Fisker Automotive has signed a battery deal with Vancouver-based Advanced Lithium Power, Inc.  The deal has two aspe...
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

EVOASIS To Convert London Gas Stations into EV Charging Stations

Abandoned petrol (that’s how they say “gasoline” in Europe) stations in London are going to be converted to electric charging statio...
Mar
23

Aptera Going to Washington to Fight DoE for Loans

The Department of Energy has $25 billion slated for loans as part of the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Program.  Aptera is angry because...
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

Battery Technology Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Vehicles

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed battery cells capable of taking on a charge in under a minute, which is...
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
18

World Green Car of the Year Finalists

The World Car of the Year Awards (WCOTY) is a program organized and conducted by automotive journalists from around the world.  Every year, they sele...
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

Battery Technology Breakthough: Physicist Develops New Type of Battery with Incredible Energy Density

Physicists at the University of Miami and Tokyo have together invented a new type of battery, featured in the journal Nature.  The batteries are R...
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
07

The Geneva Motor Show 2009

The Geneva Motor Show, the annual Swiss auto show, opened on Thursday (March 5th) and will run until Sunday the fifteenth.  The show promises to debu...
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
06

Project Get Ready: Community Action For Electric Vehicles

The Rocky Mountain Institute has started a new grassroots action group called Project Get Ready.  The project’s focus is to mobilize communitie...
Mar
06

EVOASIS to Roll Out EV Charging Station Pilot in London

California company EVOASIS has announced that they’ll be rolling out a pilot network of electric vehicle charging stations in the London metro a...
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

New York Times: “$25 Billion For EVs Still Untouched”

Established in 2007, the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan program (overseen by the Department of Energy) has yet to loan out even a pen...
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...
Mar
04

Raleigh, NC is Next Plug-In Charging Station Hotpoint

Raleigh, North Carolina has joined the ranks of the few and the proud who are installing plug-in stations city-wide throughout the U.S.  Raleigh has...
Mar
03

VIDEO: Awesome Mobility’s EV Charging Stations Explained

Awesome Mobility is a brand new entrant into the startup market of electric vehicle charging stations and solutions.  Their business plan, technology...
Mar
02

Drag Coefficient Wars Commence

One of the greatest factors in fuel economy (whether it be gasoline, diesel, or electric) is the drag coefficient of the vehicle itself.  The worse t...
Feb
28

Study Concludes the Obvious: Smaller PHEVs Minimize Fuel Consumption, Emissions

A team from Carnegie Mellon University has analyzed plug-in hybrid (PHEV) fuel consumption, cost, and emissions over a range of charging frequencies ...
Feb
28

Bill Clinton DENIED A Tesla Test Drive!

On President’s Day, former President Bill Clinton attended a luncheon in Burbank, California at an aircraft hangar to be the first given a LEED...
Feb
28

GM, The Volt, and Bankruptcy

Two recent pieces of information do a lot to undermine General Motor’s public face of “struggling, but in there” Rocky Balboa facade...
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

Electric Buses Coming Soon to a Road Near You

Public transportation doesn’t get much in the way of headlines unless it involves sexy “bullet trains” or gripes about long waits fo...
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
22

Ford’s Quiet Electric Future

Ford is the only one of the Big 3 Automakers to refuse bailout funds from the government.  There may be many reasons for that, but the easiest to poi...
Feb
21

How to Hack your Prius and the Debate Over the “New” 2010 Model

Ever since Toyota announced that the 2010 Prius would be a plug-in (PHEV), there’s been some noise from the community about whether this is real...
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
19

Detroit Still Begging At the Bailout Trough

Reminiscent of the U.S. auto industry these days Both General Motors and Chrysler are again begging for bailout funds.  They want another $14 billion...
Feb
18

San Francisco Mayor Talks About Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom wrote a great guest post today on Gas2.0 about his city’s big first step into the future of electric vehicles....
Feb
18

Electric Car Conversion Guide Review: Gas2Electric (Part III)

This is the final installment of our 3-part series on the Gas2Electric package of EV conversion books from George Christodoulou. In our past reviews...
Feb
18

EVcast: The Musical

OK, this is just odd.  In a good way, though.  The EVCast guys have put together a musical version of their show, called “EVCast: The Musical...
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

Spotlight: EV-Charge America - EV Charging Infrastructure Provider

EV-Charge America, located in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a provider and installer of electric vehicle infrastructure, including electric vehicle recharging...
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
17

Closer Look: Doran Electric Vehicles of Huntington Beach, CA

Located in Huntington Beach, California, Doran Electric Vehicles has been making EVs since 1988.  They started by building electric scooters, called...
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

GM Not Content With Bailout Money: Wants San Francisco to Pony Up Too

General Motors, not satisfied with the billions in bailout funds the Bush administration lavished on them after their month-long begathon last year, h...
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

Sonoma County Talks to Nissan About EV Charging Infrastructure

Nissan Prototype EV In November last year, Renault-Nissan and Sonoma County, California announced a partnership to promote the adoption of EVs and a c...
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
12

VIDEO: Crazy Norwegians Test Drive the THINK!

About the only thing these testers don’t do is strap a parachute onto the car and drive it off a cliff.  Which, as I understand, is a favorite...
Feb
11

Tesla Gets $350m Loan, To Unveil Model S in March, Go On Sale In 2011

Tesla Motors made three major announcements in a press release today: the Model S will be in street-drivable form in March, the Department of Energy l...
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
10

Ford Announces EV Battery Partner

Ford has announced a partnership with Johnson Controls to develop an advanced lithium-ion battery system for Ford’s Escape PHEV and other electr...
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
09

Get a Tesla Sooner by Bidding and Help a Charity Too

If you want a Tesla Roadster and aren’t interested in standing in line for months waiting your turn, there may be a way to butt in AND help char...
Feb
08

Michigan Man Creates Electric Volkswagen Bug, Hopes to Offer Conversion Kits

For some reason, people love Volkswagen Beetles.  Especially the older ones.  Dale Kling in Michigan definitely wasn’t the first to convert on...
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
06

Making Better & Cheaper EV Batteries

Lithium pellets covered in lithium hydroxide Research and development of better, more efficient, lighter, and stronger battery technologies has been t...
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

Tell Congress - Do not block Plug-in tax credits!

Plug In America and a dynamic coalition of entrepreneurial U.S. businesses have successfully worked with Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Orrin Hatch ...
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

Mint Cars: Car Rentals On Demand

This is one of the better concepts I’ve seen for urban rental/ride/car sharing programs out there.  Mint Cars On Demand in New York City has 24...
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...
Feb
02

FedEx Express and Modec Unveil New Fleet Electric Vehicle

Express transportation giant FedEx Corp. and electric vehicle manufacturer Modec have announced a new fleet electric delivery vehicle that they plan t...
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
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

London Parking Company Auctions Off 50 EV Parking Spots

Image Credit: Ideo The National Car Park (NCP) is auctioning off 50 electric vehicle charging parking points across London.  The auction is for one y...
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

Colorado Man Offers Free Electric Vehicle Charging on his Solar Farm

Talk about a good neighbor: A Colorado man has recently started to offer free electric vehicle charging services on his El Jebel ranch. Jim Duke has...
Jan
27

PHEV Maker BYD Considering Leasing It’s Technology

Chinese plug-in hybrid maker BYD, maker of the recently-released F3DM Hybrid currently on sale in China, is reportedly considering leasing it’s...
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
27

Car Production Down Worldwide

Detroit isn’t the only car manufacturing center that is experiencing the downturn.  Companies worldwide are feeling the crunch and scaling back...
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

Plug In America: Grassroots Advocacy for Electric Vehicles

Not long ago, we posted a news piece about an electric vehicle parade in Santa Monica, California. That parade had 74 vehicles participating, all plu...
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

VIDEO: Henrik Fisker Talks About the Karma

Here’s a great video of Henrik Fisker, creator of the Fisker Karma, talking about the Karma and his company’s plans. The video was shot a...
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

Coulomb Technologies Receives $3.75M Funding

Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure company Coulomb Technologies has just announced that they have received a first round of funding to the tune...
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
22

Genset Trailers: An Answer to Electric Vehicle Range Issues?

Genset Trailer on AC Propulsion Tzero A “genset” is a trailer that contains a generator and combustion engine for use as a range-extending module...
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
20

My Tesla Roadster Test Drive

David Huang with his Tesla Roadster...
Jan
20

Revenge of the Electric Car Documentary Coming in 2010

Currently in production, “Revenge of the Electric Car” promises to cover all things plug-in vehicle related. From the giants of the auto...
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 Sport: A More Highly-Tuned Roadster Announced

Not content with the $109,000 price tag of the now-famous Tesla Roadster, Tesla Motors began taking orders for a new model called the Tesla Roadster S...
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
17

First ChargePoint Public EV Charging Stations Open in San Jose, CA

Coulomb, which makes ChargePoint electric vehicle charging stations, has launched its first set of stations in its San Jose, California network. Calle...
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
15

NAIAS Detroit Auto Show Roundup

Fisker Karma-S at the NAIAS Detroit Auto Show...
Jan
14

The SAE “Racing To Green Mobility” Conference

Soon after the NAIAS Detroit Auto Show finishes up at the end of the month, the Society of Automotive Engineers will convene their World Congress in M...
Jan
14

Ford, Chrysler to Reveal Electric Vehicle Plans At Detroit Auto Show

Ford and Chrysler have both announced that they will be showing off their electric vehicle plans at the upcoming NAIAS Detroit Auto Show. The show beg...
Jan
13

Battery Bailout: A123, Ener1 Vie For Federal Dollars

Two manufacturers of lithium-ion battery technology here in the U.S. have applied for federal loans through a Department of Energy program. Lithium-io...
Jan
13

Plug In America Hosts Electric Vehicle Parade in Santa Monica Saturday

This coming Saturday, the 17th of January 2009, the city of Santa Monica will be having an electric-vehicle only parade courtesy of Plug In America. O...
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

World’s First Speeding Ticket in an Electric Car?

We here at Zoomi Life are big fans of ecomodder and their informative, DIY-oriented eco-modifications to cars.  They posted a hilarious article about...
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
31

Top American Battery Makers Form Alliance

Claiming they’re “five years behind Asians” in their ability to manufacture battery cells for electric vehicles, fourteen battery companies...
Dec
31

BYD Changes Date For U.S. Release of F3DM

Without any explanation, the BYD company in China, which released the F3DM plug-in hybrid to Chinese customers a couple of weeks ago, has no announced...
Dec
27

Update on the Wrightspeed X1 Electric Race Car

Ian Wright, inventor and builder of the Wrightspeed X1 electric race car we featured not too long ago, has announced that the car will not be manufact...
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
26

Honda’s FCX Clarity: Hydrogen-Electric Hybrid

Honda’s FCX Clarity has been around for quite a while, being tested, refined, and re-tested on the streets of California and Japan. The car was...
Dec
25

Our Top 5 Electric Cars of 2008

Well, it’s the end of the year, so it’s time for everyone to start rolling out their favorites lists and summing up what they saw during t...
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
22

Around The World On An Electric Bicycle

Lance Armstrong? Yesterday’s bicycle hero. Today, we have Guim Valls Teruel (say that three times fast) from Spain, though now living in Beiji...
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

Plant Closures for Prius and Volt, Bankruptcy for Others

Toyota has suspended construction on their new plant in Blue Springs, Michigan indefinitely. The plant was meant to build the Prius for the North Ame...
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

Car Companies In Trouble: Even Electrics

There’s a huge down market in car sales right now. Reuter’s has reported that this is the worst year for car sales in over 25 years. Car...
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
15

Mazda’s KAAN Electric Racer Wins Design Award

The KAAN, a race car design from Mazda, looks like a combination of a speed boat and a Klingon vessel from Star Trek (with wheels). It’s name i...
Dec
12

Michelin Unveils Active Wheel on Affordable Electric Car

Michelin makes tires. They were the ones who took hard rubber tires and filled them with air. Stepping away from rubber, Michelin has gotten into th...
Dec
12

Southern California Edison’s 180,000 Mile Li-Ion Battery

One of the things that holds back electric car production and main stream acceptance is the lifespan of the average battery, be it lithium-ion, nickel...
Dec
11

The Kudo Solar People Mover

That’s the best way to describe this EV, which is basically a solar-powered bus. It’s a glorified golf cart that can be purchased in conf...
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

Better Place Shows Off First EV Charging Station

Better Place, which we’ve covered in their quest to install electric charging stations for EVs, officially unveiled their first operational char...
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
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

Military To Go Electric With 4000 New Electric Vehicles

Well, at least on-base they will. The Army announced today that it will be fielding 4,000 electric vehicles over the next three years with a projecte...
Dec
05

Charge Your Electric Vehicle, On The Road, In 10 Minutes

That’s the plan behind the PosiCharge system, built by the same people who designed the infamous EV1 for GM in the 1980s.  This system basicall...
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...
Dec
01

The TTXGP: World’s First Clean Emissions Grand Prix

The TTX01 Electric Superbike, built by TTXGP organizers...
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
25

Battery Life Breakthrough Could Increase Li-Ion Capacity by 1000%

In what could potentially be a revolutionary breakthrough for everything from laptops to electric cars, a South Korean team of researchers have made a...
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
23

Better Place To Build EV Infrastructure in California and Oregon

Better Place, based in Palo Alto, California, has announced deals with both the State of California and the State of Oregon to install a network of el...
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
20

The Electric Car Company of Long Beach

Ever wonder if you can get an all-electric Hummer, Bentley estate car, or Cadillac Escalade? The price would probably require your first born and a l...
Nov
20

Electric Mini Field Trials Applications Open!

Electric Mini Coopers! Electric Mini’s here! Get yer Electric Mini!
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...

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