Nissan has been developing their EV for some time now.  We were shown the EV fully functioning inside a Tiida body.  Now we have a taste of what the shape of the new EV will look like. Nissan plans to unveil the new EV on August 2, coinciding with the opening of their new headquarters.

Engineering students at MIT are remarkable to say the least.  They have achieved many things, an EV that can recharge in 10 minutes is just the latest in a long line of accolades.  They call it the elEVen, it’s a modified Mercury Milan Hybrid.  The gasoline components have been removed to make the vehicle purely [...]

We talked earlier about Nissan doing R & D on electric vehicles.  It seems they are further along than any of us predicted.  They have been keeping a tight lip about their EV program – until today.  Nissan showed the world a prototype EV built into their Tiida compact already on sale.  The exterior will [...]

Currently the only place you can buy a Tesla made vehicle is at a dealership in CA.  Today it appears that Tesla cars will be moving eastward.  Financing has been arranged for a new dealership to open in Chicago.  Cohen Financial approved the 1.8 million necessary for the dealership. The dealership will be housed in [...]

The Dodge Circuit once rumored as the first EV to come out of Chryslers ENVI unit, then rumored dead because of various reasons during the bankruptcy, is now rumored to have a release date. Lou Rhodes, president of Chryslers ENVI unit has said that Chrysler plans to order 100,000 vehicles from Lotus (the Circuit is [...]

Daimler (maker of Mercedes) has recently publicly announced that they are partnering with Tesla Motors to make an EV.  The partnership must have been going on for quite some time because it has been announced that Mercedes will sport a gullwing EV in it’s lineup in the near future. Reports are that Diamler has been [...]

Europcar and the car manufacturer Nissan have come to together in partnership to start marketing electric cars in 2010. The joint venture between Nissan and Europcar is a first for the car rental industry and show commitment on behalf of Europcar to educate their own customers in alternative car hire. The cars will initially be [...]

Ford is going to roll out some new electric vehicles next year.  And when they do they want some infrastructure in place to support the EVs.  So the automaker has been working with utilities and seeking government aid to make sure that there are enough charging stations out there. The money will come out of [...]

NUMMI stands for New United Motor Manufacturing Inc, it’s joint venture between Toyota and the old GM.  The partnership is over 25 years old.  Currently NUMMI produces the Toyota Matrix and the Pontiac Vibe.  But with Pontiac going away and GM going through bankruptcy the contract was up for grabs. GM could not find another [...]

Everybody these days wants to be green.  There are massive amounts of money and incentives for any automaker to build a vehicles that get better mileage.  Hybrids have the spotlight in that category as they get outstanding mileage by supplementing gas power with stored electric. Nissan is no exception, and they offer a hybrid Nissan [...]