Nissan’s first EV, the Leaf, is set to go on sale in the not too distant future.  Some people are concerned that the Leaf, along with the bevy of other EVs that will be hitting the road next year will pose a risk because of how quiet they are. Most people, especially the blind, can [...]

A CANBERRA group of Electric Vehicle (EV) enthusiasts is proposing a set of policies, in the lead-up to the National Electric Vehicle Festival, to be held on Sunday 4 October 2009, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at the grounds of the Old Parliament House Lawns in Canberra, Australia. The group, known as Canberra EV, [...]

Volkswagen gave us a preview of its first series electric vehicle at last week’s 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show, where the company also confirmed that the first cars will be on sale around 2013. The preview was in the form of the 2009 Volkswagen E-Up! electric-vehicle concept, which featured an efficient all-electric powertrain packaged in the [...]

Mission Motors, an electric motorcycle startup based in San Francisco, said Tuesday that its prototype vehicle had set a world speed record for battery-powered bikes of 150.059 miles per hour at the Bonneville Speedway in Utah. That was the average speed achieved during two, mile-long trials but the motorcycle, called the Mission One, hit 161 [...]

The BEV stands for Battery Electric Vehicle.  This term applies to the Tesla vehicles, Nissan’s Leaf, a bunch of others, and now the Ford Focus.  I guess they wanted to put the battery up front to differentiate the Focus from the rest of the electric vehicles that could possibly get their power from somewhere other [...]

Recently updated and now weighing in at a mere 800 pounds, this concept vehicle from Volkswagon is supposed to get 170 MPG. That rating is achieved through the use of a 1 liter diesel engine combined with an electric drivetrain consisting of an electric motor and battery pack.  The prototype was the first car ever [...]

20% is nothing to sneeze at.  That’s a huge number in terms of greater efficiency.  Smith Electric Vehicles in North East England is working on a new ultra-efficient electric drive line, along with smarter, more energy efficient ancillary systems, such as heating and air conditioning.  Combining all these elements together, Smith’s engineers believe they can [...]

We are getting a lot (A LOT) of news about new battery powered hybrids of some sort or another that will either be 100% battery or some kind of combination of battery and gas power.  GM has shown us that they are commited to that market with the new Chevy Volt.  GM, however, isn’t putting [...]

General Motors India is currently discussing with Reva Electric Car Company, a Bangalore based company for a technical collaboration and a JV, executives close to the development said. GM India will source EV technology from Reva to roll our electric variants of its Chevrolet Spark small car in India and select overseas markets. “We have [...]

The new Mercedes S500 plugin hybrid will, according to Mercedes, get 72.5 miles per gallon.  The hybrid car has the ability to travel 18 miles on electric only, but it’s not an extended range electric vehicle – like the Chevy Volt or the Fisker Karma. The hybrid has a 6 cylinder gasoline engine for it’s [...]