Fleet rental company Enterprise is adding electric cars to their fleet and addition to other changes like renting by the hour and ride sharing: WeCar car-sharing technology — complemented by Enterprise Rent-A-Car’s extensive local car rental network — provides an environmentally friendly transportation solution, whether it is for an hour, a day, a weekend or [...]

According to AllCarsElectric: Bugatti, the automaker that gave us the Veyron–the world’s fastest and most expensive series production car–may be set to revolutionize the car industry once again. Bugatti’s engineers are now experimenting with an electric powertrain that can deliver 800 HP.Benefiting from the experience of engineers within Volkswagen Group’s Audi unit, who also created the [...]

Here is the Volt being run through the paces by Leno at his garage:

I’ve been of this opinion for a long long time.  We need to get off of foreign oil, not just because it will be better for our economy, not just because it’ll (probably) be better for the environment, but because until we do get off of foreign oil we are beholden to groups of people [...]

South Korean battery make LG Chem says it will spend more than $300 million over the next three years to build a manufacturing plant in Michigan for advanced technology batteries. The company is one of four battery makers approved for generous state tax incentives this summer  as Michigan bids to become the nation’s battery-making center. [...]

General Motors on Monday opened the doors to the OnStar EV Lab in Detroit, a testing center for in-car communications the company hopes will give its electric Chevy Volt more high-tech appeal. The OnStar EV Lab, housed in GM’s downtown Detroit corporate headquarters, is now using the OnStar communications system to gather data on 19 [...]

Automotive News explains, “A bill to make fuel-efficient three-wheeled vehicles eligible for federal funding now available to automakers and their suppliers has passed Congress and is headed to the White House for President Barack Obama’s signature.” The bill will provide Energy Department funds to startups like Aptera Motors and Elio Motors, which have developed experimental [...]

As electric vehicle proponents, alternative energy entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists have predicted, the development of better, more efficient batteries will give the electric vehicle (EV) industry the game changing boost it needs to change the way we think about transportation. Battery technology, which produced the successful development of the lithim-ion battery for laptop computers and [...]

A German auto engineering company is working on a project that just might solve the world’s oil problems. IAV Automotive Engineering has secured a patent for their electric vehicle (EV) wireless road-charging system. Conceptually, roads would be fitted with electrical conductors that create magnetic fields, which charge your battery powered vehicle as you drive. Radio chips would identify [...]

Lyle over at GM-Volt was able to interview the CEO of Compact Power about the costs involved in making the lithium batteries that will go in the Chevy Volt. Here’s an excerpt: I recently had the chance to ask him about the cost of lithium-ion batteries.  As some sources suggest cost could be as high [...]