The outlook for sales of electric cars is not as rosy as some manufacturers forecast and, as a result, the end of the internal combustion engine has been predicted to come far too soon. If inexpensive, fast-recharging battery packs cannot be developed and built quickly, the internal combustion engine may be with us for a long, [...]

The Department of Energy awarded Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. Corporation (Smith) a $10 million grant toward the production of all-electric, zero emissions commercial trucks for a nationwide demonstration project to validate performance across a range of climates and locations. The grant will help to hasten vehicle purchasing and deployment among Smith’s customers as the government [...]

Here we eagerly await the arrival of the Chevy Volt and the ability to drive without gasoline. As well, nearly all the major automakers are placing their bets on electrified vehicles of several varieties. Very soon, Nissan will unveil it’s mainstream EV that it hopes to sell 50,000 of globally in its first year of [...]

Drag races on hot summer nights at Northwest racetracks are loud, fast and competitive. But some of the fastest cars aren’t loud at all. They’re electric and they’re beating their gas–guzzling counterparts. Electric sports–car maker Tesla Motors is hoping drag races can help sell its product. The company opened a showroom in Seattle recently. Colin [...]

Ok, so it’s not exactly a tractor in the traditional sense.  But we could be seeing more and more of these as time goes on.  Built from a 006 Mitsubishi Triton GLX-R, the all electric vehicle can do most of the jobs a normal tractor does with ease.  The conversion to all electric cost about [...]

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 [...]

General Motors Corp said on Tuesday it would use an existing Michigan plant to build engines for its key all-electric Chevy Volt and its new Cruze small car, slashing capital investment costs by $120 million. GM, which last week raised its request for U.S. government aid to support a turnaround, said it would invest about [...]

Chrysler will showcase its electric vehicle future at the 79th International Motor Show in Geneva on March 3, with the European premieres of the Chrysler 200C EV concept vehicle and Dodge Circuit EV prototype. Chrysler recently unveiled these two vehicles—along with the new Jeep Patriot EV, the updated Chrysler Town & Country EV and the [...]

San Francisco is going to be one of the first two cities to pilot test the new Volt.  In preparation for the incoming Volt and to help charge the already in-use electric city vehicles the city is installing power outlets in various locations.  They’re called “Smartlets”, they come in two basic configurations.  One has a [...]

The European version of the Volt will be delivered under GMs Opel brand. It’s name will be Ampera, and it’ll go on sale close to the same time that the Volt does in the US. As you can see from the pictures the EuroVolt will have almost the same exact styling as the US version [...]