BEV

Volvo C30 Electric Car Leases Start This Summer, In Europe

Volvo showed us its C30 Electric zero-emissions hatchback at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show back in January, which included a crashed example with the car's expensive battery pack fully intact, but now the automaker has confirmed that customer leases are about to start. Unfortunately, those leases are...

June 8, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 1

Google and DOE map of alternative fuel locations

Need To Charge Your Electric Car? There's A Google Map For That

New 'EVolve' App From BMW Decides Whether You're Ready For An EV

2011 Mercedes-Benz A-Class E-Cell battery electric vehicle (Europe only)

Mercedes-Benz A-Class E-Cell Electric Car: Another Daimler Experiment

Alyssa Milano Is Charmed By The Nissan Leaf

There's been a lot of talk about electric rides lately, most of it having to do with the Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf. (They're not the only EVs on the market... August 2, 2010 by Richard Read 3

Video: On Top Of (And Around) The World With Leonardo DiCaprio, Tesla And TAG Heuer

It would be really easy to make fun of Leonardo DiCaprio. Heck, if nothing else, the guy was in Titanic, which, according to our extensive research, is the sole reason for... March 19, 2010 by Richard Read

Electric Volvo C30 Coming To Detroit Auto Show, Public Trials In 2011

Volvo has some ambitious plans for the future. In addition to the market launch of a plug-in hybrid in 2012, work is currently under way on evaluating the viability of an... December 17, 2009 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 2

Ford Focus BEV for The Jay Leno Show's Green Car Challenge

Video: Jay Leno Show Ford Focus BEV Hot Hatch

Jay Leno is back on TV, hosting his own eponymous show, and one of the highlights is a Top Gear-like Green Car Challenge that pits the driving talents of Hollywood stars... September 18, 2009 by Nelson Ireson

Volvo Unveils All-Electric C30 Project

Volvo has some ambitious plans for the future. In addition to the market launch of a plug-in hybrid in 2012, work is currently under way on evaluating the viability of an... September 17, 2009 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 1

Ford hopes to sell 5,000 to 10,000 Focus electric cars per year

Electric cars may be all the rage these days but making the technology cheap enough for mass-market will take some time. One of the leaders in this field is Ford, which is... May 11, 2009 by Kenneth Hall 1

Ford working on next-generation lithium-ion batteries

One of the biggest things holding back the mass embrace of the electric car is their supposedly short driving range compared to conventionally powered cars, as well as their... April 21, 2009 by James Martinez 2

Mulally: electric vehicles are our future

The times, they are a changin'. Carmakers that had seemed bulletproof, or at least too big to fail, are teetering on the brink of insolvency. Government regulations and... March 5, 2009 by Ralph Hanson 4

More details emerge on Ford’s upcoming electric compact

Ford confirmed at last month’s Detroit Auto Show that it would launch an all-electric compact car in 2011, co-developed with automotive parts supplier and independent... February 2, 2009 by James Martinez 2

Toyota confirms 2012 U.S. launch for electric vehicles

Toyota used last week’s Detroit Auto Show to unveil its new FT-EV concept, a compact urban runabout based on the iQ minicar and powered by an all-electric drivetrain... January 19, 2009 by Alex Kaufmann

Ford reveals electric future, confirms electric compact car for 2011

Ford has used the opening day for the 2009 Detroit Auto Show to announce plans for its future electric vehicle (EV) program, confirming several zero-emissions vehicles for... January 11, 2009 by Ralph Hanson 2

Toyota reveals iQ-based FT-EV Concept

Toyota has announced that it will display its new FT-EV concept at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, while also confirming that it will launch an urban commuter... January 10, 2009 by James Martinez 1