Electric Cars

Eight other cities nearly confirmed

The forthcoming Formula E series chose a difficult route into international racing. It could have hooked onto an existing racing series as a support event and had guaranteed tracks and crowds, but it decided that it would be best to do things alon...

Program includes building 500 charging points in the city

Smart is adding a 16th city to its Car2Go car sharing service - the Mercedes-Benz headquarters of Stuttgart. The service will include 300 electric Smart Fortwos and 500 charging points provided by the local energy company. Unlike other cities with...

General Motors believes that electrified cars, including hybrids and pure EVs, are going to play a large role in Chine in the near future and have sped up their introduction of electric cars to China.  “China has made electrificatio...

Has a 170hp and 184lb-ft of torque electric motor

BMW has revealing a concept for a three-door version of the i3 at the LA Auto Show with a body made from carbon fiber and carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) panels. The design is heavily inspired by the previous i3s shown, but it is obviou...

Jeremy Scott adds lit wings to the ForTwo

Fashion designer Jeremy Scott has teamed with Smart to create a unique, be-winged Smart ForTwo that will be on display at the LA Auto Show. It has been dubbed the Forjeremy and is based on the electric ForTwo. The car was revealed at a pre-auto sh...

It received a five-star score

The Volvo V60 Plug-In Hybrid has received a five-star Euro NCAP safety rating, which makes it the safest plug-in hybrid ever tested by the safety agency. The standard version has the same five-star rating.  To aid the car's safety rat...

Electric cars are staying on the west coast of the US and not going to Europe

An interesting trend is starting in the electric car marketplace. Automakers are choosing not to offer their electric cars in Europe or even large portions of the US. Chevrolet, Fiat and in a way Scion have all decided to exclusively offer their e...

Interior packed with 2, 7in LCD screens

Chevrolet will unveil the Spark EV at the Los Angeles Auto Show tomorrow, but it has revealed nearly everything about the car already. Chevrolet's big news about the car is that it will cost less than $25,000 after government tax incentives, w...

That is an increase of 180% since January. Each company ordered at least 20 Amperas

Opel has had over 2,000 fleet customers buy at least 20 Amperas through October of this year. While impressive by itself, in March Opel had had just 700 fleet customers. That is a 180% increase in the last six months. In Germany, fleet customers a...

Owners of electric vehicles can compensate high price tag with low ownership costs

The European market for electric cars will, according to a Study by Pikes Peak, experience significant growth over the next years and the experts estimate that by 2020, about 2.9 million of these zero-emissions cars will be seen on our roads. The ...