Electric Cars

Volvo will offer its new three-phase charging system on the upcoming Volvo C30 Electric. Three-phase charging is the latest generation of battery charging that uses up to 500v of current. Volvo says that it charges its cars six times faster than p...

Opel and Vauxhall have announced that plans to build an electric version of the Adam by using components from the upcoming Spark EV have been canceled due to financial reasons.  "It was a business decision. We could not charge the cu...

The Chevrolet Spark EV will make its international debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show on November 28. The car will be the first electric car in the world that supports three-phase charging. Chevrolet will also show the 2014 Impala with MyLink at t...

Chevrolet has finally starting revealing some of the specs for the Spark EV, but it has held back revealing the car's range. The Spark EV is powered by a 130hp and 400lb-ft electric motor and will accelerate to 60mph in less than eight sec...

Also adds new entry-level S trim

Nissan has upgraded the Leaf in Japan with 80kg (176lbs) less weight and a new total range of 228km (142 miles), 6km (4 miles) better than the previous version. At least in Japan, Nissan is also adding a new, entry-level S trim. All new Leafs...

As part of its global sustainable mobility plan for 2014, Seat presented to Miguel Sebastián, Spanish minister for Industry, Tourism and Business, an electrically-driven vehicle prototype on which the Spanish brand is currently working, a v...

Updated version of the C30 will be presented at the Detroit Motor Show

Volvo Cars will show at the Detroit Motor Show an updated version of the electric C30. Presented as a prototype in September, the electric vehicle with a range of 150km goes to Detroit further ahead in its development, with Volvo already thinking ...

General Motors (GM) wants to become the first major U.S. automaker to take charge of the design and the manufacture of its electric motors, a core technology for hybrids and electric vehicles. The US brand will invest $246 million to expand its in...

Since yesterday electric vehicles in Madrid may use freely public parking lots in the Spanish capital. This is a measure that has the objective to promote and to incentivate people to buy and drive this kind of vehicles. Madrid’s mayor R...

Formatted and completed text.A study specially made for Friends of the Earth Europe, Greenpeace, Transport & Environment (T&E) and WWF Germany has concluded that electric cars won’t be real ‘zero emission’ vehicles the de...