Electric Cars

Seat has donated two electric Altea XL EVs to the Madrid City Hall for the next five months. Seat will use the time to evaluate the use of the Altea XL EV and improve it for regular use. It is still deciding whether to put the Altea XL EV into mas...

Audi, Bosch and RWTH Aachen University have developed a rolling research base with the body of an R8. The F12, as it is known, has been in development for the last three years and cost €36 million. The partners believe that they have dev...

Audi, Porsche, Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler have received the 2012 eCarTec Award from the German state of Bavaria for their shared Combined Charging System that will be implemented in 2013.  All of the automakers will use a universal plug ...

Fiat has announced that it will show the 500e at the LA Auto Show on November 28, but it has not revealed any of the car's specs.  All we know right now is that the 500e will be a pure electric car that will go on display for the firs...

Nissan has built the first public electric vehicle quick-charging station in Latin America in Mexico City, Mexico. Two Nissan dealers in Mexico City have quick charging stations, but this is the first station available to the public. Mexico Ci...

Audi has finished this week the construction of its new development and testing center for electric drive systems. Located at Audi’s Ingolstadt plant, this facility will provide the company with an ideal environment for development of hybrid...

Audi has revealed the work that the brand’s sound technicians have been developing in terms of the sound produced by its electric cars. Because they are almost silent until they reach the speed of 25 km/h the electric cars may become dangero...

  Audi has set the Nürburgring Nordschleife production electric car lap record with an R8 E-Tron at 8:09.099. This is not quite enough to beat the overall electric car lap record set by the Toyota PV001 of 7:47:790. Audi'...

BMW has presented a concept study of an all-electrical vehicle based on the BMW 1 Series Coupé. The BMW ActiveE represents a continuation of the investigation of electromobility by Group BMW. ActiveE is the second electric vehicle creat...

An agreement has been sealed by Acciona and the Renaut-Nissan Alliance to promote the adoption of electric vehicles in Spain. Signed by Jean-Pierre Laurent, President of Renault Espana, S.A. and Manuel de la Guardia, Managing Director of Nissan Ib...