Electric Cars

*Update: Toyota has added a second video that shows the PV002 testing at Paul Ricard. You can view it below the Nürburgring video below. It seems quieter than before, but that could just be the microphone placement inside the car.  ...

Nissan has announced the e-NV200 electric delivery van will go on sale in the next financial year, which means it will be available in March or April 2013. Federal Express has been testing 130 e-NV200s worldwide in the mean time. Most of FedEx'...

Toyota has announced that the first will begin deliveries on September 24. For the time being the truck will only be on sale in California. Prices for the Rav4 EV start at $49,800. Although, there is also a $2,500 rebate from the state of Cal...

The FIA have created a new electric vehicle racing series called the Formula E Championship. The cars will be purely electrically powered. The series will be run by entrepreneur Enrique Bañuelos as CEO, team owner Alejandro Agag, ...

The Portuguese Polícia de Segurança Pública (PSP)  which is the country's urban police force has purchased 8 Nissan Leafs and outfitted them for police duty. Granted, the cars will mostly be used around scho...

Mayor signed executive order mandating city vehicles to be electric or hybrid

Indianapolis, Indiana, will become the first major US city to switch all of its city vehicles to either pure electric or hybrid vehicles after City Mayor Greg Ballard signed an executive order on Tuesday, December 11, mandating the change. The pro...

Focuses on future engines, future energies and urban future

Audi's museum in Ingolstadt has opened a new exhibit looking at the future of the company. The exhibit it split into three sections: future engines, future energies and urban future. It includes the display of an R18 E-Tron Quattro. T...

London is the 17th city in the world to be added to the service

London is the 17th city that Daimler's Car2go car sharing service has launched in. London's service offers Smart Fortwo mhds for 35 pence per minute. It allows drivers to use the cars anywhere in the London boroughs of Islington, Sutton or...

Mercedes bucking trend of fewer pure electric cars

Mercedes is taking on what appears to be a dying trend with the new, pure EV B-Class Electric Drive that is debuting at the New York Auto Show. It will go on sale in the US in early 2014. While Mercedes has offered the electric B-Class in Europe s...

The i3 coupe will likely be the third model

The BMW i3 is just a few months away from going on sale, and BMW is going into more detail about how the car will actually be built. It also appears that the i3 Coupe will be the third model added to the i sub-brand lineup.  The i3 will b...