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President of Volkswagen North America Johnathan Browning as confirmed to Automotive News that the US will get a plug-in electric version of the next generation Golf very late next year as a 2014 model. Volkswagen plans to follow the lead ...

The state of Oregon in the US is know to be a bastion of organic food, renewable energy and sustainable living. The state has installed the US's first electric car charging stations along a roughly 200 mile section of the I-5 highway.  ...

Nissan has teamed with Gateshead College in Sunderland, England, to create the Zero Emission Centre of Excellence, a business incubator for electric vehicles. The center will initially focus on how to build a charging infrastructure and planning a...

Daimler and Chinese automaker BYD are cooperating to create a new electric car brand called Denza. It will be developed in China and aimed specifically at the Chinese market. Ownership of Denza is split 50-50 between Daimler and BYD. Denza will sh...

It is really nice when automakers decide not to endlessly tease their new releases and instead just unleash them on the unsuspecting masses. Nissan might have teased the Altima to the point where it was no longer teasing, but this new Infiniti LE ...

From a public safety perspective, one of the major problems with EVs is that they do not produce as much noise compared to an internal combustion engine. Pedestrians can not hear them coming, and the safety conscious are concerned that pedestrians...

Nissan has begun distributing 400 free, electric car chargers to various cities in Europe that can charge the Nissan Leaf to 80% in 30 minutes. The chargers meet the requirements set by CE and TUV and can charge any compliant electric car, not jus...

I am not sure that I have always been the biggest advocate of electric cars in general. In fact, I’ll go as far as to say that I have railed against them on numerous occasions. I’ll also let you into a secret, before last Wednesday, ap...

Toyota has announced it will unveil the new RAV4 EV on May 7 at the 26th International Electric Vehicle Symposium in Los Angeles.  Toyota mentioned this vehicle during its press conference at the North American International Auto Sho...

Ford has certified the first 67 dealers in the US that will sell the Focus Electric that will go on sale later this spring. Ford is rolling the car out in phases across the US starting in California, New York and New Jersey in the spring.  ...