Electric Cars

  • Kia Pop electric-car concept, 2010 Paris Motor Show

    Now ranked as the world’s fifth-largest automaker in conjunction with its Hyundai sister brand, Kia is making strides to build a product line that reflects its status among the world’s top manufacturers. And for the South Korean automaker it means being a leader in the field of green technologies, with the focus now on a new generation of hybrids and range-extended electric vehicles. Hyundai has already shown the way with the unveiling of the new 2012 Sonata Hybrid as well as the BlueWill plug-in hybrid concept, which is expected to enter production in 2012, and now Kia is hopping...

  • 2010 Toyota Prius
    Toyota Smart Center Benefits Home Efficiency, Not Just Cars

    We've seen Onstar from General Motors. We've heard about iPhone apps that allow you to keep tabs on how your 2011 Nissan Leaf or Smart Electric Drive are charging too, and some energy companies are wanting to develop services that keep you updated on the status of your EV. Smart-Grid technology is...

  • Ford Azure Transit Connect Commercial Van
    New York Power Authority Embraces Ford's Electric Future

    New York City has one of the best mass transit systems of any major metropolis. But the City itself is still noisy, polluted and congested. The first two may soon be eased, thanks to continuing work from New York’s Power Authority (NYPA), which showcased a range of all-electric and hybrid...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Volt
    2011 Chevrolet Volt Could Join Feds' Fleet

    The White House wants to walk green while it talks green, which is why the government's purchasing department is now placing an order for 100 electric cars to be distributed through agencies later in the year. The New York Times reports the Obama administration's executive order from October 2009...

  • Tesla Motors, Palo Alto, California
    Touring Tesla: Electric Car Startup Struts Its Green Stuff

    It's debatable whether Tesla Motors should even be called a startup. It's five years old, it has almost 1,400 cars on the road, and it has 700 people working for it globally. Yesterday, in a bid to reinforce its credentials as a real automaker--the kind that can design, engineer, test, and build a...

  • Ford Focus Electric - Refueling Area
    2012 Ford Focus Electric: 120-Volt Charging 'Convenience Cord'

    Electric cars need to be recharged, obviously. How car companies choose to provide the all-new equipment to do that varies significantly among makers. For its upcoming 2012 Ford Focus Electric, Ford just jumped out ahead of the car to announce that it will provide what it calls a "convenience cord"...

  • Jhomonsugi, the oldest tree on Yakushima Island, Japan. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

    We love cars here at AllCarsElectric, but sometimes there's nothing better than heading out of the cities and away from civilization to enjoy all that nature has to offer. The last thing we'd want when we got there would be to find our favorite retreat filled with motor vehicles and the fumes they emit breaking the silence and masking the fresh air. Especially if we'd retreated to a secluded little island listed as a United Nations world heritage site. We're sure Nissan would agree, and that's why the Japanese island of Yakushima in the East China Sea, home to cedar trees of more than 2,000...

  • Nation-E Angel Car electric HUMMER H1
    Nation-E Reveals All-Electric HUMMER H1 'Angel Car'

    The HUMMER H1 is often the vehicle people picture first when they think of the most environmentally unfriendly thing on four wheels. So what better vehicle to demonstrate the diversity and flexibility of the electric car revolution than one of its main antagonists? That’s exactly what the...

  • Ben Collins (The Stig) With Tesla
    After Top Gear, Ben "The Stig" Collins Digs Electric Cars

    What happens when mysterious masked racing driver of the U.K’s most famous car-based entertainment show reveals his identity? Contrary to the opinions aired on the testosterone-filled, gear jamming show he actually quite likes electric cars, and he's not been afraid to share his admiration...

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    AllCarsElectric Launches E-mail Subscription And Improved RSS

    We know you love checking out the latest news on green cars, especially the very best in electric car news, reviews and buying advice. But we also know you’re busy. Sometimes it’s nice when the news comes to you, not vice versa. Many of our readers have asked us to improve the way we...

  • Current Race Leader and Winner of the South African Solar Car Challenge 2008, the Tokai Challenger
    Getting Younger Generations Interested In Electric Cars

    Cape Town in South Africa has just hosted the end of a journey of almost 2,500 miles on solar, hydrogen or electric power. The race, the South African 2010 Solar Challenge, was won by Japan's Tokai Challenger, a solar-powered vehicle with a top speed of 100mph which has previously won the 2009...

  • 2011 Tesla Roadster 2.5
    Tesla Plays Cautiously, Recalls 439 Roadsters Over Potential Fire Risk

    Tesla Motors, manufacturers of the all-electric Tesla Roadster and Tesla Roadster Sport has decided to recall 439 of its sexy sports car, over a potential fire risk. The Palo-Alto based automaker has often been in the news this year, from its roller coaster initial public offering back in June...

  • 2011 Brammo Empulse

    As major automakers and electric specialists battle it out to become the number one electric vehicle maker, a small Oregonian company is slowly sneaking into the lead in the world of electric motorcycles. Featured in The Wall Street Journal Blogs this weekend, Brammo motorcycles likes to think of itself as the “Antithesis of Tesla”, but has just successfully completed the first $12.5 million of its series B funding. Who are Brammo? And what of their two bikes, the 2011 Enertia and 2011 Empulse? Even though its motorcycles are now sold worldwide, Brammo likes to stay close to its...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Volt
    2011 Chevy Volt Customer Advisory Board: More Than A Publicity Stunt

    When long-time EV advocate and former GM EV1 salesperson Chelsea Sexton talked to us a few weeks ago and told us she had some exciting news, we knew something fun was about to happen. Did she have news about the up-coming sequel to Chris Payne’s docudrama Who Killed The Electric Car? Was she...

  • Peraves E-Tracer, winner of Progressive Automotive X-Prize. Photo: Stefano Paris.
    Auto X-Prize Winners Finalize Plans To Bring Unique 2-Wheeler To Market

    Let’s face it. We haven’t been particularly nice about the Automotive X-Prize. While the multi-million dollar competition was originally designed to seek out new engineering talent and encourage automakers to go green, the event became a holding pen for the misfits of the automotive...

  • Lance Armstrong's 2011 Nissan Leaf
    Lance Armstrong Takes Delivery Of His 2011 Nissan Leaf

    Anticipation for Nissan's 2011 Leaf electric car is beginning to reach boiling point but for those who've put down deposits in the last few months, waiting for the car brings a mixture of frustration and excitement, like a kid on Christmas Eve trying to get to sleep before Santa arrives. Our own...

  • 2011 Coda Sedan electric car, New York City, September 2010
    How the 2011 Coda Sedan Hopes To Compete With the Nissan Leaf

    Coda Automotive, the California startup that will begin delivering its 2011 Coda Sedan electric car at the end of the year, has ambitious plans. CEO Kevin Czinger expects to sell up to 14,000 all-electric compact sedans in the company's first full year of operations. The car is assembled in the...

  • 2010 Smart Electric Scooter and Bike Concepts
    2010 Paris Auto Show: Electric Scooters from MINI, Smart

    The 2010 Paris Auto Show proved there's serious energy going into electric cars, but even EVs with two wheels were well represented at the show--and by major auto brands, at that. The Smart Escooter Electric Bike seem like a logical extension for the teensy ForTwo, which looks like a beast in...

  • Hertz electric-car rental press event, New York City, September 2010

    Renting a car is one of the most common ways of driving a model you’re not familiar with. Now, as electric cars start to make their way into dealerships, they will be showing up in rental fleets as well. Hertz, the nation’s largest rental brand, announced last week that it would add hundreds of 2011 Nissan Leafs and Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid test vehicles to selected Hertz locations, as well as certain of its Connect by Hertz short-term rental service sites. The company displayed one of each car at a Manhattan press event last week, held in conjunction with the annual meeting of...

  • SEAT IBE Concept from the 2010 Paris Motor Show
    2010 Paris Motor Show: Skoda, SEAT Reveal New EVs

    As you might have already gathered, the Volkswagen empire is rather big. Owning Volkswagen (obviously) and Audi and having a large stake in Porsche, they're one of the biggest and most profitable car companies on the planet. Two marques you don't see Stateside though that also play a big part in...

  • 2010 Audi e-tron Spyder Concept live photos
    Audi's Drapes Are Off: e-tron Spyder Is Plug-in Diesel Electric Hybrid

    Rumors are strange things. Sometimes we hear rumors which, days later, are confirmed. Then there are the rumors which carry some credence, but omit some vital fact or other. Take Audi’s latest concept, the e-tron Spyder. Unveiled today at the Paris Motor Show it bears uncanny resemblance to...

  • 2010 Nissan Townpod Concept
    Nissan All Smiles: TownPod Concept Unveiled At 2010 Paris Motor Show

    If you remember back a few weeks you’ll remember that we were given a sneak peak at Nissan’s latest electric creation, the Townpod. We weren’t told much by NIssan at the time and spent some time cogitating over the enigmatic press release, which stated that the TownPod “is...

  • Opel Meriva electric vehicle, to be tested in Germany as part of MeRegioMobil program, 2010-2011
    Ahead Of Paris Motor Show, GM In Worldwide EV Testing Frenzy

    General Motors recently hit the headlines with its attempt to trademark the term “Range Anxiety” to use in advertising campaigns for its extended range electric vehicle, the 2011 Chevy Volt. At a glance, you’d think the automaker was trying to seriously slur the image of all...

  • 2011 Nissan Leaf
    2011 Nissan Leaf Won't Depreciate As Quickly As Critics Had Feared

    Remember the June rantings of British motoring journalist Mike Rutherford, who warned in his column for the Telegraph that cars like the 2011 Nissan Leaf would retain just 10% of its original value three years after purchase? While Rutherford ‘s original article was based on figured provided...

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