Electric Cars

GM's next generation hydrogen fuel cell system weighs in 220 pounds lighter than its first attempt and takes up the space of a four cylinder engine.  Contained within the system is GM's 5th generation fuel cell stack which could see commercial use by 2015. Additional advancements for the new...

As part of his campaign to promote alternative fuels (and his movie Fuel which addresses the subject) documentary film maker Josh Ticknell has just finished a ten-day drive from L.A. to New York in the world's only algae fueled plug-in hybrid vehicle.  This modified Toyota Prius, called the...

Sure, Porsche is planning an electric vehicle, but it won't be in showrooms for years, and it probably won't ever be as charming as this 1957 Porsche 356 Speedster. If a carbon neutral vintage Porsche replica turns you on, check out this eBay listing posted by Jack Rickard. Jack is an EV...

To green-car fans, the idea of an ultra-aerodynamic electric two-seater sounds pretty familiar, right? Think the late, lamented EV1 from General Motors, subject of the controversial documentary, Who Killed the Electric Car? But for more than 4,000 people who've put down deposits on the 2011 Aptera...

eTec is the wholly-owned and largest subsidiary of Ecotality (ETLY.OB).  The company is in the business of EV charging infrastructure sales and deployment and recently received a matched $99 million government grant to study EV charging opportunities and behavior on a wide scale. According to Don...

Prior to the weekend break, Massachusetts based lithium-ion battery supplier A123 Systems became public by joining in on the stock market.  Read our earlier report here. The company offered 28,180,501 shares to NASDAQ opening at $13.50 a share.  Trading was hot as bidders quickly shot the price...

 On Sep. 23, 2009, Arcimoto, of Eugene, Oregon, debuted a 3 wheel electric vehicle called Pulse.  The Pulse seats two, has a range of 50 - 100 miles and a top speed of 55 mph and an estimated price below $20,000.  For $500, you can reserve your place to order one of three hundred vehicles to be...

Honda makes vehicles of numerous types.  From automobiles, to ATVs, to motorcycles, to snowmobiles and so on.  Now they are adding an additional model to their lineup and this one comes with only one wheel attached.  Honda unveiled the U3-X mobility device just days ago as they look to expand...

Low Cost Model Being Phased Out

Initial long term plans for Volvo have been scrapped in order to make way for a plug-in hybrid sooner than anticipated.  Volvo initially intended to release a plug-in hybrid based on the companies next generation model lineup of vehicles.  This would have pushed a PHEV back several years.  Now...

Moller International's / Freedom Motors Rotapower Rotary Engine Development

Autoblog Green has posted photos of the production design for the Aptera 2e on their website, which can be seen here. In addition to detailing the many minute changes to the Aptera 2e’s shape, they also repeat the rumor that Best Buy intends to be a distributor for Aptera’s vehicles.  Best Buy...

GS Yuasa President Makota Yoda said they plan to boost annual lithium-ion battery production more than 30 fold by 2016.  Targeting a sales total of $1.1 billion by 2016, the Japanese company is talking with additional overseas EV makers to line up more sales. The report coming from Reuters also...

There are few people who deny that Tesla makes beautiful vehicles, but many wonder why an electric car is designed in such a manner as to blend in with other high dollar luxury vehicles.  Since most electric vehicles boldly say, "Look at me, I run on electricity alone", one question still...

The unfortunately Named REVOLTe is Said To Be Inspired By The Classic 2CV

The revolving door of Tesla Motors leadership keeps turning. Today, executive vice president of vehicle engineering and manufacturing, Mike Donoughe, is calling it quits, just over a year after he started the job. Formerly employed by Chrysler, Donoughe was charged with overseeing engineering...

A new era of US economical history has begun. A123 Systems is the Watertown Massachusetts based lithium-ion battery company that was born out of a lab at MIT. The company has developed a unique lithium-ion nanophosphate cathode material that enables high energy and power density batteries, that are...

Volvo, along with the release of the prototype C30 BEV, has begun conducting widespread analysis and testing of safety concerns specific to electric vehicles. The company, widely known for its advanced safety features and also regarded as one of the pioneers in the safety field, hopes to achieve...

Many potential EV buyers have questions about electric vehicles.  Questions ranging from battery life, to expected range of vehicles, to the future of EVs and even questions pertaining to the infrastructure to support EVs.  Now all of these questions and more will be answered today via live...

In their current form Lithium Ion batteries,  the power source of choice for the next wave of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, contain small amounts of extremely expensive rare-earth metals or fire-prone carbon-based materials as a necessary part of their electrode's formulation. Researchers...