Electric Cars
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Virtual test drive with the 2009 Audi E-Tron electric concept will soon be available through Sony’s PlayStation Home.
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Valmet Eva EV debuting at 2010 Geneva auto show
Independent vehicle manufacturer Valmet will be showing off a new concept car previewing an all-electric hatchback at next month’s 2010 Geneva Motor Show, which the company eventually plans to produce. If the Valmet name sounds familiar that’s because it’s the Finnish company...
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VW Follows GM’s Lead By Building Electric Motors In-House
Just weeks after GM announced it would be building electric motors for some of its future hybrids and electric vehicles in-house, Volkswagen has followed suit and announced it too will build its own electric powertrains. The German automaker’s electric motors will span the entire Volkswagen...
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Two Tesla Roadster Owners Crash Their Cars
Tesla has managed to rack up just on 1,000 sales of its Roadster since the all-electric vehicle was first launched back in 2008 and since that time there have been only four crashes that we're aware of--including the crash of a test vehicle before production began. But with more and more Roadsters...
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Fisker Consolidates U.S. Facilities, Closes Michigan R&D Center
Like most of the big players in the automotive industry that had to retract, right-size and close facilities across the country, electric vehicle startup Fisker Automotive has also had to bite the bullet and consolidate some of its operations. A little over a year after establishing its 34,000...
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Tesla Launches Right-Hand Drive Roadster
Tesla Motors has announced production of the right-hand drive version of its all-electric Roadster, which is being launched in the UK this month. "The right-hand-drive model is our response to growing demand from high-performance car buyers in the UK who are also interested in their impact on the...
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Tesla has officially filed for an initial public offering of up to $100 million after being in the business of manufacturing electric vehicles for just on six years. The California-based automaker is hoping to cash in on a resurgence in the popular of electric vehicles, and together with its Department of Energy funding is now well-poised to start building and selling its second model, the Model S sedan. The only official word from Tesla is that the company has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its...
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Tesla Secures $465 Million Federal Loan, Plans Two new Factories
Just like rival Californian electric car company Fisker, which recently secured a $528.7 million loan from the Department of Energy, Tesla has also secured a $465 million low interest loan from the federal government that will be used to fund the construction of two new factories. The factories...
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2010 Detroit Auto Show: Sports Cars Go Electric
Perhaps it’s a sign of the times but almost every major automaker at this week’s 2010 Detroit Auto Show had some kind of electrified vehicle on show, with everything from battery-powered supercars to hybrid urban runabouts taking center stage. Until the recent past, pure electric...
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2010 Detroit Auto Show: Fiat 500 BEV
At the 2010 Detroit Auto Show today Chrysler rolled out its Fiat 500 minicar once again but this time around the diminutive hatch is sporting something very different. Labeled the Fiat 500 BEV, the new concept features an all-electric powertrain based on Chrysler’s modular electric drive...
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Electric Volvo C30 Coming To Detroit Auto Show, Public Trials In 2011
Volvo increases the development of cars powered by electricity by building an electric test fleet.
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Copenhagen summit turns us green with envy over Fisker Karma
Virtually the whole auto-journalist demimonde is waiting for a chance to drive the Fisker Karma. And ultimately, we knew we'd be second or third down the VIP list--possibly after U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, who did not broker the Fisker purchase of an old GM plant in Delaware, and maybe after...
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The all-electric Audi e-tron is already confirmed for production by 2012, possibly named the R4, but so far we've been in the dark on volume, but that's a detail that may have been filled in by the latest reports, which peg the number at just 1,000 cars. That's a very low number, but it fits with the highly exclusive purpose of the all-electric sports car, and is probably a fairly realistic representation of the demand for such a car. A more accessible version could be on the way, however. A gasoline-powered version of an electric car is about as meaningless a concept as one could conceive...
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Aptera 2e Release Date Pushed Back Until 2010
Aptera claims that it already has 4,000 deposits for the 2e.
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Electric Rolls-Royce Phantom In the Works
If given the green light, the electric Phantom would be produced in very small numbers and even then only leased to a handful of customers.
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Infiniti Confirms Electric Luxury Vehicle Plans
Speaking at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, Carlos Ghosn confirmed Infiniti would build a zero-emissions EV.
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Toyota FT-EV II Concept Heralds New Link Between Cars and People
The all-electric FT-EV II concept can drive up to 50 miles on a single charge of its lithium-ion batteries.
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Germanys E-Wolf Targets Ferrari With New Electric Supercar
The E-Wolf E2 is due in 2011 and will feature four electric motors developing a combined 544-horsepower.
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Volvo has some ambitious plans for the future. In addition to the market launch of a plug-in hybrid in 2012, work is currently under way on evaluating the viability of an entirely electric-powered car and the first prototype has just been unveiled. It looks like a regular Volvo C30 and it features the very same safety, comfort and space as the standard car. The difference is that it is powered solely by electricity, entirely without exhaust emissions, and has a range of up to 93 miles. This year saw a small number of prototype versions of the C30 electric vehicle built and tested internally...
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Electric Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Coming In 2013
Mercedes has confirmed today that the SLS AMG with electric drive will go on sale in 2013.
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Audi R8 e-tron concept set for 2015 Frankfurt auto show
Audi’s electric R8 has been revealed and its name is E-Tron. Set to go head-to-head with similar ecological concepts from closest rivals BMW and Mercedes-Benz, the new e-Tron will have its work cut out for it at this week’s 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show and on initial inspection it looks...
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Mercedes-Benz Unveils Vision S500 Plug-In Hybrid Concept
The 2009 Mercedes-Benz Vision S500 Plug-In Hybrid Concept has a claimed electric-only driving range of 18.6 miles.
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Audi USA President Explains Chevy Volt 'Idiots' Comment
De Nysschen isn't against electric cars in general, just against the way the Chevy Volt does it.
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BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept: Official Details
Frankfurt's auto show shaping up as its greenest, most wired ever--and BMW's new concept coupe is leading the charge.
Martin Padgett