Electric Cars

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Tie-ups between traditionally European brands and Middle Eastern investment firms are becoming increasingly common. Aston Martin's primary shareholder is the Kuwaiti firm Investment Dar, and Porsche is currently hammering out a deal with Qatar, but now Abu Dhabi investment firm Aabar has purchased...

When it was first reported that Swedish supercar company Koenigsegg was one of the leading bidders for struggling automaker Saab, many were left scratching their heads. Why would a company specializing in building a handful of million dollar supercars each year want to purchase a controlling stake...

The industry is in pain, but it's still planning for the future. Today that's clear nowhere more so than at Mitsubishi, which has just announced it will be upping its production target of the iMiEV to 20,000 units annually by 2012 up 200% on previous goals of 10,000 per year. Output targets for...

Historic electric car brand Detroit Electric (DE) confirmed early last year plans to launch a range of all-electric vehicles for sale in Europe and North America by the end of the decade. The company has now taken a major step forward in realizing those goals with the announcement today that it has...

Mini has released the full technical details for the all-electric version of its two-door Cooper hatch, which is set to be delivered in an initial batch of 500 examples to customers in the United States later this year. BMW is using its Mini brand to test the waters with its electric powertrain...

Earlier this year, Toyota claimed it would have a hybrid in every facet of its lineup by the decade beginning in 2020, and company executives have since confirmed that plan. Emphasizing the importance of the automobile’s environmental impact and the role hybrids can play in reducing the...

Australian-based manufacturer Bolwell recently made headlines for resurrecting the Nagari, a throwback to an Aussie-built 1960s supercar powered by a Ford V8 enigne. While the current Bolwell Nagari is still in the prototype stages, the company is already looking to the future and is considering...

Tesla has confirmed that it’s working with several major carmakers to develop a new range of affordable all-electric vehicles that are set to go on sale early next decade, but execs have also revealed that Tesla is planning to expand its own lineup with a new sedan and possibly a SUV and...

Tesla announced today plans for its second model, a new electric sedan to be called the Model S. It will be manufactured at a new plant in California, though Tesla did not disclose its location. Neither did the company state a start date for production, but rumors suggest it will begin around 2010...

Both Tesla and Fisker plan to sell a new generation of electric vehicles - Tesla with its recently launched all-electric Roadster and Fisker with its future Karma plug-in hybrid luxury saloon. The two carmakers are now tied up in a lawsuit with Tesla claiming design and trade secrets for a future...

Detroit Electric was revived only this month by America’s ZAP electric car company and China’s Youngman Auto and already the joint-venture has announced the appointment of former Lotus Engineering CEO Albert Lam as its new chief. Lam has worked closely with ZAP on previous concepts and...

Fisker surprised many at last month’s Detroit Auto Show when it revealed its striking Karma luxury plug-in hybrid sedan was headed for production and a 2009 launch. Here was a small coachbuilder promising to deliver a plug-in hybrid vehicle at least one year before heavyweights like Toyota...

The joint-venture between America’s ZAP electric car company and China’s Youngman Auto is set to revive the 100- year-old electric car brand Detroit Electric for a range of new models set to appear from next year onwards. The first car to be sold under the Detroit Electric label will be...

Californian startup Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] is nearing the final phase of development for its groundbreaking Roadster electric sports car. Several second-generation prototypes were displayed recently at a press presentation in the automaker's home state, and the next step will see ten more...

When Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] first announced it would be producing an electric sports car for sale, with a price tag close to $100,000, many pundits scoffed that no one would want to pay that kind of money for an unheard of electric vehicle. Tesla has put an end to their doubts by confirming that...

Tesla Motors' [NSDQ:TSLA] new electric car is a cyborg cross between a Toyota Prius and a Lotus Elise, and we like it. The Roadster is capable of a Ferrari-beating 0-60 time of 4 seconds, and it has a reasonable top speed of 130 mph. Being an electric car, it has no emissions and requires charging...

An electric sports car that does 0-60 mph in 4.0 seconds and is designed by one of the men behind the Lotus Elise is almost here. The Tesla Roadster plugs in to your wall at home and can travel up to 250 miles on a single charge. Its makers claim it costs around one cent per mile to run, and that...

Despite the disappointing sales of Smart globally, DaimlerChrysler is pushing ahead with its plan to equip the petite city cars with electric motors. The lightweight and small engines meant the gasoline-engined Smart cars were quite frugal, but the electric version, called a ForTwo Electric Drive...