Americans flock to Mini E

In a sign that Americans may truly be ready to embrace electric vehicles, including living with any shortcomings and paying a significant price premium, demand for BMW’s Mini E electric vehicle has outstripped supply by 4-to-1. The Mini E, which was revealed late last year at the Los Angeles Auto Show has a range of [...]

Electric Porsche conversions available from Florida company

A company based in Florida has found itself an interesting niche in the automotive world - converting Porsche models into electric vehicles that combine sports car handling ability with the economy of a battery-powered electrical motor. On top of this, the company also specializes in making their electric Porsche’s resemble other cars, such as Lamborghini [...]

Pininfarina exits contract building, focusing solely on electric vehicles

This year has been a hard one for a lot of people, companies and industries. It has been an especially tough one for Pininfarina, losing its CEO, Andrea Pininfarina, to a traffic accident in August. Today news is breaking that the company has decided to end its stint as Italy’s last contract manufacturer and focus [...]

Ginetta working on electric version of G50 sports car

With a half-century of car-building experience for both the road and track, the UK’s Ginetta Cars is now setting its sights on a truly modern goal: a high-performance electric vehicle. Details on the car remain closely held, but the car’s first development steps are already underway.
The G50 is Ginetta’s most recent addition to its stable [...]

Battery Maker Gold Peak, Plug-In Conversions Inc. Partner to Sell Kits Worldwide

Gold Peak Industries North America, a subsidiary of GP Batteries International, which claims to be the largest rechargeable battery maker outside of Japan, has acquired an equity stake in Plug In Conversions Corp.
The transaction, announced today, positions the latter to sell its plug-in Toyota Prius conversion kits worldwide and [...]

Monaco’s Prince Albert Gives Mitsubishi’s EV a Royal ‘Thumbs Up’

If his majesty gets what his majesty wants, Mitsubishi may have made a sale.
The Japanese automaker took a preproduction model of its battery-electric car, the i-MiEV, to Monaco recently to show it off to various government agencies, utility companies and what not.

Among those who took the tiny car for a spin [...]

Ford Plans Battery-Electric Cargo Van for U.S. Commercial Market

Ford Motor Co., the domestic carmaker that's not  facing imminent bankruptcy, plans to bring a small electric van to market in the U.S. and the blogosphere is abuzz with speculation, revved up by an article in the trade journal Automotive News, that it will be based on the compact Ford Transit Connect [...]

Mercedes Benz BlueZERO E-Cell Concept gets early reveal

Though most of the world associates green with environmentally-friendly technologies, Mercedes Benz and a few others use the color blue to denote their ecologically advanced vehicles and drivetrains. The latest development in the blue-themed line of Mercedes offerings will come at the 2009 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, where a trio of [...]

Renault-Nissan, Utility Agree to Develop Charging Network for EVs in Switzerland

The Renault-Nissan Alliance team tasked with partnering with utilities and governments to develop battery-charging networks for electric vehicles has done it again.
Swiss electric utility company Energie Ouest Suisse and Renault-Nissan announced today that they have signed a memorandum of understanding under which the automaker will supply electric-drive vehicles to [...]

Investors in Ener1 Run the Risk of a Shock With Their Electric-Vehicle Dreams

Just look at Ener1, the Manhattan-based developer of lithium-ion batteries, wrote David Reilly in today's Wall Street Journal (subscription required).
The company isn't yet profitable and sales this year have yet to break the million mark. Yet Ener1 sports a roughly 0 million market value and is among only a [...]

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