Posted in Battery-powered vehicles, Budget-friendly, Electric cars, Hybrids, Toyota, alternative fuel on Dec 30th, 2009
Toyota has announced that it will reveal its newest car, a subcompact hybrid, on Jan. 11, the first day of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The Toyota subcompact hybrid’s name has not been announced yet, but Toyota has expressed interest in using the Prius name for a line of cars rather [...]
Posted in Battery-powered vehicles, Cadillac, Electric cars, alternative fuel on Nov 10th, 2009
General Motors will be bringing the electric Cadillac Converj to market, according to the Detroit News. The Converj was first seen as a concept car in 2009 and received a lot of attention from the media and consumers. The Converj will be based on the Chevy Volt electric car, which will go into production [...]
Posted in Automotive, Battery-powered vehicles, Chrysler, Dodge, Electric cars on Apr 15th, 2009
If Chrysler is still around as of May 1, the Dodge Circuit, a new battery-powered, 268-horsepower, two-seat sports car, could become the automaker’s first electric car. The Circuit is scheduled to be released in late 2010.
The Dodge Circuit resembles the electric Tesla Roadster, which costs $109,000. The Dodge Circuit’s pricing hasn’t been announced yet, but [...]
Posted in Automotive, Battery-powered vehicles, Chevrolet, GM on Feb 18th, 2009
A long time ago, The Simpsons parodied Detroit’s struggle to keep pace with overseas car companies. Homer’s half-brother, a Detroit auto executive, allowed him to have free reign in his design of the quintessential American car. Because he believed Homer to be an “average American”, his half-brother thought he would design the perfect car for [...]
Posted in Battery-powered vehicles, Dodge, Electric cars, Future Cars, Sports cars, Technology, alternative fuel on Jan 12th, 2009
So while all the world’s leading manufactures, and one bold independent start-up, are cracking their noggins to come out with a fully electric car that’s fun to drive, Dodge has announced that they are going to build a production version of their Dodge EV Concept by next year.
Now called the Dodge ENVI, this new concpet [...]
Posted in BMW, Battery-powered vehicles, Electric cars, Mini on Dec 15th, 2008
Recently, the folks over at Edmunds.com had a chance to drive the “production” version of Mini’s new fully electric Mini E. The reason I chose to highlight the word production is because that’s kinda stretching it a bit. Only 500 Mini E’s will be built and all carry a forced lease agreement.
The price for the [...]
Posted in Automotive, Battery-powered vehicles, Electric cars on Oct 31st, 2008
While most attempts at making a mass-produced electric car have fallen, Tesla Motors has been able to hang on, even though they’ve had their own share of bad luck and problems. The company’s first model, the Tesla Roadster, has been warmly received, but initial problems with the car’s transmission system delayed delivery and really tested [...]
Posted in Automotive, Battery-powered vehicles, Hybrids, Technology, Volkswagen on Oct 29th, 2008
The Chevy Volt has garnered a lot of attention not because it’s a hybrid, but because it promises the capability to run off of electricity only if need be. So it’s like an electric car, but with a back up gasoline engine. This has led other automakers to start revealing their take on this idea.
One [...]
Posted in Automotive, Battery-powered vehicles, Electric cars on Aug 4th, 2008
Our marketing director saw the following story on the Web about a new, 700-horsepower electric car from the U.K. It’s called the Lightning GT and the Aston Martin look-alike runs on 30 battery packs and four hub-mounted electric motors behind the wheel spokes.
This sexy concept car debuted at the British Motor Show 2008 and is [...]
Posted in Automotive, Battery-powered vehicles, Tesla on Jul 22nd, 2008
Tesla Motors opened its second company-owned sales and service facility in Menlo Park, Calif. yesterday.
The 40,000-square-foot facility is very similar to the Los Angeles store, but is much larger. In addition to selling and servicing the Tesla Roadster, the company’s all-electric sports car, the showroom is also a museum exhibition, with several car models originally [...]
