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 Electric cars, alternative fuel on Nov 23rd, 2009
Mike Howard of Elk Horn, Iowa, has spent $30,000 installing four electric vehicle chargers in the small town. Elk Horn only has one plug-in electric vehicle though. Howard says the charging stations needed to be built in order for the people of Elk Horn to actually consider buying an electric vehicle, just like the [...]
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, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Electric cars, GM on Feb 19th, 2009
GM plans to stop the bleeding in part by shutting down its unit that develops high performance cars, according to GM spokesman Vince Muniga. In a Thursday Auto Week article, the auto giant’s comprehensive plan for getting itself out of its financial quagmire includes disbanding the unit that produces V-series Cadillacs and the Chevrolet Cobalt SS, HHR SS [...]
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 Electric cars, Technology, Toyota, alternative fuel on Dec 22nd, 2008
Toyota has announced plans to unveil a small electric “city car” concept at the upcoming Detroit Auto Show. While no concrete details were given, a company spokesperson is said to have hinted at the fact that it would be related to the small iQ concept from earlier this year.
The company said that this vehicle is [...]
Posted in Automotive, Electric cars, Hybrids on Dec 16th, 2008
Chinese auto manufacture BYD Auto has announced plans that it will show a production version of the company’s first plug-in electric hybrid, called the F3DM. What’s most shocking though, is that they are able to put their car on the market a full two years ahead of General Motor’s Volt project.
The F3DM uses an electric [...]
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, Electric cars, Luxury vehicles on Nov 21st, 2008
Fisker Automotive Inc., the company founded by leading industry designer and coach builder Henry Fisker, has reached an agreement with Finland’s Valmet Automotive which will see production of Fisker’s Karma 4-door plug-in hybrid begin in fourth-quarter 2009. The goal is to reach 15,000 vehicle sales annually.
Valmet will set up an all new and separate body [...]
