Chevrolet New Sail – Click above for high-res image gallery
Speaking at the Plugging Into the Future Forum at the Shanghai World Expo today, General Motors' Global Vehicle Engineering VP Karl Stracke announced the creation of a test fleet of battery…
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Video: Ian Wright resurfaces with series hybrid powertrain plans
When we last heard from Ian Wright, he was working on a battery-powered version of the Ariel Atom known as the Wrightspeed X1. The X1 has been used as a development platform for batteries, motors and electronics, which is what Wright actually hopes…
Hawaii becomes a “Better Place”
It's hard to image a more beautiful place than Hawaii. But Shai Agassi and Linda Lingle want to make it a “Better Place.” The volcanic archipelago is one of the most remote populated places on the planet, sitting out in the middle of the Pacific…
MINI E will reportedly cost $850/month for one-year lease
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For those of you hoping to snap up one first electrically powered MINIs, we have what may be bad news. The price of the MINI E keeps creeping upward. The other day, Automotive News reported that the…
Battery powered record of 75 MPH on AA cells!
There hasn't been much good news recently for Panasonic on the automotive battery front with reports of delays to Toyota's plans to use lithium ion batteries in the next-generation Prius. However there was one recent bright spot when driver Takashi…
Rail streetcars making a comeback in the US?
USA Today has an article about the return of the street car to several American cities. Streetcars were common from the late nineteenth to the midtwentieth century. As we all know most of the tracks got ripped out and the cars were replaced with…
Electrovaya to supply batteries to Norwegian EV maker
Canadian battery developer Electrovaya has reached an agreement with Norway's Miljobil Grenland to supply energy storage systems. Miljobil Grenland has been manufacturing electrically driven vehicles since 1997 and is partly owned by utilities…
Volvo applies its safety know-how to the world of EVs
Volvo C30 BEV prototype – Click above for high-res image gallery
Over the course of Volvo's history, the one feature its cars were perhaps best known for – aside from looking like the boxes they came in – was safety. Volvo was among the pioneers in…
Quick Spin: 2011 Chevrolet Cruze ain't no Cadavelier
2011 Chevrolet Cruze – Click above for high-res image gallery
Chevrolet's mainstream, high-volume compact car was derisively referred to as the Cadavelier not so many years ago. It was considered one of the most uninspired entries from any automaker…
2010 Ford Shelby GT500 uses cast iron, NOT aluminum block!
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Let's make this perfectly clear. As much as Mustang fans (this author included) would like it to be otherwise, the 2010 Shelby GT500 does not use an aluminum block. At least a…