Nissan has developed a new fully electric vehicle with 0 emissions and is in line with their dream of a “sustainable zero-emissions society.”  The Nissan New Mobility Concept is optimum for individuals with short-distance commutes and who travel down traffic-congested roads. A very small two person vehicle, the Nissan New Mobility Concept is best used [...]

The new Audi A2, manufactured in Germany, has broken a record for the longest run in a production-ready electric vehicle without refueling.  Traveling from Munich to Berlin, the vehicle went 600 km (373 miles) without refueling.  That’s more than a 30 mpg vehicle with 12 gallons of gasoline can travel, making the Audi A2 competitive [...]

A new project in the San Francisco bay area hopes to develop electric taxis and charging stations.  The project is breaking automotive news and is led by Better Place, an electric vehicle service provider. According to Jason Wolf, VP of North America for Better Place, “Today marks a significant milestone in our march towards accelerating [...]

Announcing its partnership with Kor Ecologic, Stratasys is set to create one of the world’s most fuel efficient vehicles.  The Urbee is the first vehicle ever to use entire body 3D printing technology by additive manufacturing process.  This process prints layers of material, which are placed on top of each other until the finished product [...]

In the coming years we are going to see a huge expansion in the Electric Vehicles (EVs) market, both in the form of automobiles and parts suppliers like lithium-ion battery producers. Now, whether or not Electric Vehicles have a positive effect on the environment, is still up for debate. What’s not being debated is the fact that more EVs are coming to market soon. Companies like Nissan Motors and General Motors are leading the way with the introduction of the Nissan Leaf & Chevy Volt, but if China has anything to say about it, their market lead will be washed away by 2020.

With anticipation building over the years for electric vehicles to go mainstream, we are finally right around the corner from the release of not one, but two 100% battery-powered mainstream cars – The Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf, both on which we have talked about in recent months. The Volt, manufactured by General Motors [...]

General Motors has announced that its electric car, the Volt, will be priced at $41,000. Compared to Nissan’s Leaf, that’s considerably more. Of course, you can point to big price differences in gasoline-powered cars as well. There are other factors that drive pricing in the auto industry. And economically, new technologies are often higher than [...]

Enterprise Rent-A-Car has announced plans to buy 500 electric cars from Nissan to add to its fleet of rentals for 2011. These no-emission vehicles, which do not use any gasoline, are planned to be used in the following Enterprise rental markets: Phoenix, Arizona Tucson, Arizona Knoxville, Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee San Diego, California Los Angeles, California [...]

Electric vehicles have arrived in the U.S., but Americans didn’t throw a party. The Dutch, however, threw a party to celebrate the EV. The occasion happened to be free electric charging of vehicle batteries in Amsterdam, which has 15 charging stations – all free to the public. Officials there plan to have more than 200 [...]

No one likes to be beat. Auto manufacturers particularly do not like to be bested by the competition. Honda and Toyota have been rivals on the assembly line for decades. It’s only right that they should fight over who will win the electric vehicle war. Do you think Honda might be thinking Toyota is winning? [...]