Smart for-us: The Rule-Breaker

The new smart for-us pick up will be launched into the market at the North American International car show slated to take place in Detroit on the 14th – 22nd of January 2012. It is a high tech electric vehicle with a 55 kW magnetic and electric motor. It produces no emission, and it is [...]

Mitsubishi Motors Delivers Norway’s 1,000th i-MiEV

The new Norway’s 1, 000th i-MiEV electric vehicle was launched in the earlier parts of December 2011. It is manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors Corporation. The launching ceremony of the vehicle took place in Oslo on the 5th of December with the Minister of the Environment and Development in Norway taking part in the ceremony.

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Tesla Model S Preps For Launch

Tesla Motors is rolling out a new Tesla S come next year. This is the second in the line of Tesla’s vehicles. The new model Tesla S is produced for a larger number of people than the first model, Roadster. Tesla S can comfortably accommodate seven people consisting of adults and kids. [...]

Ford Introduces Focus Electric, Expected To Top 100 Mpge

Ford is popularly known as a classic and strong car. It is a dynamic company that is always trying to invent something new and classic. Recently, Ford’s Michigan Production plant has commenced the manufacturing of the new Ford brand – 2012 Electric focus. The new vehicle can comfortably sit five people. The [...]

Toyota Fun Vii - video presentation

Once again at the Tokyo Motor Show the absoluter eye-catcher is the electric car, but it seems that the developers in Toyota Fun Vii are ahead of their time not only for a few years, but equal a few decades. At the most important auto show in Japan Toyota presents with the Fun Vii a concept car that could [...]

Interview with Per-Ivar Sellergren (Volvo) about the invention of car body panels that function as batteries

There is no doubt that the global automotive industry is facing some major challenges in the next few years. Untill now the success is based on cheap oil and ignoring the impact on the environment and climate change. But reliable alternatives need to be in place long before we run out of oil and the [...]

Video: The Fisker Surf out on the road

After Fisker Surf has celebrated its world premiere at the IAA 2011, you can see it in this video again on the road. It is shown that the electric driven Kombi is not only under the floodlights at the stand a good figure, but also in action on the road. After the range of about [...]

Video: Autocar tests the new electric car Renault Twizy

It looks like a car from the future? It is opened side and with only two seats arranged directly one behind the other, it reminds a little of a vehicle from the golf course that has strayed on the road. On the other hand, it is natural to ask a question whether you actually need [...]

Renault Kangoo Z.E. as the “International Van of the Year 2012″ awarded

Especially in the suburbun delivery vehicles the electromobility today makes often sence, because we usually drive at fixed times on such routes through the city, that are in the range of today’s electric cars. In the night the vehicles can be recharged again so that they can be at our disposal again at [...]

Geneva Auto Show: Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E-Cell

The electric-supersportscar Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E-Cell was presented at this year’s Geneva Auto Show. Aside from its eye-catching bright yellow paint, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E-Cell excites with more than 530 horsepower and ingenious design with wing doors. Word says that the SLS AMG E-Cell can do the sprint from 0 to 60 mph in [...]