After announcing a partnership with Great Wall Auto last week, Coda Automotive has apparently withdrawn it’s request for a $334 million Department of Energy loan. Coda was skeptical that the DOE’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing loan would ever be funded. According to Coda Auto’s vice president of government affairs Forrest Beanum, Coda Automotive was going… Continue reading Coda Automotive gives up on DOE Loan
Yesterday, Mitsubishi sent out an email titled ‘Are you afraid of the electric car?’ Inside was this image, taking a humorous stance at people’s fear of driving an all-electric vehicle. Although the email doesn’t specifically mention the Mitsubishi i-Miev, there is the iMiev logo and a rendering of the i-Miev at the top of the… Continue reading Mitsubishi trys to clear up Electriphobia
The 2012 Beijing International Auto Show had many interesting vehicles revealed, but perhaps one of the most captivating was the CH-Auto Lithia sports car concept. The Lithia prototype looks similar to the Audi R8, and yet distinctly unique at the same time. The Lithia sports car concept makes use of an electric motor fed by… Continue reading CH Auto’s Lithia electric sports car concept
Ford announced last week that it would be creating the first all electric pace car by using a Ford Focus Electric to lead the pack around the Richmond 400 at the end of April. Today, the official Ford Focus Electric pace car was unveiled to the public at the Richmond International Raceway. Ford was also… Continue reading Ford Focus Electric pace car photos
Nissan’s VP for product strategy and planning says ‘Plug-in Hybrid technology is a promising path. Clearly we are working on it.’ What exactly does that mean? Nissan executives were staying mum, but they were excited to talk about the Nissan Leaf electric vehicle. Nissan has big sales expectations for the Leaf – the Nissan Leaf… Continue reading Nissan predicting Leaf sales to increase sixfold by 2013
Earlier this week at the Auto China 2012 show in Beijing, BMW took it’s i8 Spyder to the stage. Other than a great looking car, the only new information gleaned from the press releases was that the BMW i8 PHEV Spyder Concept has an eDrive badge on the rear. Apparently eDrive is what BMW is… Continue reading BMW i8 Spyder edrive
The BMW i8 is coming along nicely – and it has to be. BMW is planning to launch it as a 2014 model, which means there’s little more than a year for the BMW i8 to be production ready. Sonny Lim, former head of BMW DesignWorks, produced this rendering to try and take a stab… Continue reading Production BMW i8 may look like this
Last week the Infiniti LE was displayed at the New York Auto Show. This week, 2 Nissan spokesman told the Chicago Tribune that the Nissan factory in Smyrna Tennesse was the most likely place for the Infiniti LE to be built. The Infiniti LE, which stands for luxury electric, uses a very similar battery pack… Continue reading Infiniti LE may be built in Tennessee with the Leaf
The BYD e6 electric crossover was again on display at an Auto Show. Back in 2010, BYD said the e6 would be available in 2010 – which was changed to 2011, and then 2012, and then mid-2012. Now, 2013 is the new date. BYD USA president says the vehicle will be certified for sale before… Continue reading BYD e6 available in 2013
Following Ford and Chevy, Honda has announced that it will partner with car sharing service Zipcar. Zipcar will add the Insight Hybrid, the Accord Plug-in Hybrid vehicle in 2014, and the Honda Fit EV starting this fall when they become available. Zipcar is sawing that Honda is a ‘preferred vehicle manufacturer’ while Honda is calling… Continue reading Honda bringing Fit EV to car sharing program
The Ford Focus Electric will be featured in a reality competition series that will be broadcast online on Yahoo! starting next month. Read the full article on the Ford Focus Electric Forum
Infiniti’s latest reveal, the Infiniti LE concept, is said to be hitting dealerships within 2 years in nearly unchanged form.The Infiniti LE is a purpose built electric vehicle (rather than a conversion of a current model) and would be the fancier sibling to the Nissan Leaf EV. The Infiniti LE Concept boats a 24kWh lithium… Continue reading Infiniti LE Concept will make production within 2 years
At the 2012 New York International Auto Show, Mitsubishi rolled its bubbly i-Miev Sport Air concept. It’s a 3-door hatchback concept car that features a stronger motor than the current i-Miev and has a solar panel and a large removable translucent roof panel. The Mitsubishi i-Miev Sport Air has a max output of 80 hp… Continue reading Mitsubishi i-Miev Sport Air Concept
The New York Auto Show surprised many people with the DeLorean Electric. Apparently even DeLorean Motor Company president didn’t know he was going to be there until a few weeks ago. The DMCev is slated for production in 2013. Between now and then lots needs to happen though, since the electric DeLorean’s in New York… Continue reading DeLorean Electric details and cost from New York Auto Show
Volkwsagen has released some details about updates to the E-Golf. They have also adapted the test fleet of E-Golfs for the U.S. Market. Changes to the Volkswagen E-Golf include U.S. spec sidemarkers, updated condenser for hot climate capability, ability to charge with J1772, updated interior instrumentation, a tire pressure monitoring system and U.S. spec airbags.… Continue reading Volkswagen E-Golf perhaps available for 2014
Last night Fisker officially unveiled the Fisker Atlantic plug in hybrid, and it looks just as good as the Karma. Fisker didn’t reveal any information such as all electric range, or cost, or even estimated delivery date. All that Fisker Automotive said was that the Fisker Atlantic would come in at a much lower price… Continue reading Fisker Atlantic officially revealed
Fisker Automotive’s next project has been dubbed ‘Project Nina’ for quite some time. It’s Fisker Automotive’s next electric vehicle – it will be smaller and less powerful than the Karma, but it’s also apparently going to cost around half the price of the Karma! Last week AutoBlog Green posted spy shots of the Fisker Nina… Continue reading Project Nina photos leaked, name changed
