Fisker Automotive has announced that the company’s revenue for the first 4 months of 2012 exceeded $100 million. Total funding for Fisker Automotive has exceeded a billion dollars, and all of this is for a company that has 1 product – the Fisker Karma electric vehicle. Fisker has sold 1000 Karmas in 6 months which… Continue reading Fisker Delivers 1000 Fisker Karma Electric Vehicles
It’s official! The Ford Focus Electric is finally here, and one made it into the hands of it’s owner over the weekend. Whit, from North Carolina, and an active member of the Ford Focus Electric Forum, drove 650 miles to New York to pick up his Ford Focus Electric. Click for the full story and… Continue reading First Ford Focus Electric delivered to retail customer
Earlier today Nissan announced that the e-NV200 battery electric mini-van would go into production in Barcelona, Spain. Production on the Nissan e-NV200 will start during Nissan’s 2013 fiscal year. The Nissan e-NV200 was unveiled earlier this year at the Detroit Auto Show as a concept. It’s based on the NV200 compact van that was first… Continue reading Nissan e-NV200 is a go, likely in 2013 fiscal year
A few weeks ahead of schedule, Tesla has officially announced that the first Model S electric sedans will be delivered to U.S. customers on June 22. Tesla’s engineering team has been working hard to ensure production is up to speed at Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California. The car delivery ceremony will be viewable live on… Continue reading 2012 Tesla Model S deliveries will start on June 22
Yes, we would be more excited if the Ford C-max Energi plug-in hybrid was now available to order, but we are glad to head the C-max Hybrid can now be ordered – it means Ford is one step closer to the C-max Energi being available. The Ford C-max Energi and C-max Hybrid is Ford’s answer… Continue reading Ford starts taking orders for the C-max Hybrid
Some owners on the Nissan Leaf forum have noticed that their Leaf dash only displays 11 of 12 capacity bars when the battery is fully charge, which leads them to believe they have lost some battery capacity. A full read through the forum thread reveals that both owners are in Arizona, and some are speculating… Continue reading Some Nissan Leaf owners are losing capacity bars
We all know that Renault and Nissan are sister companies, sharing technology, automotive parts and in some cases executives. That’s what makes it somewhat surprising that Renault thinks it’s Zoe electric vehicle will sell better than the Nissan Leaf EV in Europe. The Renault Zoe electric var is scheduled to be released later this year,… Continue reading Renault says the Zoe EV will outsell the Leaf in Europe
Since 2009 Speed Ventures’ REFUEL event has made access to a race track free for electric vehicle owners. REFUEL opens up the world-famous Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca to electric cars and motorcycles and provides no-cost sessions on the track. Participants are also invited to participate in the SportElectric Time Trial. REFUEL has been part of… Continue reading REFUEL 2012 scheduled for July 1
Tesla Motors is nearing first deliveries of the Model S, and that of course means more media coverage. On the official Tesla Blog, Tesla posted about the impressive performance aspects of the Tesla Model S including the remarkable efficiency and range. With the 85kWh battery in the Tesla Model S, Tesla aimed to have a… Continue reading Tesla Model S gets over 320 miles to a charge?
Back in April, Chrysler hinted at building some plug-in hybrid minivan prototypes and there was quite a bit of excitement from people wanting a greener minivan. Sadly, Chrysler is only testing the technology with no promise or hint at a date when it could become available to the public. Just days ago Chrysler completed the… Continue reading Chrysler Town & Country plug-in hybrid, sadly not for production
Although technically not an electric vehicle, the Cadillac ELR does have a plug – it’s an extended range plug-in vehicle that Cadillac says will likely be available late next year as a 2014 model year debut. The Cadillac ELR is essentially a fancy version of the Chevy Volt with a similar powertrain setup. GM is… Continue reading Cadillac ELR may debut as a 2014 model
Today at the 26th annual Electric Vehicle Symposium in LA Toyota released details and photos of the 2012 Toyota Rav4 EV. Toyota says the Rav4 EV all electric range is 100 miles. The battery pack will charge from empty in 6 horus on a 240V 40 amp charger. The new Rav4 EV has LED and… Continue reading Toyota Rav4EV priced under $50,000
Ford has released an official roll out / launch market schedule for the Ford Focus Electric. The initial launch market of California, New York and New Jersey are listed as being Spring 2012 – which is now. However, Ford has yet to deliver any Ford Focus EVs to any general members of the public (Ford… Continue reading Ford Focus Electric launch schedule
Yesterday Toyota released the most boring tease photo yet – it’s a close up of the electric badging that will appear on the Toyota Rav4 EV. Aside from the tease photo, there probably won’t be anything boring about the launch of the Rav4 EV when Toyota reveals details about it next week. On May 7th,… Continue reading Rav4 EV launch will be limited to California, more details May 7th
Amongst a host of diesel and hybrid vehicles, BMW will be supplying 40 MINI E electric vehicles as well as 160 1-series Active E models. These vehicles will be used as transport around the venues and supporting the Olympic Torch Relay. The electric vehicles will showcase BMW’s electric offerings as well as London’s 120 new… Continue reading BMW supplying electric fleet for London Olympic Games
Matthew Unger, an expat living in China who is somewhat familiar with the Aptera 2e history spotted a look-a-like at the Beijing Motor Show. Apparently the future builder of the Aptera 2e is Zap Jonway. Zap Jonway competed against Aptera in the Automotive X-prize contest and had a 3 wheeler entrant. The Zap Jonway company… Continue reading Aptera 2e resurfaces in
