The 2013 Ford Focus Electric has earned the top safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The electric vehicle, Ford’s first 100% electric vehicle, received a 5 star Overall Vehicle Score in the NHTSA’s New Car Assessment Program testing. The test combines vehicle performance in absorbing crash impact from the front, side, as… Continue reading Ford Focus Electric receives 5-star crash test rating
By this spring, 1 in every 3 Ford dealers in the US will be certified to sell plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles. Ford had 200 certified dealers last November, and will expand that number to 900 in the next few months. By then, Ford is expecting to be selling the Fusion Energi in addition to… Continue reading Ford planning on 900 EV certified dealers by spring
Right now, Mitsubishi is offering a $2000 home charging system credit when you purchase a2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric vehicle. The offer ends February 28th.
Nissan’s new state-of-the-art paint facility in Smyrna, TN sets new standards for paint quality, efficiency and environmental impacts. The paint plant reduces energy consumption by about 30%, carbon emissions by about 30%, and paint VOCs by about 70%. Using an innovative 3 wet paint process that applies all 3 layers in succession before the vehicle… Continue reading Nissan debuts new Smyrna Paint Plant
Germany’s Visio.M consortium, which includes BMW, Daimler, the Federal Highway Research Institute and others, has received $15 million of funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The target of the consortium is to develop an electric car with a range of at least 62 miles, a top speed of more than 75… Continue reading Germany’s Visio.M aims to develope lightweight EV
Yesterday Honda sent out an email blast titled ‘Fit EV now on both coasts.’ Last year, the Honda Fit EV was initially launched in Oregon and California markets. Since then, drivers of the Fit EV have “experienced its exceptional range, short charge time, and practical interior.” The Honda Fit EV is rated at 118 MPGe,… Continue reading Honda Fit EV now available on East Coast
Plugin Cars writer Colby Trudeau says his place of work has 7 Blink charging stations, and 6 of them start overheating after charging his Fit EV for about 20 minutes. Fortunately, the Fit EV has a thermal monitoring device that stops the charge when the temperature gets too hot and risks damaging the car. Honda… Continue reading Honda is monitoring Fit EV / Ecotality Blink station charging troubles
On the heels of news that Coda has been laying off employees, and Coda dealerships have been slashing prices to try and sell the Sedan EV, news has surfaced of 4 lawsuits filed since June of last year. June 2012: EDAG Group files a lawsuit saying Coda owes them $608,770 October 2012: RLE International files… Continue reading Coda Automotive dealing with supplier lawsuits
At the Detroit Auto Show, the Cadillac ELR received much of the buzz and was awarded the Eyes on Design award as Best Production Vehicle. The original concept was unveiled in 2009 and dubbed the Converj – that means it’s been a near 4 year process to get to this point. Tim Kozub is the… Continue reading Cadillac ELR performance boosted compared to Volt
According to a recent Hovarth & Partners study, there will be an estimated 1 million plug-in vehicles on the roads in Germany by the end of 2020. Germany will have about 150,000 publicly accessible charging stations by the same year, compared to the 5200 public charging stations the US currently has available. With the upcoming… Continue reading Germany may have 1 million plug-in vehicles by the year 2020
Toyota says the world premiere concept unveiling of a 2-seat urban electric vehicle will be unveiled at the Geneva Auto Show next month. Dubbed the Toyota i-ROAD, Toyota has released a top-view picture of the vehicle. Aside from the picture, the only information Toyota has given about the i-ROAD is that it is fun, compact,… Continue reading Toyota i-Road tandom 2 seat electric vehicle concept to debut at Geneva
