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The Chevrolet Volt website keeps a log of the total miles driven by all of the Volts currently out in the wild – on the road, being used in everyday life. This is done via the in-car data system that sends info to Chevrolet as part of the rich media infotainment system. Chevrolet reports that… Continue reading Chevy Volt owners travel 100 million miles, mostly electric
For a while, many electric vehicle charging stations have been free to use – partially because they were installed to attract EV drivers to certain businesses, and because the businesses support the idea of greener transportation. Recently, many of those businesses have started requiring payment via credit card to use the charging station. All of… Continue reading Free charging is going the way of the Dodo bird
A German magazine is reporting that the BMW i3 price will be between 35,000 and 40,000 euros ($43,460-$49,670) when it goes on sale in late 2013. According to Automobilwiche, the price was divulged by a source close to BMW. This price fits with previous reported estimates for the pending electric vehicle. The sustainable city car… Continue reading BMW i3 price will be between $43,000 – $50,000
It’s been almost a year and a half since the Nissan Leaf was first available in the US and Japan. Now, the Nissan Leaf is available in Australia. Surprisingly, the Leaf costs $51,500 AUS which converts to about $52,400 US. There are also no government incentives in the country to help lower the cost for… Continue reading Nissan Leaf goes on sale in Australia
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
BMW has released a short video to help remind us of the up and coming BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car, and the BMW i3 electric vehicle. The video is dramatic, but doesn’t really tell us anything new about the vehicles. The video even re-uses some footage shown last July of the BMW i8 and… Continue reading BMW releases new video of BMW i3, BMW i8
Next month at the Geneva International Auto Show, Mitsubishi will unveil it’s latest version of the Mitsubishi Outlander crossover. Mitsubishi says they will start selling a battery electric version of the CUV by the spring of 2013. Mitsubishi announced it will add an EV based Outlander to it’s vehicle lineup for during the 2012 fiscal… Continue reading Mitsubishi Outlander is going hybrid electric
Last night Tesla revealed the all new Tesla Model X- a 100% electric crossover vehicle – at a red-carpet style event at the Tesla Design Studios in Hawthorne California. The Model X will start production late next year with full production expected in 2013. As rumored, the Tesla Model X has falcon-wing doors that are… Continue reading Tesla Model X revealed, available late 2013
Premiered last September at the Frankfurt international motor show, Mercedes-Benz plans on selling the B-class E-cell extended range plug-in hybrid vehicle in the US. Joachim Schmidt, head of the German automaker sales and marketing division, didn’t say exactly when the extended range vehicle would debut in the U.S. A production version of the Mercedes B-class… Continue reading Mercedes Benz B-class E-cell is coming to the USA
What is range anxiety? We all know that it’s the driver’s feeling of wonder and suspense at whether they will make it to their destination before their electric vehicle’s batteries die and leave them stranded. Most electric vehicles currently on the market, meaning the Nissan Leaf and the Mitsubishi i, have a range of around… Continue reading Lithium Air Batteries could increase EV range to 500 miles
At this year’s CES, Ford had a big presence as it always has. Ford had a number of vehicles on display including the Ford Fusion Energi and the Ford Focus Electric. However,one of the more interesting items from Ford is an in car application to help drivers make better use of their battery range in… Continue reading Ford’s Hybrid Route Planning
The Detroit Auto Show this year is just stacked full of green car announcements. When it was Honda’s turn today, they released a whole new version of the Honda Accord Coupe. While it was labelled as a concept and is being called a concept by Honda, they ensure us that it will make it to… Continue reading Honda Accord Plug-in Hybrid planned for 2013
