Tag archive: Electric Car

If you live and drive in any modern city, especially one which isn't well served by multi-storey car parks or clearly marked road-side parking bays, you'll no doubt be an expert at the parallel parking maneuver. It's a tricky skill, and one which many drivers still haven't mastered, but it's the most effective way of squeezing a car into a tight space. If you're one of those who still needs several attempts to… Read More

The iconic gull-winged DeLorean DMC-12, which you all remember as Marty McFly's stylish time machine from the Back to the Future series, will be coming back in 2013. The DeLorean Motor Company of Texas is teaming up with a startup named Epic EV to put the DMC-12 back into production—with a few improvements. Though no Mr. Fusion, Epic EV and DMC are gutting the DeLorean's V6 engine and replacing it with an electric motor made by a… Read More

Announced earlier this week, Nissan has designed new battery technology for electric vehicles that cuts charging time from eight hours down to just ten minutes to fully recharge the battery. Assuming electric vehicle charging stations become more widespread across the United States, a driver could potentially take a long-distance trip from New York City to Los Angeles only having to stop for ten minutes at a time to recharge the vehicle.… Read More

Almost every major car manufacturer has electric vehicles (EVs) in the works, but they may be in for some trouble ahead. A new survey shows that though more than half of consumers may consider buying an electric car, almost no one is willing to pay extra for it. Only 9 percent of respondents would pay even $2,000 more for an EV, reports Automotive News. This isn't just a U.S. study either. It was conducted in by surveying 13,500 people in… Read More

Announced at the Green Drive Expo in Richmond, California earlier today, the 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid utilizes a new 4.4 kilowatt-hour Lithium ion battery pack and allows owners to charge the vehicle with a standard wall outlet. Using a custom made charging pack, owners can fully recharge the vehicle in under three hours with a standard 120-volt outlet and cut that time in half using a 240-volt outlet. Toyota estimates that the Prius… Read More

Audi officially revealed today its new A2 electric concept at this year's International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Germany. With an all-electric drivetrain, Audi calls the super-compact vehicle the “future of electric mobility.” And it has the look to back it up. Measuring a mere 12.7-feet in length, the A2 makes the most of its small stature, with enough room to fit four people comfortably, according to the… Read More

According to findings published by the UK's Technology Strategy Board, a group of over 300 drivers was studied to determine the amount of time that was required to become less fearful of running out of electricity while driving an electric vehicle. Before the study started, 100 percent of the electric vehicle owners stated that they were concerned about the amount of power for driving long distances. After the first three months of the… Read More

Cadillac has decided to produce a car in a new shade of green.  General Motors announced today that it will produce an extended-range electric Cadillac.  This is the same technology that is currently in use in Chevy’s Volt.  Exact details about the car are very scarce at this point as it is in the very initial planning stages. The car will be named the Cadillac ELR, where the E stands for electric of course.  The press release was very tight… Read More

It seems that the Obama administration has brought months of negotiations with automakers on new fleet-wide MPG targets to an amicable close. The new CAFE, or corporate average fuel economy, standard to be announced today requires automakers' entire fleet average 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. It's slightly less than the administration's original target of 56.2 miles per gallon, which received a whole mess of criticism from… Read More

How is it possible for a hybrid car to travel 1,554.1 miles on just half a gallon of gas? Leave it to Chevy battery systems engineer Andy Oury to find out. The Chevy employee, who leases a Volt, shared a video showing off his badge of honor. By driving in electric-only mode for several months, Oury’s Volt displayed a maintenance warning informing Oury that the engine has not been run in quite some time. In order to keep the engine… Read More

Coulomb Technologies, a company that builds electric vehicle charging stations in urban areas, announced a new method of locating charging stations through TomTom navigation systems. When accessing the locations through TomTom, drivers can also pull up the connection type, speed of charging and the cost to recharge a vehicle. This application is being shown off at the Plug-In 2011 conference in Raleigh, N.C., but Coulomb representatives… Read More

As part of the PlaNYC initiative to build a more environmental friendly version of New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the addition of 70 plug-in vehicles including fifty Chevy Volt cars to be shared by the New York police department and the fire department. Other vehicles include ten Ford Transit Connect cargo vans and ten Navistar utility trucks. By adding the cars to the vast fleet of NYC automobiles, officials hope to reduce… Read More