Tesla Motors is going mainstream with its full electric cars. The Tesla Roadster experimental car has completed its mission and gone to the museum, and the Tesla Mode S is in the production line at its new auto plant in California. And now the company is planning to introduce a crossover variant called the Model X. Read the rest of this entry »
South Korea Kia automaker has just unveiled its first production electric vehicle for the country. Since Kia and Hyundai are sharing the same technology, it is a signal that Hyundai will have its version out soon. Read the rest of this entry »
The 2012 Tesla Model S all-electric sedan is closing near for deliveries, but it won’t be quite until the end of 2012. However, the company has just officially announced pricing for this all-electric sedan just in case if you are interested in one. And at a competitive starting price of just around $57,400, it sure does tempt us to get one. Read the rest of this entry »
As you may have heard of a recent battery fire on the Chevrolet Volt electric car. GM has to recall to fix the battery problem that was caught on fire during a crash. A formal investigation by the NHTSA has concluded that the cause of the fire was by the leaking of the coolant from the lithium-ion battery pack. Read the rest of this entry »
The all-new Tesla Model S electric sedan hasn’t even got off from the production line yet, and already the all-electric car has been sold out for the year 2012 production run. Read the rest of this entry »
Have you wondered of how an electric motor works in an electric car? Well, you are not the only one. GM has released a video to showcase its new permanent magnet electric motor on the new Chevrolet Spark all-electric car. The video gives a lesson in electric motor “101″. Read the rest of this entry »
To help standardize a fast charging station solution in both Europe and the U.S., seven auto manufacturers are collaborating to support this standardized approach. The new agreement will allow electric vehicles made by these seven car manufacturers to share the same fast-charging stations. Read the rest of this entry »
Earlier, we have reported of an all-electric car from Chevrolet to the U.S. market, but GM didn’t tell us which vehicle it is. Now Chevrolet has finally revealed its all-electric car for the U.S. market, which is called the Spark EV. Read the rest of this entry »
Nissan is pushing to the frontier of the electric charging system for electric cars. Current technology allows a full charge of the battery pack on most electric vehicles in at least three hours through a 220V charging system, but Nissan is working on a supercharging technology that will reduce that time only to three minutes. Sound hard to believe? But it’s doable according to the researchers at Kansai University in Japan.
General Motors got a couple of electric cars overseas, and the company believes that the time is ripe to sell those electric cars in the U.S. market. According to the Detroit News, the General will announce this plan by today. Read the rest of this entry »
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