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 »
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 »
Honda is planning ahead of what its future sports cars will be like, and the company has a pretty good idea with its Honda EV-STER Concept. Soon the world will be limited or run out of gas in 40 years from now, and the all-electric Honda EV-STER Concept sports car will be there to meet the world’s demand. Well, maybe we don’t have to wait that long to see the next-generation all-electric sports car from Honda. Read the rest of this entry »
Honda is bringing a new hybrid concept car to the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show called the AC-X Concept, which seems to compete with the BMW i3 model. Read the rest of this entry »
We have known there are a couple of companies out there that are working on a wireless charging system for electric cars, with first one comes to mind is Tesla Motors. Now Nissan has created its own floor-mounted wireless charging station for the Leaf. 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 »
The new Audi e-tron Spyder is probably the most advanced concept hybrid car ever built from the company. Audi has been working on this hybrid sports car for quite a few years already, and every year it comes out with a new and improved version of the Audi e-tron Spyder hybrid sports car. 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 »
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.
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