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Nissan LEAF Crosses 25,000 U.S. Sales Milestone

After the all-electric Nissan LEAF’s best sales month ever in March and a 423.5 percent year-over-year sales increase in April, Nissan LEAF continues to make history by crossing the 25,000 sales...

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VW E-Up! Spotted CHAdeMO charging in Sweden

Volkswagen's E-Up! electric hatch back was recently spotted testing near Gotenberg in Sweden. The Swedish blog reporter who stumbled across the E-Up! unattended at a local charging station noted...

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Tesla Model S is Officially the Top Selling Plug-In EV in the US

Tesla Motors Inc ended the quarter as the top selling rechargeable auto maker in North America. Its 4,900 Model S deliveries exceeded the 4,421 sales of GM's Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid and 3,695...

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BMW plans to price i3 EV @ $40,000

BMW's i3 electric car will be priced at about $40,000, or roughly the same as a well-equipped 3-series sedan, says Ludwig Willisch, CEO of BMW of North America. The i3 will have an optional...

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Nissan LEAF is Norway’s Second Best-Selling Car [VIDEO]

Nissan’s fully electric LEAF became the second-best selling car in Norway last month. A total of 495 electric vehicles were sold in the country in April, with 455 of those models being Nissan...

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E-RA Raceabout Research EV gets some upgrades [VIDEO]

The E-RA is an ongoing research project by the Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. Previously, the Electric RaceAbout (E-RA) set a new street-legal electric vehicle lap record at the...

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Venturi VBB-3 aiming to set EV World Record @ 600 km/h

Venturi and Ohio State University have teamed up to create the VBB-3 which will attempt to set a new world speed record for electric vehicles. With 3,000 HP, the 3rd generation Venturi Buckeye...

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Venturi VBB-3 aiming to set EV World Record @ 600 km/h

Venturi and Ohio State University have teamed up to create the VBB-3 which will attempt to set a new world speed record for electric vehicles. With 3,000 HP, the 3rd generation Venturi Buckeye...

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Audi e-tron based on VW up! EV due in 2015

Audi are working on an EV version of the Volkswagen up! due to go on sale in 2015 for less than € 30,000. Audi's e-tron will have 116 (85 kW) and 199 lb-ft (270 Nm) from its electric motor which...

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Tesla Model S outsells Chevy Volt & Nissan Leaf

Tesla Motors is North America’s rechargeable auto sales leader so far this year as its Model S sedan passed Chevrolet's Volt. Tesla expects to report at least 4,750 deliveries of the electric Model...

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Tesla owners get ‘no-fault’ battery warranty

Tesla Motors says that if the battery pack fails in your Model S electric sedan for any reason except deliberate abuse, you can have a replacement, free, for eight years. That warranty length...

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