GM CEO wants Volt production costs cut by $10K per car

General Motors wants to cut as much as $10,000 per car from the model's production cost to make the next generation of the plug-in hybrid affordable and profitable, Chief Executive Officer Dan...

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GM CEO wants Volt production costs cut by $10K per car

General Motors wants to cut as much as $10,000 per car from the model's production cost to make the next generation of the plug-in hybrid affordable and profitable, Chief Executive Officer Dan...

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Toyota Racing to Debut Updates TS030 Hybrid @ Spa

TOYOTA Racing’s 2013-specification TS030 HYBRID will make its race debut in this weekend’s Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, the second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship. After finishing...

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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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Fully Charged – Supercapacitors [VIDEO]

Researchers from Imperial College London and their European partners, including Volvo Car Corporation, are developing a prototype material which can store and discharge electrical energy and which is...

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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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Renault Twizy F1 Concept

Renault has chosen the Twizy manufacturing plant in Valladolid, Spain, to present its new Twizy Renault Sport F1 concept car. This fun take on the brand’s electric urban compact features muscular...

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Audi Presents New Long-Tail R18 e-tron quattro for Spa 6 Hours

Audi has announced a new long-tail variant of the hybrid R18 e-tron quattro, which will make its racing debut at the Spa 6 Hours on May 4th. Spa will be the first race in which Audi will be entering...

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Toyota Unveils Wheel Motor Powered ME.WE concept EV [VIDEO]

Toyota European Design & Development (ED2) and creative designer Jean-Marie Massaud have unveiled the Toyota ME.WE concept car. The Toyota ME.WE has been conceived as an electric car with integrated...

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Chevrolet Spark Electric range estimated at 82 miles by EPA

The 2014 Chevrolet Spark EV is the industry benchmark in retail electric vehicle efficiency with a combined city/highway EPA estimated range of 82 miles when fully charged and an EPA-estimated...

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