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Tesla Model S Video Review — LA to Vegas [VIDEO]

Tesla loaned Kelley Blue Book a Model S electric sedan for 24 hours. The goal was to drive it from Las Angeles to Las Vegas and back. It should have been a piece of cake. What actually happened...

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EV West 400 kw Electric Off Road Race Car [VIDEO]

This is the SRI EV1 by EV West, the same team who raced a 700 hp all electric 1995 BMW M3 at Pikes Peak last year. The off road racer has a twin 9" DC motor setup, running 1000 amps to each motor...

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EV West 400 kw Electric Off Road Race Car [VIDEO]

This is the SRI EV1 by EV West, the same team who raced a 700 hp all electric 1995 BMW M3 at Pikes Peak last year. The off road racer has a twin 9" DC motor setup, running 1000 amps to each motor...

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Paneltex Zeroed all electric refrigerated trucks [VIDEO]

The Paneltex pure electric truck is based on the Isuzu Forward 7.5t chassis featuring a Paneltex ATP Class C type approved insulated body and electric refrigeration system. A combination of active...

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50 Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL for Danish Post [VIDEO]

In the coming months Mercedes-Benz Danmark is due to deliver 50 new Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL battery-powered electric vehicles to the Danish postal services (Post Danmark). This is the largest order...

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IBM to unveil ‘moonshot’ Lithium Air Battery

IBM plans to build a prototype next year of an alternative it calls “lithium air” that would mark a big step forward by packing in more storage capacity. While improving the technology depends on...

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Nissan to Test 100% Electric Refrigerator Trucks

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. will conduct test drives of the ATLAS F24 Refrigerator Truck by Li-ion Battery for a one-year period starting this month, in cooperation with Yamato Transport Co., Ltd.,...

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The Super Supercapacitor [VIDEO]

THE SUPER SUPERCAPACITOR is a Finalist in the $200,000 GE FOCUS FORWARD Filmmaker Competition. Ric Kaner set out to find a new way to make graphene, the thinnest and strongest material on earth....

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The Audi A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid unveiled

Audi will preview a new 201bhp petrol-electric hybrid powered version of its third-generation Audi A3 at the Geneva motor show in early March. The Audi A3 e-tron sprints from 0 to 100 km/h (62.14...

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VW XL1 diesel-electric 314 mpg plug-in hybrid revealed

VW’s lightweight, VW XL1 promises an EU-certified economy of 0.9 l/100km - 314mpg and 21g/km CO2 emissions when it goes into limited production later this year following its Geneva motor show reveal...

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Volkswagen e-Golf Specs emerge ahead of Geneva debut

Preliminary details and first photos with the Volkswagen e-Golf are now available, ahead of the EV's debut in Geneva next month. The front-wheel drive electric Golf VII will feature an electric...

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McLaren P1 Hybrid to produce 903 BHP

The McLaren P1™ will have the combined force of two highly-efficient powerplants, offering the optimum mix of superb throttle response, day-to-day drivability and top speed. A mid-mounted 3.8-litre...

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Chinese firms in line to buy Fisker

Fisker Automotive is weighing bids for a majority stake in the company from two Chinese firms. The move comes after the company's founder and chairman Henrik Fisker said in December it was seeking...

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Wireless Electricity Being Deployed in Korean Mass Transit

An On-Line Electric Vehicle (OLEV) that can charge during travel will be put into service for the first time in the world on normal roads. From July of this year 2 OLEV buses will undergo trial...

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CNBC test drive Tesla Model S from DC to Boston [VIDEO]

Tuesday morning, CNBC's Phil LeBeau left on a one-day test drive in the Tesla Model S from Washington, D.C., to a suburb just outside Boston. He is not the first, nor will he be the last to...

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Tesla Model S in testing at Consumer Reports [VIDEO]

Consumer Reports just bought the Tesla Model S for testing. As it goes through its break-in period, leading into formal testing they recently confirmed that driving this electric car—like any...

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2015 Seat Altea XL Ecomotive Electric[VIDEO]

The Altea XL Electric is SEAT’s first all-electric car. It has a range of 135 kilometres (84 miles), a power output of 115 hp (85 kW), an engine torque of 270 Nm (199 lb-ft) and a top speed of 135...

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