With technical problems, management turmoil and mounting losses, Fisker offers a cautionary tale of alternative-fuel vehicles and government subsidies, Bill Vlasic reports in The New York Times.
Fiat may be looking to buy the rest of Chrysler, and more than 500 unclaimed Hurricane Sandy-damaged cars are up for auction next month.
With technical problems, management turmoil and losses, Fisker offers a cautionary tale of alternative-fuel vehicles and government subsidies for start-up businesses.
University of Wollongong Nano-engineer, Professor Zaiping Guo, is working on improving lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries for use in electric vehicles, as well as portable devices like mobile phones, and...
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To celebrate Earth Day, Nissan and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg today launched a new electric vehicle taxi pilot with the world's best-selling electric car, Nissan LEAF. This pilot program,...
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Some drivers have expressed doubts about the viability of using the vehicles, arguing that any charging break would undercut earnings.
Today at Auto Shanghai 2013, Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company (DFL-PV), the passenger vehicle business unit of Nissan's joint venture in China, unveiled VIWA, a new electric vehicle concept,...
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Detroit Electric has introduced the Lotus Elise/Exige-based SP:01 this weekend at 2013 Auto Shanghai.
The SP:01 comes with a mid-mounted electric motor producing 201 bhp (150 kW) and 225 Nm (166...
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For years, Stacy Zoern, a Texas lawyer who lives alone and uses a 400-pound power wheelchair, yearned for more independence. Because of a neuromuscular condition, Ms. Zoern, 33, has never walked, and for a while drove a custom van. But the van was destroyed in a crash, and she didn’t have $80,000 to buy another.
“I was feeling frustrated and stagnant,” she said in a telephone interview from her home in Austin. “I was so sick of being dependent on others t...
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WHITE MARSH, Md. – Electric cars can take a while to charge. In part, that’s because the alternating current electricity that comes from the grid has to be converted to direct current before a car’s batteries can store it, and the capacity of the electronics that make the A.C.-to-D.C. conversion is a bottleneck.
