Inventor Says New Wireless E.V. Charger Is Safer and Cheaper
Researchers at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, think they have developed a safe, highly efficient method to wirelessly charge electric vehicles.
Wheelies: The E.V. Edition
Chrysler's electric car, the Fiat 500e, will make its debut at the American Music Awards on Sunday.
GM Says 500,000 Electrified Vehicles on Road by 2017
General Motors senior vice president of Global Product Development Mary Barra told member so the media yesterday the automaker will have 500,000 units on the road by 2017 featuring some form of electrification. "Wait a minute," you might be saying to yourself. "How is a company that only sells a couple thousand Volts a month [...]
GM Says 500,000 Electrified Vehicles on Road by 2017
General Motors senior vice president of Global Product Development Mary Barra told member so the media yesterday the automaker will have 500,000 units on the road by 2017 featuring some form of electrification. "Wait a minute," you might be saying to yourself. "How is a company that only sells a couple thousand Volts a month [...]
Wheelies: The Safe Driving Edition
Seat belt use has reached a record high of 86 percent, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Toyota Recalling 670,000 Prius Hybrids in U.S.
The Prius recall — for problems involving a loss of steering and hybrid powertrain malfunctions — is part of a worldwide recall of 2.77 million Toyotas.
An Afterlife for the Electric Car
A prototype tests the potential for providing a market for past-their-prime batteries and providing storage for energy from intermittent sources like solar panels and wind machines.
Tesla Named Car of the Year: DNews Nugget
It's the first winner ever in 64 years to not have a combustible engine.
Hundreds of Fisker Karmas Destroyed by Storm
Floods, fire, and fate: Fisker loses hundreds of Karmas in Hurricane Sandy.
Driving Technology: Ford Lighting Things Up at New Advanced Electrification Center
Demonstrating its commitment to electrified vehicles, Ford is committing $135 million at its new Advanced Electrification Center (formerly the Ford Advanced Engineering Center) in Dearborn, Mich. Ford boasts some 1,000 engineers now working on vehicle electrification with 60 added just this year and more on the way. The new center will allow the automaker to [...]