Archive for the ‘Insider Scoops’ Category

Chevy VoltAGE brings us this video report about a Volt test drive where prior Chevy EV1 owners had the opportunity to drive a Chevy Volt. As most of you should know, the EV1 was a practical and viable electric car from the 80's . It could have made it. It had a ...

Talk about answering my own question.... In a previous post, I talked about the steps necessary to jump start the projections of a 3% market for electric cars by 2020. One of those steps had to do with how quickly EV's are accepted by the average Chinese driver. ...

Exposure to fossil fuel usage has been shown to be detrimental to your health.

EV.com is asking for an addendum to the MPG standards to better accommodate new non-fossil fuel burning technologies, such as Electric Vehicles and the needs of consumers and manufacturers on other matters pertaining to testing standards and importation of foreign vehicles.

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today previewed its electric vehicle (EV) platform on a Tiida-based prototype to demonstrate the superior driving pleasure of a pure zero-emission vehicle. It also showcased a sophisticated EV-IT system developed to support electric driving every day of the year. Newly developed EV platform The dedicated EV platform is comprised of a highly rigid body, high-performance ...

Audi R8 ePerformance  Electric Concept Rumors The latest rumor doing the rounds is that Audi is going to unveil an electric concept version of the Audi R8 at the Frankfurt Motor Show 2009, that would be named Audi R8 ePerformance. The car would be run completely on lithium ion batteries and get a facelift as well. The Audi R8 ...

Lexus LF-Ch Hybrid Would Offer an EV-Only Driving Mode Lexus seems to have a hybrid EV future in mind, rumors abound of a Lexus that would employ some type of hybrid EV plug-in architecture, presumably similar to the one being developed for Toyota's plug-in Prius. Assuming this is the case, it would operate ...