Another electric car will also be tested in the United States in autumn 2008: Mitsubishi MiEV (Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle) with lithium-ion batteries (16 kWh) and an electric motor (47 kW). Tetsuro Aikawa, head of product development Mitsubishi, who disclosed this information in the Salon of New York in 2008. The Mitsubishi MiEV is presented [...]

Tata’s new Electric Car is called Indica. This EV is scheduled to be launched in Norway in 2009 and India in 2010.
You can drive the car on the highway, the car is a four-seater, with enough room for luggage and the ability to go from 0 to 60 kilometers per hour (0 to 37 miles [...]

MDI is going to sell their air powered cars in the US at the beginning 2010 as I wrote in one of my artisles in the past.
This time they came with slightly different concept. The urban city car of the future is called AirPod. What’s so weird about this car? This car is powered by [...]

I bring in some pictures from Paris Motor Show. The Chevrolet Volt - Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle - is exposed there.
The Volt is an electric vehicle that recharges its lithium ion batteries from an AC outlet or an onboard gas engine. The production version looks very different from the concept car that was shown in [...]

Some videos of Chevrolet Volt. Enjoy

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LiFePO4 was identified as a cathode material for rechargeable lithium batteries by John Goodenough’s research group at the University of Texas in 1997. Because of its low cost, non-toxicity, the high abundance of iron, its excellent thermal stability, safety characteristics, good electrochemical per­formance, and high specific capacity (170 mA·h/g) it has gained some acceptance.

In electric [...]

The Prius plug-in version is in UK for testing performance. Toyota will be testing the batteries and the charging points. There is about 40 charging points installed by EDF, the Energy company (Electricite de France).
It is possible to recharge the car batteries from any domestic socket. The car is still hybrid model, and you will [...]

Tata Motors plans to introduce the electric version of its Indica hatchback, the ‘Indica ev’ in Norway in 2009 and a year later in India. The low cost cars, now going electric, it’s pretty cool. Its going to be the elctric version of the Indica which is already on the Indian Market. It is a [...]

The new Insight Concept shares styling cues with the Honda FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle.
According to EcoGeek , the new Honda’s hybrid cars will cost less than 20,000$. Actually, acording the source the 5-door hybrid model will be only 18,500$. That’s a good news. I don’t if for European customers there will be a supplementary [...]

Toyota will place several hundred plug-in Prius vehicles in commercial fleets by the end of next year. We migh see one soon on the road close to you… -:)
A lot of people can’t wait to try them.

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