Hiriko folding electric car headed for production

Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupe, Etc., Europe, Technology, Design/Style, Electric

One very unusual electric car has debuted in Brussels. The Hiriko EV uses a hub-mounted electric motor at each wheel, though that’s not the most interesting aspect of the vehicle. According to The Telegraph, the Hiriko uses an interesting rear suspension design that allows the vehicle [...]

Three federal electric vehicle incentives expiring at end of 2011

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Legislation and Policy, USA

2011 may have been the first full year that multiple mainstream plug-in vehicles were available in the U.S., but it will also be remembered – most likely – as the year when the U.S. federal government was offering the most money to plug-in vehicle buyers (based on the number [...]

Ford Focus Electric gets butterflies when it thinks about going further on a charge

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Ford

To coincide with the announcement Ford made yesterday about the Focus Electric getting an estimated 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe), the automaker invited a group of journalists to the Michigan Assembly Plant where it will build the EV alongside the gas-powered Focus and other vehicles. In fact, the MAP has already [...]

Nissan thinking of fourth electric vehicle model; what would you choose?

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan

Despite three months of downward-trending Leaf sales, Nissan is still bullish on rolling out more electric vehicles. We know that Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn has said he wants to bring at least three and more likely four Nissan EVs to market in the U.S. in the next few years. Automotive News has [...]

Dartz headed to Monaco with Jo-Mojo electric roadster concept [w/video]

Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertible, Videos, Misc. Auto Shows, Electric, MISC

Think of the name Dartz and, if you’re up on your whale foreskin-upholstered SUVs, you’ll invariably arrive at the Prombron. But while glad to furnish Eastern European mobsters with the machine that makes the Hummer look like a beauty queen, Dartz is keen to break [...]

Honda RC-E electric superbike looks like fun [w/video]

Filed under: Concept Cars, Tokyo Motor Show, Motorcycle, Electric

Honda is putting the motor in the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show with the company’s RC-E electric sportsbike concept. Details are scarce on the vehicle at the moment, but its clear the designers at Honda envisioned the machine as a dual-purpose track heathen and commuter. Tiny LED headlights [...]

EV-STER rear-wheel drive electric sports car looks to recapture Honda’s sporting spirit

Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertible, Performance, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Honda, Design/Style

Honda has whipped the sheets off of its EV-STER, a rear-wheel drive electric roadster not dissimilar in size and scope to the late, lamented Beat kei car. If you’re looking for a successor to Honda’s S2000 or a Mazda MX-5 Miata rival, this isn’t [...]

Ghosn says the world will want 500,000 Renault-Nissan electric cars a year by 2020

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Nissan, Renault, Europe/EU

The way Carlos Ghosn repeatedly touts the benefits of electric vehicles, you’d think he knows something the rest of the industry doesn’t. For now, it appears he’s right, since sales of the Nissan Leaf continue to be constrained by supply and not demand. What makes the Renault-Nissan CEO endlessly [...]

Volkswagen eT! electric delivery van is out of this world

Filed under: Concept Cars, Minivan/Van, Europe, Work, Volkswagen, Electric

The writer F. Scott Fitzgerald once opined that using an exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke. With that in mind, let’s take a look at the latest work van concept from Volkswagen. The German Automaker has partnered with the German Post Office and the [...]

Smith Electric will build EV trucks in New York, files $125m IPO

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Manufacturing/Plants

Smith Electric Vehicles is making moves. Following a formal IPO submission to the SEC (complete with many pretty color pictures), the electric truck manufacturer announced it will build the all-electric trucks in a most unlikely place: New York City. Specifically, the Bronx.
Smith expects to create up to 100 jobs there to build [...]

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