Switzerland-based Catecar extended-range vehicle is tested in Geneva

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid

A Switzerland-based company is testing an extended-range plug-in mini-vehicle that it says gets more than 200 miles per gallon and has a single-tank range of more than 300 miles, according to website TechnologicVehicles.com.
The company, Catecar, tested a prototype of the vehicle at the Geneva Airport this week. The car weighs less than [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Iceland’s plug-in vehicle push gets aired with Independent People

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Europe/EU, Amp Electric Vehicles, Videos

The Icelandic television program Independent People (Sjálfstætt fólk) recently aired a half-hour episode all about charismatic entrepreneur Gísli Gíslason and his efforts to begin to shift the entire fleet of gas-powered vehicles in that country to plug-in power. If you can’t tell he’s worth spending 30 minutes with, [...]

GM investing $325 million at MI plant for electric vehicle component production

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

General Motors has announced that it will invest $325 million to support new electric vehicle component production at its plant in Warren, Michigan. Currently, the plant’s 679 employees build transmissions for the Lambda family of crossovers – the Chevrolet Traverse, Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia – as well as the [...]

UK trend: youths care less and less about driving, owning a vehicle

Filed under: Etc., Green Culture, UK

Young people don’t drive.
That’s the gist of a British study, which found that vehicles – once tied to the act of becoming an adult – now matter less for the UK’s under-21-year-old crowd. According to The Guardian:

In Britain, the percentage of 17- to 20-year-olds with driving licenses fell from 48 [...]

Accusations of “another Solyndra” pull the plug on new vehicle chargers in small town

Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in, Green Culture

With a population of around 14,000, Mill Valley, CA is too big to be called a one-horse town. The real question is whether it will become a two-EV charging station town.
That question that was up for consideration at the September meeting of the Mill Valley town council. The city’s planning [...]

Why 110-volt charging makes sense for some plug-in vehicle drivers

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet

This question should be on the FAQ for new plug-in vehicle owners: should I shell out $2,000 for a wall-mounted 240-volt charging station that can fully recharge my electrified vehicle in approximately eight hours, or will a much less costly 110-volt setup suffice?
While there’s no set-in-stone answer to this question, Dave [...]

Moving forward? China rethinking plug-in vehicle policy

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

Beijing appears to be rethinking its singular focus on electric vehicles as a way to reduce fuel consumption and seems ready to revise its alternative-energy vehicle estimates as it becomes increasingly evident that the city’s electric vehicle targets were completely unrealistic.
Beijing – and in some ways, the whole [...]

Is Costco really removing plug-in vehicle charging stations?

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture

Recently, dissent has been bubbling up on plug-in vehicle discussion forums recently about Costco’s anti-electric vehicle nerve. Specifically, the shopping center giant has reportedly been removing a bunch of already-installed plug-in vehicle chargers at some California store locations. Plug In America responded with an action alert that saw hundreds of plug-in [...]

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