Electric Cars

2013 Volkswagen E-Up The E-Up is a family car that is designed mainly for city use. This vehicle is expected to have a distance range of around 80 miles with ideal conditions and a full battery charge. It takes about 5 hours to fully charge this electric car’s battery. Having a torque of 210 Nm,

The ACEEE (the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy) released their choice for the 2012 greenest car and for the 14th annual comprehensive environmental rankings. The Honda Civic Natural Gas’s,which had held its title for eight years in a row, place was taken by the Mitsubishi i-MIEV battery electric. It earned, in the annual survey,

The society around us is constantly changing. This development is forcing us to make a few adjustments, some rational decisions that will help save the environment and at the same time will help us secure our future. Even though, the idea of a solar powered vehicle is thought to be a fairly new concept, the

The once promising Aptera – maker of weird-looking electric cars has called it quits.  The egg-shaped electric car that some believed (although not consumers, apparently) might actually be the electric car of the future couldn’t find solvency. Aptera needed somewhere in the neighborhood of $50,000,000 to obtain Federal matching money and received about one-quarter of

Basics….. Well, for starters, we’re really talking about an apples and oranges comparison.  The Leaf being an all-electric vehicle, the Volt is powered by both electricity and gasoline as well.  So, with any comparisons, that should be the first consideration.  Do you really need an all-electric?  Does it make sense for you and your lifestyle? 

Recently, the Green Car Reports published the news that GM was making their Cadillac Converj idea come true. Even though there had been no official confirmation that GM was going to produce the vehicle, just as the story of it was being reported, GM announced a new contract with the battery company, A123 Systems. This

Electric Ford Focus Price The 2012 Focus Electric base price was released recently.  The 1-Speed, all-electric starts scheduled for release late in 2011 came in at $39,200.  Now it is important to note that this is where everything begins.  In fact, if you want to change the color to Blue Candy or a White Platinum,

The 2012 Coda Electric is, if nothing else, a basic electric car.  The first thing I thought when I laid eyes on the Coda was that this is one of the few all-electrics that really doesn’t look like an all electric.  To me, it looks like a smaller version of a 2004 Nissan Altima.  But,

One question people are continually asking -  at least as we sit here at the end of 2011 – What is the cheapest electric car going to be for 2012? Well, you would think that would be a very easy question to answer.  However, the answer is not simple at all.  Various features added to

We have seen some very small electric-powered cars in the most recent years, like those made by Tango, Weego, Think and Smart. However, all of these models are enormous compared to what Swedish scientists from Empa have produced. Along with some classmates at the University of Groningen in Netherlands, these scientists have created a unique