The European Investment Bank (EIB) has provided a ?180m loan to French car maker the Renault Group to support research and development into lithium ion batteries and motors for electric cars.

Upon acquiring Khazanah Nasional Bhd?s 42.7 per cent stake in Proton Holdings Bhd, DRB-Hicom aims to put into action and realise a workable business model, with special emphasis on electric car.

Green Automotive to provide vehicle distribution and other related services under an exclusive License for sales of all Niyato Electric Vehicles in Western United States.

Everybody is talking about electric car. LEAF has already sold over 20,000 electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries so, I think today is really the time of electric cars, and they will continue to grow.

Just 2,149 electric cars have been sold since 2006, despite a government scheme last year offering customers up to £5,000 towards the cost of an electric car. Just1,082 electric cars were sold in the UK last year.

Annual sales for electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries totaled 5,579 in 2011. Sedans and buses accounted for 61 percent and 28 percent of all electric vehicle sales, respectively.

Ford Motor will be introducing five new electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries into the North American marketplace within the next 12 months.

In keeping with emerging electric car technologies, last year the Vehicles Technology Program also awarded $3 million to UQM to develop a non-rare-earth permanent magnet motor architecture.

The state of Tennessee is buying five Nissan LEAF electric cars with lithium ion batteries as part of a clean energy initiative.

Tata has unveiled the prototype for a $20000 electric car at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

A123 Systems, a developer and manufacturer of advanced Nanophosphate(R) lithium ion batteries and systems, congratulates BMW on the launch of the ActiveHybrid 3 and ActiveHybrid 5 hybrid electric cars.

AMP Electric Vehicles (OTCBB and OTCQB: AMPD), an electric car company, specializing in truck conversions, introduced the AMP MLe AWD, the first all electric All Wheel Drive SUV.

ACG Cars of California, a technological leader in the field of neighborhood electric cars, is now offering a fun, affordable, street legal alternative to the family sedan.

Last year electric cars sold 18,000 units in the US – barely a 1% share of the world’s biggest car market. Despite this, the industry still believes electric car is the way forward.

India’s Tata Technologies unveiled the prototype for a USD 20,000 electric car that can carry up to four passengers in Detroit Wednesday as it set out to challenge more costly rivals.

TomTom announces a license agreement with Fisker Automotive, the California manufacturer of premium electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries and extended range.

Energy 101: Electric Vehicles. How electric cars work and what they’re doing to improve fuel efficiency, reduce emissions, and lower maintenance costs.

Volkswagen has chosen the Detroit Motor show to take the covers off an electric car concept based on the new Beetle, dubbed the E-Bugster.

AMP Electric Vehicles (OTCBB and OTCQB: AMPD), an electric car company, specializing in truck conversions, today expanded its product line with their all-electric AMP Jeep Grand Cherokee.

Nissan sold 9,674 electric vehicles Leafs last year, but the electric car with lithium ion batteries was initially available in only seven states. It?s now available in 30 states.