Smith Electric Vehicles Corp. develops, produces and sells zero-emission commercial electric vehicles that are designed to be an alternative to traditional diesel trucks.
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Better Place Electric Car Raises $200 Million
With the launch of the first electric vehicles networks rolling out in Israel and with Denmark just months away, the electric car company Better Place reports that it has secured another $200 million.
Continue readingPed ESR1000 Electric Scooter
Now that Go-Ped has adding the ESR1000 to its inventory, they have three different electric scooter power sources; Li-Ion, SLA and LiFePo4.
Continue readingESB receives Ireland’s largest order of electric vehicles
ESB Networks Ltd has just taken delivery of 10 electric vans and trucks, which is part of the single largest order of electric vehicles ever placed in Ireland.
Continue readingSmith Electric Vehicles Announces Appointment of Bryan Hansel as Chairman
Smith Electric Vehicles Corp. designs, produces and sells zero-emission commercial electric vehicles that are designed to be an alternative to traditional diesel trucks.
Continue readingElectric vehicles in Ireland
One in 10 vehicles sold in Ireland in 2012 will be an electric car – Renault. In the background are wind turbines. EirGrid said Ireland reached a new wind energy record last week.
Continue readingBetter Place Raises $200 Million for Electric Vehicles
Better Place is the leading global provider of electric car networks that enables the mass market adoption of electric cars through an innovative battery switch model that makes driving electric cars more affordable.
Continue readingSmith Electric Vehicles Seeks $125M IPO
Smith Electric Vehicles announced that it filed paperwork with the Securities Exchange Commission to raise up to $125 million in an initial public offering.
Continue readingVolvo takes electric vehicles to China
Volvo will team up with Shanghai International Automobile City Group to bring two Volvo C30 Electric cars to the region.
Continue readingFirst Electric Car SEAT’s hit the roads
This will provide SEAT with valuable information on use of the cars for assessment with a view to mass production of electric vehicles in the medium-term.
Continue readingEuropean Investment Bank invests in Nissan’s LEAF electric vehicles
Sunderland’s Nissan plant has benefited from £189m (220m euros) of European funding for the production of the Nissan electric car Leaf and lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingNissan Accelerates Roll Out of EV Quick Charge Network in Europe
Nissan is accelerating plans for a European-wide Quick Charge (QC) network for electric vehicles by giving 400 new quick charging stations free of charge to EV charging operators.
Continue readingNissan Electric Vehicles LEAF Charges up With Solar Energy
Nissan and SunPower will team up to help Nissan LEAF? electric car owners learn how a residential solar power system from SunPower can control the cost of charging their electric cars.
Continue readingSun power charging up Nissan LEAF
The two companies are offering new online content, including a video tutorial that describes how solar power systems convert sunlight into clean, renewable power for use in the home and for charging electric vehicles.
Continue readingSolar power for electric cars
Hundreds of these solar energy recharging stations for electric vehicles have sprouted up across the nation, giving juice to the ?green revolution?.
Continue reading?Revenge of the Electric Car? Documentary Opening Monday, November 7th in Annville, Pennsylvania
Krebs offers a candid take on how electric vehicles have surged back onto dealer lots after effectively getting killed off in the mid-1990s.
Continue readingProton: Consider incentive for electric vehicles
Malaysia’s national car maker, Proton Holdings Bhd, hopes the government will look into an incentive policy or offer rebate for electric cars to spur Malaysians to move to EVs.
Continue readingT3 Motion Ships Clean-Technology Electric Vehicles to Chile
Six initial electric vehicles were purchased by Parque Arauco, one of Chile’s largest shopping mall companies with properties in Chile, Argentina, Columbia and Peru.
Continue readingBy 2020 one in 10 cars will be electric vehicles
By 2020 it?s predicted that 1 in 10 cars will be electric cars. At the moment there?s only a smattering of Electric Vehicles and not all are for sale to the public yet.
Continue readingFrance Orders 18,711 Electric Vehicles From Peugeot, Renault
The French government said local car manufacturers PSA Peugeot Citroen (UG.FR) and Renault SA (RNO.FR) are to supply a total of 18,711 electric cars to government.
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