Although heavily subsidized, the electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries the government promotes remain expensive.

Key takeaway section summarizes the entire market in terms of opportunities, trends and challenges persisting in the electric car market in China.

China approves blueprint for electric car. China released a plan that makes electric cars the top priority for transportation through increased financial support.

Electric cars will be prioritized in the transformation of China’s auto industry, the government said after a meeting of the State Council Wednesday.

According to a recent forecast, an estimated 100,000 electric cars are expected to be sold in 2012. To help fuel this growing industry, The Hartford is now offering drivers of electric vehicles a discount.

Consumers bought a record 52,000 gas-electric hybrids and electric vehicles in March, up from 34,000 during the same month last year.

First-Of-Its-Kind Analysis Shows How Drivers Cut Fuel Costs and Global Warming Emissions with Electric Cars.

Vowing to eradicate any lingering anxieties of electric vehicles, Mitsubishi Motor Sales of Canada (MMSCAN) is launching its Electriphobia Research Institute. Innovative Campaign Cures Electric Car Anxiety.

Pilot Project Allows Utilities to Communicate Charging Instructions Directly to Electric Cars Based on Power Grid Conditions.

The agreement will include the expansion of Honda’s Insight hybrid, the all-new CR-V compact SUV, as well as the introduction of Fit electric car battery electric cars (BEV) this fall.

Just when it looked like electric cars were running out of juice, the return of $4-a-gallon gasoline is generating new life for electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries.

Only around 1000 electric cars with lithium ion batteries were sold in the UK last year, even though the government offered considerable incentives to buyers.

T3 Motion, Inc. (NYSE AMEX:TTTM), a global leader in the design and delivery of electric vehicles to commercial and consumer markets, announced that its audited consolidated financial statements.

The electric cars can reach speeds of up to 80 kilometers per hour and the battery pack can power an electric car for 200 kilometers.

Iran’s private sector, backed by the Department of Environment (DoP), will share experience with Chinese industrial units in manufacturing different kinds of electric cars.

A Japanese travel agency is highlighting wind power electric cars on a volcanic island in the Philippine Sea to create a tourist destination.

Taiwan and France have put electric cars at the center of their industrial cooperation plans. Venturi is in talks with Taiwan¡¯s EVT Technology to import key electric car components and lithium ion batteries to France.

Sales of plug-in electric cars fell last month, with especially low sales of the electric car Nissan Leaf, following their strong showing in March.

Although electric vehicles may be thought of as the way of the future, they aren’t a new concept – Henry Ford bought his wife, Clara, at least two electric cars in the early 1900s.

EVI is launching a new initiative to deploy 500 fully electric return-to-base delivery trucks, replacing diesel trucks with state-of-the-art zero emission vehicles made in California.