Governments in China and Europe are getting ?more realistic that electric cars could quickly replace internal- combustion engines,? he said.

Drivers of plug-in electric vehicles will soon find it easier than ever to charge up in New Jersey, which is at the center of a regional plan to install charging stations across the eastern seaboard.

An electric bus sits on display outside Chinese electric carmaker BYD Company’s new North American headquarters in downtown Los Angeles Oct. 24, 2011, indicating the growth in electric vehicles in use in the US.

There will be a boom in the popularity of electric cars in Taiwan in five or six years, Economics Minister Shih Yen-shiang predicted Tuesday.

This acquisition further strengthens Polaris’ position in the small electric vehicle market, building on the previous purchase of Global Electric Motorcars (GEM), an American manufacturer of electric vehicles.

CODA Holdings, a leading developer of all-electric vehicles and advanced battery systems, today announced that it started production of its zero emission flagship vehicle.

Renault invests ?28 million in electric vehicles test centre at Lardy. The Lardy test centre is supporting Renault?s move into the electric car market.

Smith Electric Vehicles Corp. develops, produces and sells zero-emission commercial electric vehicles that are designed to be an alternative to traditional diesel trucks.

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.

Now that Go-Ped has adding the ESR1000 to its inventory, they have three different electric scooter power sources; Li-Ion, SLA and LiFePo4.

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.

Smith Electric Vehicles Corp. designs, produces and sells zero-emission commercial electric vehicles that are designed to be an alternative to traditional diesel trucks.

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.

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.

Smith Electric Vehicles announced that it filed paperwork with the Securities Exchange Commission to raise up to $125 million in an initial public offering.

Volvo will team up with Shanghai International Automobile City Group to bring two Volvo C30 Electric cars to the region.

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.

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.

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.

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.