Electric vehicle accidents create mini-celebrities
Being a celebrity isn’t always a good thing, such as in the case of the man who won a Lamborghini in a contest and crashed it six hours later. On January 31st, at 7 oclock…
Vehicles
Nissan uses Solar Diesel Ship to transport the Leaf
On January 27th, the Nichioh Maru began it’s maiden voyage. The maker of the first all electric vehicle, the Nissan Leaf, Nissan wanted to continue it’s commitment to becoming a more green-minded company. The Nichioh Maru…
Coda Sedan will start selling in February
Or at least that’s the newest deadline Coda Automotive has given itself. The company, which opened its LA headquarters last November, said it has raised it’s financing to bring the total to more than $300…
Nissan tests the Leaf in sub-zero temperatures
One of the major concerns most people have with electric vehicles is how their range and functionality is greatly decreased in cold weather. Nissan set out to prove that cold weather doesn’t affect the Leaf….
Nissan Leaf’s most popular colors
Just a few days ago we got news that Nissan had sold the 10,000th Nissan Leaf in the USA. Originally, Nissan had stated they had 26,000 reservations for the Nissan Leaf, which means there are…
Ford C-max Energi wins Green Car Vision award
It’s now been 2 years in a row that Ford has driven off with the Green Car Journal ‘Green Car Vision’ award. Last year, Ford won the award for the Ford Focus Electric. The award…
Berlin Police add Toyota Prius to fleet of electric vehicles
Government in Berlin is calling it Initiative 120. It’s an effort to have an eco-friendly fleet of police vehicles patrolling the capital city that will all have emissions of less than 120g/km – which is…
2013 BMW i3 possible, says BMW
The BMW i3 electric city car was first unveiled in 2011 at the Frankfurt Auto Show. It more recently appeared at the Detroit Auto Show earlier this month. This car, the BMW i3, as well…
BMW ActiveE registration open for limited number of leases
BMW has recently opened it’s recruitment process to find 700 potential drivers for it’s BMW ActiveE electric vehicle. BMW is calling the drivers Electronauts, and they are being touted as forward thinking adventurers. The 2012…
First Honda Fit EV delivered to US customer
Turns out this is a little bit of a trick, because it’s not an individual – the first production version of the Honda Fit EV was delivered to the municipality of Torrance, California. Torrance also…