2013 Nissan LEAF Hits A Sales Stumbling Block In Japan
The 2013 Nissan LEAF has been available the longest in Japan, and it appears that the 75 mile EV has experienced its first sales hiccup there, leaving us to wonder if the LEAF’s ...
Exclusive: GM Exec Says Spark EV’s 400lb-ft of Torque No Misprint
Ever since the Spark EV was first announced and GM threw around the number 400; as in how many lb-ft of torque the Spark EV will have, there has been some question about if they ...
April 2013 Chevrolet Volt Sales Fairly Flat With 1,306 Sold, As Inventory Continues To Grow
Entering April, GM had only sold only a few hundred more Chevrolet Volts in 2013 then it had in 2012, and was hoping that some huge ballooning of available Volts at the inventory level ...
April 2013 Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales Report Card
April plug-in vehicle sales had a high level to shoot for this month, as March logged a year’s best 7,800+ electric vehicles sales, despite some lower than expected numbers from ...
Electric Car Maker CODA Files For Bankruptcy
In a move that should come as a surprise to no one following the start-up based out of Los Angeles, CODA Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy today, in hopes of re-emerging ...
GM CEO: Chevrolet Volt Price To Drop By $7,000 to $10,000 For Next Gen
General Motor’s CEO Dan Akerson was a speaker at Fortune’s Brainstorm Green conference in Laguna Niguel, Calif on Tuesday, and he did not disappoint.
At GM, “green” ...
Volvo V60 Plug-In Demand Increases, Company Looks To Double Production…Again
We will admit it, when the Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid was first announced, we were a little skeptical that the 31 mile, extended range diesel car would be met with much success.
Not ...
Bob Lutz: I Want Fisker To Live And Succeed
Bob Lutz has come out in favor of Fisker Automotive; but in a “me first kind of way.”
Not so long ago, at the Detroit Auto Show (or NAIAS if you will), Bob and his partner, ...
Audi Planning To Make e-tron Version Of VW e-Up!
While VW and Audi still have very little to offer when it comes to plug-in vehicles on the road today, they seem to be planning a massive onslaught into the segment over the ...
Two-Way Charging Electric Vehicles Start To Earn Money From The Grid In The US
In Delaware, fifteen Mini E models that have been donated by BMW, are currently being utilize to “balance the grid” by drawing and selling energy at appropriate times in ...
Tesla Announces 85 kWh Model S Service Loaner Program, End Of Forced $600 Annual Fee, Expanded Battery Coverage
Yesterday, Elon Musk tweeted of a “new strategy” for Tesla, and that current owners would like it.
He wasn’t wrong.
Tesla will now stock, and loan out, fully loaded ...
Rob Llewellyn Takes A Spin In The Nissan LEAF Nismo RC (w/video)
The host of Fully Charged, which is a web-based video magazine, Robert Llewellyn recently took a drive in a Nissan LEAF Nismo RC. And because we basically love every Robert puts ...
