Add Texas to Growing List of States Looking to Tax Electric Vehicle Owners
Legislation to levy a fee or tax on greener vehicles is now pending or in action in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, Michigan, Virginia and Arizona (we likely missed a few). ...
In Europe, Sales of Pure Electric Vehicles Increased 20-Fold From 2010 to 2012
Obtaining specific figures for sales of individual plug-in vehicles in Europe can be rather difficult. In fact, it often seems impossible to get exact figures for every plug-in sold ...
Former Tobacco Factory Transformed into Mitsubishi-Backed Electric Vehicle Research Center in Spain
Tobacco is out. Electric vehicles are in.
Mitsubishi Motors has teamed up with Spanish utility Endesa to convert a former tobacco factory in Spain over to a research ...
Fastrax to Open Indoor Electric Vehicle Race Track in New York
Imagine strapping on three-point harnesses and sliding a helmet over your noggin before lapping a 1/4-mile track at near-breakneck speeds. Then, imagine that it’s indoor, under ...
New Jersey Bill Proposes Road-Use Per-Mile Fee/Tax for Electric Vehicles (Video)
Is a per-mile road use fee/tax the fairest method for collecting lost gas taxes from owners of electric vehicles?
Democratic Senator James Whelan of New Jersey seems to think so and ...
DoE to Conduct Li-Ion Afterlife Study With Used Chevy Volt Batteries
Five used Chevy Volt batteries found a news lease on life at the DoE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
That’s where the used, but not used up, Volt batteries will ...
Electric Mahindra Reva e20 May Head to Amsterdam, Then Most of Europe
India’s Mahindra & Mahindra, under its electric division Mahindra Reva, is diving deep into electric vehicles.
Mahindra Reva just launched its $10,800 electric e20 in India ...
Are Electric Vehicles Less Recyclable Than Conventional Automobiles?
The Automotive Recycler’s Association recently released a report that claims “roughly 86 percent of the material components of U.S. cars are recycled or reused after those ...
Alabama High School Students Build, Race Electric Cars (Video)
Just two weeks after Ryan Hunter-Reay, Scott Dixon and Helio Castroneves reached the podium in the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, students from several local schools took to the ...
“Who Killed the Electric Car?” and “Revenge of the Electric Car” Filmmaker Chris Paine Dispels 5 Electric Vehicle Myths
Chris Paine, a filmmaker whose electric vehicles documentaries include “Who Killed the Electric Car?” “Revenge of the Electric Car” and ...
China’s JAC to Export 2,000 Electric Vehicles to US to Sell Under GreenTech Automotive
For all intents and purposes, startup GreenTech Automotive doesn’t really exist. It sells no vehicles. Its production facility in Mississippi is non-operational. Its electric ...
RAC Report Predicts Future Market Share of Plug-In Vehicles Through 2030 in UK
An exhaustive report (176 pages in PDF form here), commissioned jointly by the RAC Foundation and the UK Petroleum Industry Association (bolded on purpose here), was released just ...
