Chevrolet Spark EV Lease as Low as $199 per Month Could save owner average $150 monthly in fuel costs based on EPA assessments DETROIT. – Chevrolet announced today a low mileage lease on the new 2014 Spark EV 1LT for as low as $199 per month* for 36 months, with $999 due at lease sign...
, the exact release date of the production version of the Infiniti LE concept might just might hinge on something you can't see and that the Japanese automaker can't control: wireless charging infrastructure. That's the word from Autocar , which talked to Nissan executive vice preside...
Tesla Repays Department of Energy Loan Nine Years Early Only American Car Company to Have Paid Back Government Wednesday, May 22, 2013 PALO ALTO, Calif.-- Tesla Motors announced that it has paid off the entire loan awarded to the company by the Department of Energy in 2010. In additio...
Tesla Repays Department of Energy Loan Nine Years Early Only American Car Company to Have Paid Back Government Wednesday, May 22, 2013 PALO ALTO, Calif.-- Tesla Motors announced that it has paid off the entire loan awarded to the company by the Department of Energy in 2010. In additio...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-- Tesla Motors announced that it has paid off the entire loan awarded to the company by the Department of Energy in 2010. In addition to payments made in 2012 and Q1 2013, today’s wire of almost half a billion dollars ($451.8M) repays the full loan facility with inte...
My mother-in-law bought a TDi (first diesel) recently, and I hammered into her the ills of putting ANY gasoline into the tank. I strategically added "diesel fuel only" labels to the car (VW supplies these free of charge). She has had the car for a year, and my efforts have worked so far.
Sebastion, Sebastion, where to start. How dare you call my home (High Desert) post apocalyptic! Actually I was driving to work one day on one of the roads near here, that is so often used to film those deserted post apocalyptic shots. And I saw a bus coming in the opposite direction. ...
By Antony Ingram Antony Ingram Contributing Writer BIO Antony is an automotive obsessive: Whether it drives, sits there looking pretty or intrigues from afar, he'll talk and write about it. Automotive... More LATEST ARTICLE VW To Help Prevent Diesel Misfueling With Dealer Retrofit It'...
Moto-Electra Racing to Attempt Coast to Coast Record for Electric Vehicles Moto-Electra announced today that it is set to challenge the world record for electric vehicles in a cross-continent ride that is planned to cover 2,500 miles in just three days. Blue Grass, VA -- Leader in ele...
Recargo, Inc. and Xatori, Inc., the companies behind the two leading EV charging locater apps, today announced they are merging. The merger will expand the companies’ ability to offer guidance to electric car drivers. The combined company will bring together Recargo and Plugshare into...
Currently, the only plug-in hybrid in the Toyota and Lexus line-up is the Prius Plug-In Hybrid. The fate of this model will effectively seal the fate of an IS plug-in, since demand for the Toyota has so far been a little less than the company expected.
By John Voelcker John Voelcker Senior Editor BIO John is Senior Editor for High Gear Media. In addition to news coverage and new car reviews, John creates and oversees all editorial for High Gear's... More LATEST ARTICLE Do Electric And Natural-Gas Cars Compete Against Each Other? We'...
PHOTO CAPTION: Fiat 500e electric car Wired Reviewer Sees Fiat 500e As 'Next Best' EV to Tesla Model S Tweet Damon Lavrinc is so impressed be the performance of the electric version of the Fiat 500 that plans to be the first line to lease one. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Fiat 500e is the be...
China has been pushing the production and adoption of electric vehicles and is set to continue doing so. By 2012, 25 pilot cities had promoted 27,432 new energy vehicles totally within two years after the subsidy policy was implemented, including 23,032 ones used in public services an...
The Nissan Leaf has won the Environment Award at the 2013 Fleet World Honours awards at a ceremony held at The Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall. The Leaf fended off competition from rival electric and hybrid manufacturers to win one of the most significant UK fleet awards. The Fleet W...
Among these are the question whether Tesla has become a darling of the public and media and is getting off easy while garnering lots of free publicity. Or, are state and national level auto dealer associations trying to strong-arm poor aspiring Tesla and its ideals intended to better ...
was in the news earlier this year, as it moved to acquire bankrupt automotive battery company A123 . Turns out, while that was taking place in the public eye, Wanxiang was also working with VL Automotive – of Bob Lutz and Destino fame – to try and buy out Fisker Automotive . According...
Compressed natural gas, or CNG, may be the fuel of the future here in America. Vast untapped resources of CNG are only now being exploited, and automakers are responding with a limited offering of CNG vehicles. Spy shots suggest that GM could be prepping a CNG-powered Chevy Impala for...
Docurama Premieres the Exhilarating Documentary "Charge" in Theaters Nationwide May 20 From the director of Faster and Fastest (Mark Neale), and narrated by actor and motorcycle enthusiast Ewan McGregor (Star Wars, Trainspotting), CHARGE is proof that maniacs on motorcycles can be a f...
Pity the person shopping for a used plug-in vehicle. Aside from a few previously owned Nissan LEAFs and Volts , there just aren’t very many used electric cars and plug-in hybrids on the market. That’s why Edmunds.com hasn’t bothered to compile any tips for buying a used plug-in electr...
It appears to me that the technology curve for EV's is accelerating faster than the depletion curve (or rising cost curve) for oil. In other words, even though peak oil may be put off by a few years (or gasoline costs stay steady for a while) the acceleration in battery tech (and EV t...
This is a pretty good article, although I have two issues with it: 1. It gives people (especially the non-ev-driving public who are still trying to figure out if an EV is for them) the impression that maximizing range is something you really have to work at, and is ultra-important to ...
Investors, press and a lot of front-runners are enthusing over the progress of Tesla in selling all-electric vehicles, and doing so profitably, when other EV brands are faltering. But some reports are giving Tesla too much credit. A headline on CNNMoney.com this week, for instance, sa...
Ford Fusion Energi Earns Top Vehicle Safety Rating from NHTSA DEARBORN, Mich., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awards the all-new 2013 Ford Fusion Energi a five-star Overall Vehicle Score in its New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) ...
also scored well in IIHS crash testing recently, with a Top Safety Pick rating. Small changes from the previous model rendered the Leaf sufficiently different to warrant further testing--but it picked up the same, high rating as before.
I've covered 11,650 miles (18,750 km). I also covered 937 miles (1,509 km) in borrowed Better Place cars, so my electric driving total for the year is 12,410 miles (19,970 km). It's not much compared to some high-mileage U.S. drivers, but not bad in a country smaller than New Jersey. ...
You are wrong about electric cars not being the greenest. Studies show a gas car uses 23% of it’s lifetime pollution during construction, while an electric car due to rare earths uses 36%. They meet at the 40,000 mile mark, where after 40,000 miles the electric car pulls ahead and bec...
I don't think Tesla's stock is currently overvalued. Demand and supply: lots of shorters out there trying to cover their positions. Maybe once that played out stock value will revert to more cautious levels but who cares: Tesla used the short squeeze cleverly to grab all the cash it c...
Inductive charging is ridiculous anyway, you have to get it lined up just right and even then it's not as efficient as plugging-in. And how hard is plugging-in seriously, this is just Infiniti's way of delaying the car because in reality inductive charging is just a goofy gadget it's ...
I think it is kinda of naive to imply that "gas tax" is the root of the problem. The state raises revenue from income tax, sales tax, tire tax, property tax, tolls, etc. Gas tax is not the only way to pay for infrastructure, nor is an EV tax. They just need a way to either spend less,...
