Toyota is aiming to defend its electric record at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb at the end of the month with its EV P002 race car. The electric racecar showed promising pace in official testing this last weekend. The two-day session at the world-famous course in Colorado ran smoothly for the Toyota Motorsport team
+ Read More
Between the year 2000 and 2012, Ford Motor Company’s own analysis of its environmental progress revealed it cut CO2 emissions by 37 percent. Looking at the decade and a half between 2010 and 2025, Ford says it expects to whittle back CO2 by an additional 30 percent. These results followed the company’s 14th annual Sustainability
+ Read More
If talks now underway with automakers are successful, KLD Energy Technologies may in due time contribute its OneDrive propulsion technology not just to the off-highway utility vehicle and scooter pictured, but to a composite-bodied series plug-in hybrid passenger car produced by a maker with household name-brand recognition. This we learned from KLD’s business development manager
+ Read More
If you’ve been paying attention, you might have noticed 2015 is the unofficial launch year for production hydrogen fuel cell vehicles – that is, if you don’t count Hyundai which got started with its ix35 last year, and Honda which has soldiered forward with its lease-only FCX Clarity in California since summer, 2008. Aside from
+ Read More
Toyota’s consistency as a green company has been confirmed by a third successive top ranking in the annual Best Global Green Brands report. This report was published June 12 by international brand consultancy Interbrand. Interestingly, automotive brands make up 50 percent of this year’s top ten. The report gauges the gap between public perception of
+ Read More
New York City’s Taxi of Tomorrow vision is about to be realized in just a few months and the vehicle is getting ready for production. Later this fall, the all-new and completely redesigned taxis are due on the city’s streets. This comes just two years after Nissan won a bid to redesign and supply the
+ Read More
Ford Motor Company’s Focus Electric has now officially crossed the Atlantic. That distinction was made official today as Ford started production of the European Focus Electric in Saarlouis, Germany. The Focus Electric is the first full-electric vehicle to be built by Ford in Europe. According to Ford, the zero-emission Focus Electric is spearheading Ford’s line-up
+ Read More
In light of weakened Chevrolet Volt sales that have seen Nissan Leaf sales push ahead this year, GM is offering various discounts on its “extended-range” EV. Combined with all potential government incentives and discounts, the net result may be the Volt is the recipient of the highest percentage of money off from any car in
+ Read More
Following several days of joint testing, General Motors and BMW AG engineers declared being confident that DC “Combo” Fast Charge stations from several suppliers will consistently allow an electric vehicle to take on an 80-percent charge in about 20 minutes. The first electric vehicles expected to benefit from the Society of Automotive Engineers’ (SAE) new
+ Read More
VW’s Spanish division, Seat, has showcased a brand new plug-in hybrid prototype based on the new Leon. Most Seat vehicles are based on VW products, like the Golf and Jetta. This means the technology in this prototype could easily be transferred to VW vehicles offered in North America, even though Seat has said there are
+ Read More