News flash: EVs will suffer from manufacturing defects at approximately the same rate as their gas-fueled cousins. You can Six Sigma processes until you’re blue in the face, but machines designed and built by us mere mortals will always find a new way to break unexpectedly. So what happens when they do? If the issue… Read more »
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BMW’s EVs will help London Olympics reach its emissions goal
As the Official Automotive Partner for the 2012 Olympics, BMW will supply a fleet of 4,000 vehicles for the London games, which begin July 27.
The fleet footed survive: VIA Motors electrifies trucks, vans and SUVs
On the strength of a shrewd business plan and ties to GM, VIA Motors plans to jump-start the electric transition through the back door of America’s service vehicles. Its E-REV pickup trucks and vans prove that you can have your fuel efficiency and costs savings, too. Everyone should want an EV. They’re more efficient than… Read more »
It all adds up: extending EV range through efficiency increases
Want to increase the range of your EV without adding capacity to the costly battery pack? Optimize. In parallel with global research efforts to improve the power density of batteries, many are looking for new ways to use less energy per mile. Mitsubishi’s New Motor Mitsubishi Electric is hard at work redefining what a… Read more »
Slow charge: the evolving EV market
At this year’s New York International Auto Show, the central story was that even mainstream cars and SUVs are getting stellar fuel economy.
Siemens eHighway of the Future powers trucks via overhead wires
The eHighway works with hybrid diesel electric freight trucks equipped with retractable devices that collect electric current from overhead lines.
Bentley tantalizes with possible plans for a PHEV
Bentley Motors Limited is famous for its massive luxury limousines, some of which sport 12-cylinder engines. So if this 93-year old British manufacturer of motorcars were to produce a plug-in hybrid, we might thankfully be able to declare the image of EVs as sacrifice-mobiles for eco-hippies dead and buried (Porsche and Rolls-Royce have already tapped… Read more »
Daimler joint venture launches new EV brand in China
The partnership between Daimler and Chinese automaker BYD has launched a new brand called DENZA, which will produce what the Chinese call “New Energy Vehicles” – EVs and hybrids. The very first DENZA, a concept EV, is now on display at Auto China 2012 in Beijing. Shenzhen BYD Daimler New Technology (BDNT) has provided copious… Read more »
VIDEO: Spyders attack as Porsche and BMW show off prototype plug-in roadsters
Fans of electrical high performance will salivate over this new video from Motor Trend’s Wide Open Throttle, which gives us sneak peeks at two screamingly speedy prototype PHEVs from Porsche and BMW. Apparently, Motor Trend believes their audience is behind the times, for narrator Paul Horrell feels compelled to tell us that Porsche’s 918 Spyder is… Read more »
Green Park & Charge facility to open in Boston
EVs and hybrids will get a 10% discount on parking, while SUVs and other “gas guzzlers” will pay a 10% surcharge.