• How to change the paradigm of the electric car?

  Will electric cars catch on? Why hasn’t it caught on yet? These are some of the questions a lot of people might ask every day. Electric cars might not be the only viable solution for sustainable mobility, but will surely be one of them. And no critics suggest that the failure of Fisker Automotive or Coda were enough to say [...]

  

• Bangkok Revealed as Candidate City for Formula E Championship

  Thailand’s capital Bangkok has joined the list of candidate cities bidding to host the new FIA Formula E Championship. Earlier this year, FEH presented the FIA with a preliminary list of eight cities – London, Rome, Los Angeles, Miami, Beijing, Putrajaya, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro – all selected to host races for the inaugural season. A total of [...]

  

• BYD Delivers E6 Electric Cars for Taxi Service in Hong Kong

  Chinese electric carmaker BYD is launching Hong Kong’s first all-electric taxi fleet with BYD e6 electric cars. BYD closely collaborated with Sime Darby Motors Group (Sime Darby), Hong Kong Taxi & Public Light Bus Association Limited, The Link Management Limited, CLP Power Hong Kong Limited and The Hong Kong Electric Company Limited to place into service the first batch of [...]

  

• Porsche 918 Spyder Plug-in Hybrid Supercar

  The Porsche 918 Spyder embodies the essence of the German’s automaker idea: it combines pedigree motor racing technology with excellent everyday utility, and maximum performance with minimum consumption. The task faced by the development team was to create the super sports car for the next decade with a highly efficient and powerful hybrid drive. Developing the Porsche 918 Spyder from [...]

  

• Mitsubishi to Tackle Pikes Peak With MiEV Evolution II

  Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will compete in the 2013 edition of the world-famous Pikes Peak International Hill Climb to be held on June 30, 2013 with a pair of all-new MiEV Evolution II all-electric four-wheel drive (4WD) prototype racecars. With the upgraded all-new MiEV Evolution II, MMC has set its sights on an outright victory in this legendary American race. [...]

  

• Volvo Doubles Production of the V60 Plug-in Hybrid

  The success of the world’s first diesel plug-in hybrid, the Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid, continues. Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) is now ramping up production of the V60 Plug-in Hybrid by 90 percent, just to keep up with the demand. The increased demand, especially in Holland, Belgium and Italy, means that the V60 Plug-in Hybrid production at Volvo Cars’ Torslanda plant [...]

  

• Tesla Motors Issuing More Stock

  Tesla Motors Inc. said it will issue 2,703,027 shares of common stock and $450 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2018 in concurrent underwritten registered public offerings. In addition, Tesla Motors has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 405,454 shares of common stock and $67.5 million in aggregate principal amount of [...]

  

• TAG Heuer Signs Partnership with Formula E Championship

  TAG Heuer has signed on as Official Timekeeper, Official Watch and Chronograph and Founding Partner of the FIA Formula E Championship. The agreement was signed at TAG Heuer’s headquarters in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland by Jean-Christophe Babin, President and CEO of TAG Heuer and Alejandro Agag, CEO of Formula E Holdings. TAG Heuer Professional Timing, the timekeeping division of the renowned [...]

  

• ANSI Reveals Version 2 of EV Standardization Roadmap

  The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) revealed the publication of the Standardization Roadmap for Electric Vehicles – Version 2.0, developed by the Institute’s Electric Vehicles Standards Panel (EVSP). The Standardization Roadmap for Electric Vehicles – Version 2.0 (click for PDF version) tracks progress to implement recommendations made in the roadmap version 1.0 and identifies additional areas where there is a perceived need [...]

  

• Telegraph Readers Charged Up Over Vauxhall Ampera

  Vauxhall Ampera extended-range electric vehicle has been voted best hybrid/electric car by Telegraph readers at the inaugural Telegraph Motoring Awards. Beating off rivals including the Nissan LEAF and the Toyota Prius Plug-In, the Vauxhall Ampera scored more votes than any other model. “We had a great response to our Car of the Year awards and Telegraph readers voted for the [...]

  

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