The Chevry Cruze had been scheduled to launch production at the General Motor’s Ohio factory in April of next year, but the company has just announced that the launch date has been pushed to July. This push comes regardless of earlier launches of the Cruze in China and Europe going smoothly. The Cruze is expected [...]

Bright Automotive, a company that put itself on the map with its 100-mpg IDEA plug-in utility van, announced a new $1.4 million contract with the U.S. Army to build a plug-in hybrid for non-combat use. The PHEV will be built to lower Army fuel consumption. Its purpose is also going to help show how an [...]

Progressive automaker Toyota announced recently that they will be contributing ten electric Priuses to the SmartGridCity project, the world’s first comprehensive smart grid demonstration. Toyota’s participation in the project will allow researchers to test how plug-in EVs can fit into a smart grid. The project is being coordinated by Xcel Energy and the Renewable and [...]

IAV Automotive Engineering out of Germany has recently secured an impressive patent for their electric vehicle wireless road charging system. That’s right, it magically beams energy to your electric car. The technology would work by installing electrical conductors into rodas. These conductors would generate magnetic fields which charge an electric vehicle’s battery as it drives. [...]

Ford Motor Company has announced their plans for releasing battery electric vehicles. The first battery electric Ford Transit Connect will be available next year. Ford Focus will also be available as a plug-in electric car by 2011. Ford has confirmed that the Ford Fusion hybrid will be available as a plug-in vehicle by 2012. Ford [...]

France is reportedly spending $2.2 billion to build a network of electric vehicle charging stations. Taxpayer dollars will go to fund the project that will install the initial nation-wide network. The government is making the installation of charging stations mandatory in office parking lots by 2015 and any new apartment buildings with parking lots must [...]