If you’ve got a Christmas wish list that includes, “Electric vehicle with 500 mile range,” then you might be in luck. The Electric Drive Vehicle Deployment Act of 2010 is a bill that’s currently sitting in the House and Senate which could help grant you your Christmas wishes. The bill has several important measures but [...]

The 2010 EcoCAR challenge is the second stage of a three-part, three-year challenge and this stage’s winning team is the Mississippi State University (MSU) team and their super efficient plug-in Hybrid. The MSU augmented plug-in hybrid has a 60 mile all electric range and a per gallon equivalent of 118 miles. The contest wasn’t even [...]

Congress will be examining two bills today that would see up to $11 billion in new funding put towards the goal of seeing four million electric vehicles on the road by 2017. This new cash injection would be earmarked for electric vehicle purchase subsidizing as well as investing in electric vehicle recharging stations. With one [...]

To those of you looking to pick up a Nissan Leaf in 2011 who had the foresight to put down a $99 reservation deposit, well done. You’re the only ones who will be owning a Nissan Leaf in 2011 on account of Nissan’s recent official statement that they are all sold out. Nissan CEO Carlos [...]

Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger held a joint press conference today in which they announced that Toyota would be teaming up with Tesla to produce the Model S electric car in California. Tesla Model S production will take place in the recently closed NUMMI factory in [...]

Between environmental concerns, economic instability and an association of oil with foreign adversarial interests, fuel efficiency has become increasingly more important to the American car buyer. This is reflected in the recently released findings of a gas mileage poll from the Consumer Federation of America. The poll found that a majority of American citizens support [...]

Thinking about buying a Nissan Leaf electric car but don’t feel like simple a test drive really puts it through the paces? You’ll be able to rent a Leaf at Hertz next year so for those on the fence, this might give environmentally conscious drivers a chance to make up their minds on the Nissan [...]

As you may have noticed, the Tesla Roadster made an appearance in the first Iron Man movie. The association has continued, deepened slightly even. In Iron Man 2 Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk makes a cameo appearance as himself. This isn’t the first time Musk has been involved in a Hollywood film as he was [...]

The Toyota Prius was the top-selling motor in Japan last month, according to findings from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. Stats showed that in April, they sold 26,482 of the hybrid vehicles. The car is the world’s best selling hybrid and has been top of the Japan sales list for 12 straight months. Second on [...]