The number of environmental cars being produced by manufacturers is increasing. Many of these new models are much more aggressive in terms of their design than previous models, with all electric cars such as the Nissan Leaf now emerging whereas not long ago the best car you could realistically buy if you were concerned about [...]

In a bid ease potential Nissan Leaf owners of “range anxiety,” Nissan has just announced that they will be offering a fee-based service that will provide unlimited roadside assistance that will allow anyone who runs out of battery power to summon up more with a phone call. The cost of the roadside assistance is very [...]

Nissan has closed the door on Leaf preorders today. But, don’t panic Nissan fans, the preorder is not an ill omen. The reason for the cessation of taking Nissan Leaf reservations is that they have already hit a cap of 20,000. Nissan had been expecting to hit the 20,000 mark by early December. Those of [...]

Young adults are far less auto-centric than previous generations are a recent survey is showing. Generation Y (people aged 21 – 30) buys fewer cars than previous generations and the cars it does buy, don’t get driven as much. In 1995 drivers aged 21 – 30 accounted for 21% of all miles driven in the [...]

High end automaker Lotus, recently revealed its new high-end Elite Hybrid, and announced that the luxury vehicle car would be at this years Paris Motorshow. The new Lotus boasts a 5.0 litre V8 giving out 620 hp and 720 Nm of torque. The car’s hybrid drive train will be optional and will consist of two [...]

The Chinese government has drafted a new plan which, if put into effect, would force foreign companies to share key eco-friendly car technologies in order for them to be permitted to sell their vehicles in China. This news comes while China is already the source of a great deal of grumbling from foreign automakers that [...]

Japanese automakers Nissan have released this image of a new concept vehicle that will be shown at this years Paris Motorshow (2nd-17th October). They gave virtually no information on the new TownPod EV except for the strange image and the following description. “It is designed to offer zero-emissions mobility to a future generation of home-based, [...]

Toyota, the company who has pioneered hybrid vehicle production with their popular Prius, now has plans to launch six new hybrid vehicles by the end of 2012. The Wall Street Journal reported that two would be luxury brand Lexus models and four would be Toyota vehicles. As well as the new hybrid models, which run [...]

The new Nissan Leaf electric car polar bear ad goes straight for the heart of environmentally conscious drivers. Check out the video Nissan has simply title, “Polar Bear” above. Don’t mind me here. I’m just going to grab a tissue. I seem to have gotten something in my eye.

Anthony Haines, chief executive of Toronto Hydro, recently stated that the Toronto power grid would be unable to withstand seeing 10% of homes plugging in an electric car. The immeninet “electric car threat” is being looked at by Toronto Hydro, Hydro One and Ontario Power Authority with a new Centre for Urban Energy at Ryerson [...]