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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation to Supply i-MiEV Electric Vehicles to Australia

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation’s Global President, Osamu Masuko, recently announced at a press conference that the automotive manufacturer would supply i-MiEV electric vehicles to Australia. Marking his first official visit to Australia, Masuko confirmed that Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (MMAL) would be the first company to release a manufacturer produced electric vehicle [...]

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Monday June 14th, 2010

Toyota and Tesla to Manufacture EV in California

Toyota is investing $50 million to produce Tesla’s Electric Vehicles creating more than 1,000 green jobs in California. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently made the announcement together with the President and Chief Executive Officer of Toyota Motor Corporation Akio Toyota, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Tesla Motors Elon Musk and Lieutenant [...]

Russia and China to Produce Batteries for EV

Anatoly Chubais, RUSNANO CEO and Shaoping Lu, Managing Director of Thunder Sky Group Limited of China recently signed an agreement in Beijing establishing the first Russian production of an ultra-capacity lithium-ion battery for Electric Vehicles. The RUSNANO Supervisory Council approved the Corporation’s participation in the project last year and since then, [...]

China to Develop a New Brand of Electric Vehicle

China is emerging as a global power in the development of Electric Vehicles (EV). A joint venture between BYD Company Limited of China and Daimler AG amounting to some $ 88 million was recently signed in Beijing. The agreement would allow the two companies to conduct technological research and development to [...]

Canadian Firm Join Forces with Japanese EV Association

Hydro-Quebec, a leading Canadian power utility provider, has joined CHAdeMO Association, an organization that counts among its members the leaders in the power industry and some of the world’s biggest automakers in Japan to do research and development for the next generation electric vehicles. Ms. Marie-Jose Nadeau, Executive Vice President, Corporate [...]

Brits to Drive EV Across America for World Record

Britain’s bid to crack the world record in Electric Vehicle long distance driving was given another boost when students driving an electric super car became the first to drive twice around M25 in a single charge battery. The record drive was a lead up to the team’s upcoming attempt to cross [...]

California’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Project a Boost to the EV Industry

Electric Vehicle (EV) users in California have a reason to be happy with recent developments, aside for the obvious reason of being able to help clean up the environment. A recent tax incentive of the State could give them substantial rebates. EV buyers could be eligible for federal income tax credit [...]

Reva Electric Cars

Over the last few years there is no doubt that motor companies such as Ford have lost their competitive edge in the industry due to their relatively slow reaction to the growth in demand for electric vehicles. The Reva Electric Car Company is a prime example of a new up-and-coming [...]

EV Advocates Receives Grant

A leading automaker was provided substantial financial assistance to an organization advocating the spread of the use of Electric Vehicles (EV). Plug In America, a nonprofit organization received a $25,000 grant from Nissan North America, Inc. in support of its continuing efforts to speed the adoption of mass-market plug-in vehicles through [...]

Canada Rolls Out North America’s EV

North America’s commercial fleet has its first all-electric light duty Sport Utility Vehicle. Rapid Electric Vehicle (REV), in a press release, claimed that the advanced modular electric drive system is now being used to electrify today’s most popular short-haul fleet chassis, such as those found in Ford Escapes and F-150s, transforming [...]

China is the EV Capital of the World

Most of the electric vehicles rolling out of a manufacturer’s lot are made in China. IDTechEx reported that sixty-six of the manufacturers of electric vehicles in the world are based in China, precisely why more than ninety percent of the world’s electric vehicles are made there. The report said that the country [...]

Is Nissan set to make the UK its electric car base?

hile the news that Nissan will start producing batteries for electric cars at its Wearside factory in the north-east of England may have missed the headlines in many newspapers this could in fact be the beginning of a significant boost for the UK electric car industry. Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson [...]