EV News and Hybrid Headlines

First all-electric Coda sedan rolls off assembly line(March 14) - The first all-electric Coda sedan rolled off the assembly line in Benicia, Calif., on Monday, marking a big day for the privately held Los Angeles company. Coda Automotive Inc. manufactures most of the vehicle's battery system and body in China. The parts are then shipped to the San Francisco Bay Area port city of Benicia for final assembly. Complete Story

Ronald Reagan: Father Of The Modern Electric Car?(March 14) - Boiled down to its basics, the argument says that by signing legislation to create the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in 1967, while he was governor of that state, Reagan launched the governmental body that would later mandate the sale of zero-emission vehicles--first in the late 1990s and again starting this year. In fact, the man who would become the nation's 40th president in 1981, not to mention an icon of the conservative right, was no less than the very first chairman of CARB in 1968. Complete Story
 
Even with $4 gas, electric cars face dark days(March 14) - These are dark days for electric cars, darker than even a few months ago despite gas prices headed past $4 a gallon in parts of the nation.Sales for the nascent plug-in electric vehicle industry aren't meeting expectations for several companies, causing some to rethink goals and others to fold. Complete Story
   
Justin Bieber Gets a Fisker Karma for his 18th Birthday(March 1) - Pop singer surprised by manager with a $100K all-electric Fisker Karma while appearing on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show.'Braun told Bieber on the show, “You work really really hard. I always yell at you: Don’t get anything flashy. You know, we’re not about that. Be humble, be humble and I kind of broke my own rule. ... So we wanted to make sure your were environmentally friendly, and we wanted to make sure since you love cars that when you’re on the road, you are always environmentally friendly, and we decided to get you a car that would make you stand out.” Complete Story
 
Nissan Leaf Becomes First Electric Car Available For Order In All U.S. Markets(February 29) - Beginning tomorrow, drivers across the country will have their first opportunity to order their Nissan LEAF, as Nissan North America Inc. (NNA) expands availability for all U.S. markets, nationwide. This new launch phase means residents of 21 new states will be able to select and order a 2012 Nissan LEAF. The LEAF, the world's first and only electric car, now also is the only electric car ever to be available nationwide. Complete Story
 
Mitsubishi’s electric car all set for Colorado climb(February 29) - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation will enter the i-MiEV Prototype in the 2012 edition (July 8) of the legendary Pikes Peak International Hill Climb held annually in Colorado in the United States. The i-MiEV Prototype is a prototype based on the MMC’s all-electric i-MiEV model, the first 100% electric vehicle (EV) to go into mass production and is already on the road in Japan, Europe and North America, with plans to expand to other markets. Complete Story
 
Honda’s Going Electric-Motorcycle Racing(February 18) - Honda becomes the first major manufacturer to enter the electric racing fray when its close partner Mugen enters an all-new electric motorcycle in the Isle of Man TT Zero this summer. It’s a hugely historical moment, both for electric motorcycles and a manufacturer that won its first race ever at the TT in 1959. Complete Story
   
Electric Car Rebates Would Increase To $10000 Under Obama Budget(February 18) - President Obama's proposed Fiscal Year 2013 budget includes a new provision for hybrid and electric car tax credits that would broaden the program, increase the rebate in some cases to $10,000.  Complete Story

Electric car maker Tesla: No profits until 2013(February 18) - On the heels of Tesla's unveiling of its Model X electric crossover last week, the fledgling automaker released financial results yesterday that show continued losses, but lots of hope. The company says it doesn't expect to be profitable until 2013. It says in a letter to investors that it lost $81.5 million in the last quarter of 2011. Complete Story  
 
Fisker Karma: The World's Most Interesting Car(February 17) - This car might be your worst nightmare. A plug-in hybrid electric luxury sedan that costs more than $100,000, from a California company—Orange County, but still—which has borrowed $169 million from taxpayers as part of the Department of Energy's advanced-vehicle-technology loan program; a car built not in the heartland but the socialist paradise of Finland; a car that, with the arithmetic all in, averages 52 mpg-e (that's the EPA's metric for plug-in hybrid EVs), which means that for all its fancy-dancy lithium-iron-phosphate star drive, it gets about the same fuel economy as a conventional Prius hybrid. Complete Story
   
Mercedes teams up with Tesla for a new electric car(February 17) - For the new Mercedes model, Tesla will provide the battery packs, motor, gearbox, inverter and all related software. It will start to record sales for the contract starting in the second quarter. Mercedes has not released details about the new vehicle. Tesla has previously provided Daimler with battery packs and chargers for its experiments with electric car production. Complete Story
 
Electric Car Tops Out Greenest Vehicle List(February 9) - For the first time in the 12 year history of the Greencars.org Greenest Vehicle List, an electric vehicle has topped the list, based on the 14th annual comprehensive environmental rankings provided by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). The Mitsubishi i-MIEV battery electric vehicle claimed the top spot from the Honda Civic Natural Gas which, up until this year, had held the top spot for 8 years running. The i-MIEV scored a high score of 58, the highest Green Score ever awarded since the ACEEE rankings were started back in 1998. Complete Story

Myths And Facts About Electric Cars(February 8) - As automakers are starting to bring electric vehicle (EV) technology into the mainstream, conservative media outlets have repeatedly misled consumers about electric cars by trying to paint them as environmentally harmful and unsafe, among other false claims. Complete Story
  
Electric car maker Fisker: Layoffs in Delaware and California(February 7) -Fisker Automotive, an electric car maker that received a half-billion-dollar loan from the federal government, said Monday that it has laid off workers in Delaware and California. The layoffs include 26 workers at a former General Motors plant in Wilmington that Fisker is retooling to manufacture its Nina plug-in hybrid sedan. Another 40 contractors and employees who were working in design and development of Fisker's Karma luxury car in Anaheim, Calif., also have been cut. Complete Story
  
Plug In America: California Created Giant Loophole in New Electric Car Rule(January 31) - Many environmentalists and electric car fans cheered last week when California adopted new rules that require 15 percent of all cars sold in the state to be electric, plug-in hybrid, or hydrogen-powered by 2025. Even automakers were onboard. But the devil is in the details, and some plug-in car advocates believe the California Air Resources Board simultaneously engineered a positive spin on the rules—while creating a giant loophole allowing more modest gains in electric car adoption. Complete Story
 
Pure-electric car isn’t put off by a bit of snow(January 30) - If you live in Los Angeles or, indeed, London, then extreme weather really isn’t really an issue. Running a Nissan LEAF pure-electric car in such climes doesn’t represent much of a challenge, but spare a thought for those facing a daily commute in a Canadian or Norwegian winter. Complete Story


Agency Ends Chevy Volt Fire Probe(January 23) - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has closed its investigation into whether the Chevy Volt poses a fire risk after an accident. The agency said it found no evidence of a "defect trend" with the Chevy Volt and concluded that recent changes made to the electric car by General Motors "reduce the potential for battery intrusion resulting from side impacts." Complete Story
 

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Electric Cars, NEVs in production and future models

	AC Propulsion AC Propulsion builds the 2010 electric car called the eBox by converting a Scion xB 5-speed to electric power. The gasoline Scion xB costs less than $15,000 well-equipped (very reasonable considering the 2012 Scion tC starts at $19,305) and weighs less than 2400 pounds.
	American Electric Kurrent is a neighborhood vehicle (NV), which means it has four wheels and weighs less than 2500 lbs. It runs on the same standard electricity you use to operate your household appliances. Think of it as juice to go. Kurrent is not just a new car – it’s a whole new way to get where you’re going.Kurrent, when fully charged, will travel 35-40 miles at a constant speed of 25 miles per hour.
	Arcimoto Pulse The Arcimoto Pulse has 100% electric drivetrain, three-wheeled tandem design, multiple range options, multiple exterior and interior options including A/C, stereo, power locks/windows, GPS. Range 40-100 miles. Price: $17,000.
	Bigman Electric Vehicle "Bigman" is a five passenger zero-emissions electric vehicle traveling up to 25 miles per hour.  Its DC 48 Volt connected to a standard 110 outlet charger, requires a charging time of only 10 hours and zooms up to 75 miles between charges - a  proven test performance.
	BYD e6 Electric Car The pure-electric e6 features BYD's revolutionary battery technology - what we call the Fe battery. The range per charge is expected to be a remarkable 250 miles. Performance is surprisingly brisk, with 0-60mph acceleration in less than 8 seconds and a projected top speed of 100mph.
	Dynasty Electric Car Corporation Dynasty Electric Car Corporation designs, manufacturer and markets zero emission, electric Low Speed Vehicles (LSV's) for urban, recreational and light commercial markets such as planned and gated communities, destination resorts, industrial complexes and universities.
	Fisker Automotive  Tthe Fisker Karma will offer consumers the ability to drive the car emission free for up to 50 miles a day, provided the car is charged every evening. It's feasible that if consumers follow this daily routine, they will only need to fuel the car but once a year. This means it will not only cut down on pollution and global warming, but on a consumer’s gasoline budget as well.
	Ford Electric Transit If an electric passenger car is good, an electric people mover is even better. Ford Motor Company on Monday announced plans to bring an all-electric version of the 2010 Transit Connect to the North American market in addition to its 2.0 liter gasoline-powered model.
	Global Electric Motorcars From its seating for four to a variety of vehicle options. Add one of the three optional, interchangable carriers for exceptional functionality. The GEM e4 features a sunroof and six 12-V flooded electrolyte batteries for a range of up to 30 miles on a charge.
	Li-ion Motors What does 170 miles per hour on the road sound like? Again silence... as you press down on the pedal and accelerate to 60 mph in just over three seconds, pushing faster and faster until that boom you hear is actually your heart catching up. That's the power of the Inizio, the world's fastest all-electric supercar.
	Lightning Car Company The Lightning Car Company is developing of a range of 700 bhp Lightning electric cars, for the first time genuinely harnessing electric motive power and uniting it with class-leading sports car design, engineering and production.
	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E-Cell Power for the E-Cell will be provided by four electric motors – all located at the rear of the vehicle – that are capable of revving to 12,000rpm. Power for the setup totals 525 hp and 649 lb-ft of torque, zero-to-62 time of just 4 seconds.
	Micro-Vett Electric Vehicles With its mono-volume design, Porter Fontana grants the best results of versatility and driving controllability. For persons transport with 6 seats, Porter Fontana represents the best answer to present-day problems of city mobility thanks to its lowest cost of maintenance and the absence of gas and acoustic emissions.
	Miles Automotive Group Miles Electric Vehicles is a manufacturer and distributor of full electric vehicles manufactured in China to meet international car safety standards. MILES was recently given the "Electric Car Company of 2007" award by Good Clean Tech.
	Mini Cooper - Electric Mini E BMW is getting on the electric-car bandwagon with what may be the most stylish alternative-fuel vehicle to date, The Mini Cooper E plug-in is available in a limited rollout of 500 cars in New York, New Jersey, and California.
	Phoenix Motorcars Phoenix Motorcars announced that it was on the road to producing over 500 Phoenix Sport Utility Trucks featuring more compact packaging of the Altairnano Nanosafe battery than originally projected.With a peak power output of 200 kW and low manufacturing cost process.
	Reva The REVA is designed for city commuters across the globe, for an economical and pollution free driving experience. It is designed for low speed, congested, urban conditions. Being efficient and cost-effective, the REVA has the lowest running cost in the world!