IIHS Awards Top Safety Rating to Nissan LEAF
Most of us have been concerned about safety after hearing the stories about Chevy volt catching fire so this news is a great one...
Kansas Based GM Plant Gets Pollution Prevention Award
GM's Fairfax Assembly and Stamping plant in Kansas has won itself some recognition for efforts to cut pollution. The factory, which is responsible for...
Ford, U-M Partner on $8M Electric-Car Battery Lab Project
Ford Motors and the University of Michigan have teamed up on an $8-million battery lab project, reports Detroit Free Press.
The lab will be used...
Honda Hits a Hybrid Milestone
Twelve years and 11 months ago, Honda Motor Company sold its first Insight Hybrid to a member of the public. What that humble little...
Chrysler’s PHEVs Go To Arizona
Chrysler Group LLC has been hard at work recently to put more and more of their Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) into fleet work. ...
Panasonic, Tesla Sign Agreement to Expand Battery Cells Supply
Tesla Motors has signed a deal with Japan’s Panasonic to expand its supply of battery cells.
Under the deal, Panasonic will supply nearly 2 billion...
Natural Gas Powered Civics Can Drive in The Carpool Lane
American Honda Motor Company is currently the only manufacture in the United States building and selling a dedicated compressed natural gas-powered vehicle: the Civic GX. ...
Tesla’s electric cars plug into power partner Toyota
US electric carmaker Tesla Motors is firing on all cylinders and gearing up for greater things after partnering with top carmaker Toyota, before it...
The Nissan LEAF Proves Popular in Norway
Six months ago, Nissan began selling its zero emissions LEAF to the fine people of Norway. The automaker expected solid sales but instead, they...
Lexus Hybrids Hit 5.5 Billion Mile Mark
When Lexus debuted its first hybrid in 2004 your status did not need to be “updated,” more people had landlines than cell phones and...
