Electric Vehicle News

Major car companies and well-funded startups - fueled by federal clean-energy funding
and rapid improvement in lithium-ion batteries - are now producing electric vehicles
that will soon be in showrooms. Electric car revolution will soon take to the streets >

International Auto Show in Detroit - This year’s event there was less of the razzamatazz
and more of a focus, as it became clear that manufacturers are in a race to market
electric cars. Is the Electric Car revolution finally here? >

A SUBSTANTIAL new investment by three venture capitalists will help propel joint sales
at two of the region’s low-carbon vehicle companies from £3.5m to almost £20m in the
next three years. Investment will spark sales in electric cars >

Nissan's electric Leaf car on display in Japan. The company is considering siting
European production of the Leaf at its Sunderland plant, which it will begin making
later in 2010 in Japan. UK's North-East leads drive for electric cars >