Known as the Chevrolet Volt in the U.S. and the Vauxhall Ampera in the U.K. and Europe, the Volt/Ampera isn’t sold in South Africa, nor will it ever be, but [...]
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Nissan LEAF EV Gets 2013 Updates
Nissan has updated the JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) LEAF electric vehicle for 2013. Nissan says the 2013 model has a better range; it weighs a bit less and sales will [...]
PSA Electric Vehicle Plans Go Flat
Embattled French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen has had to dump further roll out plans of its Mitsubishi based electric vehicle. Called the Citroen C-Zero and the Peugeot iOn EV respectively, [...]
Cars And Their C02, What It Means For You Bru
This week is number 26 of 52, making it the half way point in our year. The world is in a less than healthy state at the moment, what with [...]
Results Of UK Electric Vehicle Trial Announced
The first results of a UK-wide electric vehicle trial project have been published today, based on three months of activity by 25 Mitsubishi i-MiEVs. The CABLED (Coventry and Birmingham Low [...]
Toyota To Invest With Tesla To Build EVs
Electric vehicles are popularly perceived as the front-runner of the alternate fuel competition, but successfully developing EVs has proven to be a difficult and expensive task. To help share the [...]
Nissan Leaf Electric Car Expected To Be In Demand
Nissan predicts that its new 2011 Nissan Leaf will be in short supply within the first three months of sales. The Japanese automaker says that demand will outstrip supply. Nissan [...]
Elon Musk Reconfirms Future Tesla Models
Tesla Motors chairman Elon Musk reiterated his company’s ambitious plans for growth on Tuesday afternoon in Detroit. Musk was in town to accept the automotive executive of the year award [...]
Geneva 2010: South Africa’s Joule All-Electric Car
Joule, the electric vehicle from South African company Optimal Energy, is on display at the 80th International Motor Show in Geneva in a form tantalisingly close to the planned production [...]
