Fisker Automotive has bought a redundant GM plant in Wilmington, Delaware to produce a new low-cost electric hybrid – Project Nina. All the news from Fisker until recently has been about the development of the Fisker Karma, a luxury plug-in hybrid electric car. But last month we reported that Fisker had been granted a DOE […]
Nissan Leaf Revealed – 3 more Electric Cars to come
Nissan has revealed the Nissan Leaf EV at Tokyo and confirmed there are three more electric cars to come, including an electric Infiniti. We had the first information on Nissan’s Leaf EV a couple of months ago, at about the time GM were trumpeting the massive economy of the Chevy Volt. Nissan trumped their figures […]
Honda start to think electric
Honda are starting to reconsider their strategy of focusing on Hybrid and Hydrogen Fuel Cell cars and are looking at electric cars seriously. I suppose we shouldn’t blame Honda for moving with the crowd. They have stated on more than one occassion that they see the short to medium term solution for economical cars is in Hybrid technology, but […]
MINI E Test – a bit of a flop?
MINI has had a very muted response in its quest to find people to pay to test the MINI E Electric car. Just 515 applied. Having reported earlier on Ford looking for testers for the Focus BEV, we thought it might be interesting to have a bit of a dig around and see what sort […]
Ford Focus BEV – testers wanted
Ford are looking for testers for their Electric Focus (BEV) based in the Hillingdon area of London. Back at Frankfurt last month, Ford revealed the Focus BEV, a plug-in electric Focus which they told us they were intending trialing in the New Year. Well, things are moving on and Ford are now looking for 20 […]
Electric generation from traffic flow
Israeli scientists have come up with a system to generate electricity from traffic flow – Parasitic Energy Harvesting. We have to confess – in case you hadn’t already noticed – that we’re a pretty sceptical bunch when it comes to electric cars and the whole lemming-like dive in to EVs as the Holy Grail (just […]
Nissan Land Glider revealed +video.
Nissan has revealed a two-seat electric city car – the Nissan Land Glider – which leans on corners. It will show at Tokyo later this month. It’s starting to look as if car makers are waking up to the reality that electric cars are only really suited to city environments. In those surroundings they can […]
Toyota FT-EV II – it’s the Jetsons!
Toyota are bringing a low-powered, short range, ultra-compact electric city car concept to the Tokyo Motor Show – the Toyota FT-EV II. Not quite – the Toyota FT-EV doesn’t fly – but it does look a bit like a retro-futuristic car. Something designed in the fifties to portray life in the 21st century. And in […]
Toyota condemns the Electric Car
Toyota believes that the electric car will never be a mass-market phenomenon, and that the future lies with petrol hybrids. I suppose we shouldn’t be too surprised that the company that has put all its might behind the hybrid car says that electric cars – plug-ins – are not a viable proposition, nor likely to be in the […]
Mitsubishi MiEV – Plod-Mobile
West Midlands Police are to take delivery of Mitsubishi’s electric car – the MiEV – as community patrol cars. We’ve seen police cars ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous. On our doorstep the Essex police use Subaru Imprezas, which give hoodie-herberts the fright of their lives when they see them looming in their rear-view […]