In yet another sign of the rapidly developing electric vehicle market, Korea-based CT&T has reached a milestone in its plans to manufacture its all-electric eZONE passenger car in the U.S. Last fall the company announced that it would build a series of factories in the U.S. based on its proprietary regional assembly and sales model, [...]
GM Takes Chevy Volt on the Road to Stir Up Interest
July 5, 2010 By 3 Comments
General Motors is on an all-out push to ensure that its new Chevy Volt becomes the electric car of the mainstream U.S. market. On July 1 the company launched a cross country tour introducing American communities to the car from Austin, Texas to New York, New York. It’s pretty clear that the symbolism-freighted trip is [...]
BMW Releases Teaser Sketch of First Electric Car—The 2013 Megacity
July 2, 2010 By 8 Comments
Back in April we brought you news that BMW’s first full production (sadly the Mini E was just an experiment) electric car—the Megacity—will be hitting the market in 2013. The car will make extensive use of carbon fiber to decrease weight and increase structural rigidity. BMW also said it would be of a striking design, [...]
Report: VW E-Up! Electric City Car Headed to U.S. in 2013
July 1, 2010 By 11 Comments
After an introducion at last year’s Frankfurt Auto Show, Volkswagen gave strong hints that their cute and modern E-Up! minicar would see production by 2013. There was no word on how much it would cost or where, exactly, it would be sold, but the reactions to the car were solid enough that it seemed like [...]
Live: GM Webchat With Volt Marketing Director Today, 4 PM Eastern
July 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
GM CEO Ed Whitacre is speaking live at an event in Austin, TX, right now, following a week of Chevy Volt testing in the, uh, rather different Texas community… well, different from the rest of Texas anyway. After that, Volt Marketing Director Tony DiSalle will be taking your typed questions about the Volt’s roll out [...]
