Carlos Ghosn, CEO of carmakers Renault and Nissan, which this week announced the formal launch of the all electric Leaf, today (December 9, 2010) described the electric car as the breakthrough that will bring the motor vehicle into the modern age. He accused the automobile industry of failing to innovate for several decades past. Giving … Continue reading
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Toyota and Tesla Motors testing electric car
Tesla Roadster photo credit: exfordy Toyota and Tesla Motors have built and are testing an electric car, just months after they announced they would collaborate. In May Toyota said it was investing $50 million in the electric car maker Tesla. Building Toyota electric vehicle (EV) prototypes with Tesla power trains has been undertaken quickly and… Continue reading →
BMW works on mass-market electric car
BMW has entered the race to bring a mass-market electric car to the showrooms, by as soon as 2013. In July 2010 the German car maker told assembled media at a plant outside Munich that battery technology had ”reached the point where it really makes sense to drive electric.”