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According to Scientific American, most electric vehicle drivers plug into a normal 110 volt outlet to recharge their vehicles, and some consumers are concerned that trickle charging isn’t fast enough to meet the demands that they place on their vehicles. Enclosed auto transport companies have been shipping a lot of new electric vehicles lately [...]

The GS Yuasa Corporation is planning on boosting their annual production of lithium-ion batteries ten fold over the next two years to meet the demand for their product. The plan is to produce enough batteries to equip 9,000 electric vehicles through March 2011 and will raise production to over 20,000 in 2012, according to [...]

Here’s an odd thing – Nissan was pretty quiet about the new Leaf, it’s full-electric vehicle that’s expected to hit dealership showrooms by 2011, at the most recent NADA conference in Orlando. No questions were asked about the Leaf despite no one knowing anything on how Nissan is planning on marketing it, what sort [...]

Fuel cells are fast becoming the rage – ask any nationwide vehicle transport companies who have been following the news closely for the past ten years. Fuel cell light vehicles are expected to be commercially available worldwide by 2014, and by 2020 sales are expected to reach over 670,000. The United States will still [...]

AT&T is fast moving toward its goal of a fleet of 15,000 fuel-efficient vehicles after adding its record-setting 1,000th alternative energy vehicle. This currently accounts for 1.2% of their entire fleet of 77,000 vehicles (hey, I didn’t have to do the math this time!), and the company is spending another $565 million on its [...]

Remember how we said that Bright had a contract with the United States Postal Service a while back? Well, ZAP does too – they’re going to be designing, developing and implementing a series of electric postal trucks. ZAP will be converting current gasoline trucks to run on electricity for initial use in the Santa [...]

Could be. If you don’t know what “range anxiety” is, don’t fear – I didn’t either until I stumbled upon this news article from MSNBC. Range anxiety is the idea that people will get anxious of a full electric vehicle’s range and get stranded in the middle of nowhere without a power station in [...]

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The new 2011 Ford Mustang isn’t your typical muscle car – it doesn’t eat gas, for one, and for another it’s actually a pretty rad car. According to the EPA, the new V6 Mustang gets 305 horsepower and 31 miles per gallon [...]

Rolling chassis are not uncommon – makers such as Rolls Royce and Cadillac have previously offered rolling chassis options for specialty coachbuilders to add custom bodies and the like. However, the idea has died out in recent years, due mainly to cost and the fact that the average consumer doesn’t care a whole lot [...]

According to Automotive Digest, corporate fleets in the United States typically buy about 300,000 vehicles per year, and more and more fleets are looking at hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles for their fleets as they cut costs considerably. Electric and hybrid cargo van producers are looking for more interested fleet buyers, but they’re running [...]