Electric Car News

Seat presented its first zero-emission model, the first electric car Altea XL electric Ecomotive, a vehicle with a maximum range of 85 miles. Not much information was provided by the Iberian car manufacturer, only that it uses an electric motor of 85 kW (115 hp) that provides a torque of 270 Nm. The maximum speed is limited to 85mph. The interior is not hugely affected and looks similar to the petrol Altea, the batteries are located under the rear seats without affecting trunk’s volume.
Seat engineers have placed photovoltaic cell panel …

The Brisbane based Varley Electric Vehicles has come up with what is the first Australian electric supercar. The evr450 is equipped with two 210BHP electric engines bringing the total power to 420BHP and torque – 1044Nm.
This electric car is due for production in 2012. Range-wise it matches other production cars by offering just under 100 miles per recharge. It is known that the company is currently working on

Last week Audi launched a new test program to evaluate the feasibility of one of their latest electric car development Audi A1. They’re planning to find out how the drivers are using their electric cars in real-life traffic and what they’re expecting from their electric cars.
It is hoped by the officials that by the year 2020 there will be at least 1 million electric cars in Munich. It appears that they’re actually prepared to put their money where their mouth is – they’ve put 10 million

When the famous DeLorean DMC-12 was discontinued in 1981 after a huge scandal involving FBI and a fake drug deal, it seemed the beautiful silver car has met its end.
Nevertheless it seems that the car has the ability of bouncing back even now that its genius god-father John DeLorean is dead.
In 1985 the legendary car was revived in the cult Hollywood movie “Back to the Future”. Then a few years back Deloran Motor Company was re-born in Texas to

It’ll take some time until the auto landscape is dominated by electric cars. However, the big manufacturers cannot afford  not have an electric model, or at least one in the pipeline. Now it’s the Mercedes-Benz‘s turn to announce