Electric Car News

When talking about green motoring, electric cars and environmental issues, we largely think about emissions. it always comes down to emissions. However, there’s another side to the problem and when looking at ways of reducing our carbon footprint, we also have to talk about grey energy – the amount of energy that goes into producing new vehicles.
That’s why some experts say that driving used cars is another way of going green. And they are right. Manufacturing a new car accounts for 15 tons of CO2 that is equivalent to 35,000kWh …

It still remains a largely unknown fact to many that Audi is one of the pioneers of hybrid technology. In 1989 they presented its first hybrid car based on the Audi 100 Avant. It had a 13BHP Siemens electric motor driving the rear wheels and a conventional 2.3-litre 5-cyl engine driving the front wheels. They seemed to be quite serious about the hybrid Audi 20 years back. Apparently, the only reason why it never made to the production line was the fact that a hybrid Audi had a lower fuel-efficiency …

A short while ago you’d normally associate electric cars with something small and ugly meant to get your weekly shopping back home… or at least half way Lately, though, we see more and more sporty cars powered by electric motors.
Now that several people have attempted to break a speed record for electric cars and even the F1 bolids will have some sort of electric traction within next few years, developing a proper electric supercar seems

The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance held every summer in California isn’t probably an event that you’d normally associate with electric cars. Nevertheless as recently the Concours has become an exclusive place for car manufacturers to showcase their new concept cars, they’re having a good display of green technology although it is never advertised.
This year five cars caught my eye.

When I say tailored, I mean it – the car body panels are made of special textile sheets.
This seemingly crazy concept car is created by French designers Yann Terrer and Jerome Garzon as an entry for the Renault 4 Ever competition.
The designers are dreaming about a new type of eco-friendly fabric that will incorporate almost invisible cells thanks to nanotechnology. Yes, this is a solar-powered vehicle and you cannot see any usual black photovoltaics on the roof simply because the solar