Electric Car News

According to Nissan Motors, the new electric car Leaf is close to completion. The pre-production units are being tested and developed. It is going to be the first model to use the unique Nissan EV platform. It is a plausible idea as the new platform tidies up the components, unites all the best inventions that there are so far in electric car industry and has a huge potential to bring the production prices down. That’s what we need - an electric car to

US Chamber of commerce has stirred controversy by filing a request with the EPA for a hearing on a science-based evidence behind claims that global warming is a threat to human race. It has fuelled anger from all sorts of chain-yourself-to-whatever and other eco-basher organisations. They are screaming that this is a certain losing-game for EPA and the scientists.
Well, if the science cannot prove that this instance of global warming is human-induced, let them lose! What did I mean by “this instance”? Simple - this is not the first global …

Tanfield, the British company producing commercial electric cars and height access platforms, has run into significant losses. Hit by the global recession, the company reported £11 million operating loss in the first 6 month of this year. The same period last year - profit of £10 million. During this difficult period they have had to cut staff expenses by almost a half. This, however, hasn’t disrupted the

In a controversial message posted on their website Zenn, the Canadian electric car manufacturer, has announced that it would cease the production of EVs and development of new ones. They claim it is due to a change of business strategy and focus.
From now on Zenn will concentrate on electric drivetrain production. Allegedly, they have agreements with OEMs for supplying drivetrain for electric cars. Zenn also continues to work with EEStor Inc - the American company that has promised it would produce batteries with lower charge time and increased range of …

India emerges as an important hub of electric car development and it seems there’s no stopping it. British government announced a 10 million pounds ( more than $16 million) loan to help funding Tata’s courageous plans of building electric cars on British soil.
Business secretary Peter Mandelson expressed determination “to help the car industry to exploit fully the opportunities offered by green manufacturing”. It is hard to see how exactly electric car manufacturing is green. In fact, it is as carbon intensive a process as manufacturing petrol cars. Or maybe Tata …