Electric Car News

Toyota could not miss a chance to be in the elite club of the car manufacturers who want to enter in the unknown territory of hydrogen propulsion.
After Honda, Daimler, BMW and Hyundai announced their intention to put fuel cell cars in mass production as early as in this decade, behold that Toyota FCV-R Fuel Cell Concept comes as a very serious statement of the Japanese manufacturer. The plan is to

A truly unique extended range electric car has been developed in Latvia by a renowned engineering team OSC. The electric car named OSCar eO is set to compete at the Dakar Rally 2012 that is taking off 1st of January 2012.
The team led by Andris Dambis has achieved a true feat by preparing the car in just over 6 months. It is based on the conventional OSCar O3 (you might have noticed it at the previous Dakar seasons – that big yellow thing) but apart from the appearance, it’s an …

If you look at the history timeline of the Honda Civic, you won’t probably find another car that has made such a long journey and tried so many different things along the way. During its almost 40 years of history, the Civic has transitioned from a tiny basic car to a comfortable family-sized vehicle.
Looking at the amount of innovation that has gone into the 9 generations of Civic cars you come to understand the new adage used by Honda at the recent impressive unveiling at the Frankfurt Motor Show: “If …

Toyota has won the award for the Green Manufacturer 2011, mainly thanks to their activities within the European Union. The title of the greenest manufacturer was granted by The World Trade Group who examined the Japanese manufacturer’s effectiveness in reducing pollution during the manufacturing of motor vehicles.
The production activities in Europe were focused on the two factories in England. The World Trade Group mainly analyze the degree of recycling of water used

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 …