Nissan hits back at Volkswagen projected EV plans
Nissan is picking up the gauntlet that Volkswagen pretty much threw into the ring as far as becoming the electric vehicle market leader by 2018. They are also reaffirming the aim of increasing the range of the Nissan Leaf to 200km as well as to introduce four new electric vehicles to market in the next two years.
Read MoreTesla outselling luxury brands
It’s interesting to see that the Tesla Model S is outselling a plethora of luxury competitors in the first half of 2013, at least in California.
Read MoreJapan’s carmakers join forces to increase country’s charging infrastructure
One of the biggest problems related to the more wide-spread use of electric vehicles isn’t one of awareness, nor one of pricing, it’s one of infrastructure. The current infrastructure is focused exclusively on providing for internal combustion engines and as such getting ‘fuel’ for your electric car can prove to be rather hard when you’re not capable of recharging at home.
Read MoreTesla pays government loan nine years in advance
We talk a lot about electric cars on this blog, and no other car maker is more well known in this field than Tesla Motors, makers of exclusively – and rather high end – electric vehicles.
Read MoreRenault Sport taking a close look at electric vehicles
We talked a while back about how Renault Sport vehicles are going to be switching to automatic transmissions in the near future. Today we’ll be looking at the confirmed reports of a Renault Sport executive who said that they are taking a ‘very close look at’ electric vehicles technology.
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