Back in July 2010, Toyota and Tesla announced development of RAV4 EV. Last week Toyota revealed the highly anticipated all-new RAV4 EV at the 26th annual Electric Vehicle Symposium in Los Angeles. This all-electric RAV4 has an expected driving range of approximately 100 miles and charging time of approximately six hours on a 240V/40A charger. [...]

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Global automakers from the United States and Germany have announced a new fast-charging technology that will enable the recharging of most electrified vehicles with compatible systems in as little as 15-20 minutes. For unknown reasons the list does not include Asian automakers and the announcement mentions just Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Porsche [...]

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BYD and Daimler joint venture is making good progress as their jointly created brand Denza has unveiled its new all-electric show car at Auto China 2012 in Beijing. “Even before the birth of DENZA, Shenzhen BYD Daimler New Technology Co., Ltd. (BDNT) has created a very special ‘first’: When Daimler and BYD made their partnership [...]

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Audi is presenting its first luxury-class e-tron concept car – a technology study known as the Audi A6 L e-tron concept at Auto China 2012 in Beijing. The plug-in hybrid concept was specifically designed to fulfill Chinese needs, featuring a parallel hybrid system: intelligently combined TFSI and electric motor. The system brings together a 2.0 [...]

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Volkswagen has unveiled the first images and details of the new E-Bugster concept that is making its debut this week at the Auto China in Beijing. This new updated roofless version was shown earlier this year in Detroit and is powered by a 116 hp electric motor enabling the speedster to accelerate from 0-100 km/h [...]

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NASCAR has selected Ford Focus EV to be the first-ever all-electric pace car, leading the field for the Sprint Cup Richmond 400 on April 28. Going back in history we know that Ford was also first to use a hybrid to start a NASCAR event when the Fusion Hybrid served as pace car for the [...]

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Tesla Motors has announced that their Fremont factory is almost ready and the entire Tesla team is very excited about taking this next important step with Model S, that is ready for first deliveries in July. Tesla has also announced, that the Satellite Radio will be available only with all-glass Panoramic Roof. With a Panoramic [...]

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Audi’s future e-tron models are powered by practically silent electric motors and to ensure that pedestrians in urban settings will hear them, the brand has developed a synthetic solution: Audi e-sound. Rudolf Halbmeir’s workstation is not exactly typical of an Audi engineer. There is a digital piano on his desk, two studio-quality loudspeakers next to [...]

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Fisker Automotive will be revealing a major world debut at the New York Auto Show next month called Project Nina. This new model, that is company’s second model is reportedly an entry-level sedan with an electric powertrain and BMW turbo 4-cylinder range-extender engine. The teaser does however show a more coupe like profile, but it [...]

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Finland’s Electric RaceAbout (E-RA) has set a new unofficial world record for fastest electric vehicle on ice achieving an average speed of 252.09 km/h (156.67 mph). The record is not an “Official Guinness World Record” as such a class does not yet exist for this type of record. This new record event took place on [...]

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