US carmaker General Motors will take a step towards the mass manufacture of its Chevy Volt plug-in electric hybrid later today with the start of lithium-ion battery production. Battery production will begin at GM’s Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant in Michigan and is the first such plant operated by a major carmaker in the US. The batteries are […]
Indian electric carmaker Reva has unveiled a lithium-ion battery version of the REVAi (G-Wiz i in the UK) city run-around that promises to extend its range and speed up charging times. The REVA L-ion has been fitted with the new lithium-ion power train, increasing its range to 75 miles – a 50% improvement on the existing model. It […]
Chinese company BYD has launched a mass-produced plug-in hybrid car for the home market. The F3DM went on sale this week in Beijing for just under 150,000 yuan (just over £14,000), which may make it pricy for many Chinese buyers. But BYD says it plans on exporting the car to the US market in 2010 or 2011. […]
Better Place, the electric car infrastructure developer, is teaming up with Subaru-maker Fuji Heavy Industries and other Japanese carmakers, including Honda, on an electric vehicle project for the country. The Japanese Ministry of Environment has invited Better Place to build a battery exchange station in Japan and engage with the country’s carmakers. The project, which begins in the […]
The Governor of Hawaii Linda Lingle has signed a deal with Better Place to add the state to the growing list of countries and regions developing an electric cars infrastructure. Better Place has similar agreements in place with California, Israel, Denmark, Portugal and Japan to establish a charging network and introduce mass-market electric cars. Hawaii currently spends $7 billion […]
