2013 Ford Fusion Energi: Fuel Economy, Pricing and Release Date
The just-released new 2013 Ford Fusion Energi couldn’t be called inexpensive, but thanks to a solid electric-only drive range and good fuel efficiency, Ford’s latest plug-in hybrid sedan still makes a...
View ArticleAudi R8 E-Tron Featured in Iron Man 3
Multi-billionaire and eccentric superhero Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) may be best known for saving the world time and time again in high-tech Iron Man armor, but he also has pretty good taste in...
View ArticleDetroit Electric Making Comeback With New Sports Car
Ever heard of Detroit Electric? Unless you were already motoring about this great nation’s highways in the early 20th Century, you probably haven’t. Between 1907 and 1939, the company manufactured and...
View ArticleBig Rebates on 2013 Nissan LEAF
The Nissan LEAF is one of the most well-rounded electric cars on the market, and with a host of improvements for the 2013 model year, it’s now our confident top pick as the most affordable EV on the...
View ArticleFisker Filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy?
Fisker Automotive, makers of the attractive and luxurious but somewhat problematic Fisker Karma range-extending gas-electric car, is expected to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as soon as...
View ArticleTesla Model S Gets 99/100 in Consumer Reports Test
With a steady stream of new orders coming in leading to profitability and a record-setting stock price over at Tesla, the 2013 Tesla Model S all-electric luxury sedan continues to pull in accolades....
View ArticlePlugShare Lets You Locate EV Charging Stations
PlugShare is a brand-new service for electric car owners and green-living types, designed to help solve the primary problem that has stopped EVs from really gaining momentum: range anxiety. With...
View ArticleThe Almost Free Electric Car Lease
With a steadily expanding lineup of credible battery-electric cars on the market, more and more drivers have decided that EV motoring is right for them. Plug-in car deliveries have doubled in 2013...
View ArticleTesla Repays Government Loan of $465 Million. 9 Years Early.
Let the good times roll at Tesla Motors, with strong 2013 Model S electric car sales, a stratospheric stock price, and now word that the Silicon Valley EV builder has repaid its $465 million U.S....
View ArticleHonda Fit EV Lease Special: $259/mo, Carpool Lane Access
American Honda has drastically reduced the price of its 2013 Honda Fit EV battery-electric car, which is now available at a great lease rate of $259 per month for 36 months with no down payment. That...
View ArticleGet $4,000 Cash Back on a 2013 Chevy Volt
Chevrolet wants to make it as easy on the wallet as possible to get behind the wheel of the 2013 Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid, and that of course starts with the price. The 2013 Volt carries an MSRP of...
View ArticleTesla Model S Sales Skyrocket, Smash Goals
Tesla Motors, the Silicon Valley start-up automaker that is clearly here to stay, is working to ramp up production on its all-electric 2013 Tesla Model S luxury sedan in response to overwhelming...
View ArticleNissan Struggles to Keep Pace With Nissan LEAF Demand
Nissan Motor Company now finds itself in a curious position after modern electric cars have been slow to gain any real steam on the new car market. With demand increasingly drastically in the U.S.,...
View ArticlePricing for Highly-Anticipated BMW i3 Released: $41,350
BMW USA has released official pricing for its first production electric car, the 2014 BMW i3. After months of speculation, we now know the i3 will sell at an MSRP of $41,350, not including $925 for...
View ArticleFuel-Efficient Car Sales Hit Record High in July
Fuel efficiency continues to be a key contributing factor in U.S. car-buyers’ decisions, with July 2013 tying an all-time record for the sales-weighted average fuel efficiency of all new cars moved in...
View ArticleWhy Did This Tesla Model S Catch Fire?
The recent fire affecting the complex network of lithium-ion battery cells powering a Tesla Model S electric sedan has left potential buyers alarmed and sent the company’s recently high-performing...
View ArticleNissan LEAF Sales Jump, But Not Best Selling EV
By selling 22,610 examples of its pioneering Nissan LEAF electric car in the ‘States in 2013, Nissan USA more than doubled the total number of LEAFs (Leaves?) sold in 2012. You can thank a big drop in...
View Article2014 Nissan LEAF Price Increases for 2014
After Nissan ushered in a huge jump in sales for its popular Nissan LEAF electric car in 2013 by lopping more than $6,000 off the vehicle’s starting price, the company reverses the trend by raising...
View ArticleTesla Superchargers Allow Owners to Drive Cross Country
As Tesla Motors rides high on a wave of good reception for its pioneering Model S Sedan luxury electric car, the company has sunk considerable resources into creating a nationwide network of...
View ArticleRinspeed XchangE Concept is an Autonomous Driving Tesla
We’ve all heard rumors and news swirling of self-driving cars in our not too distant future, but if they were here today, what form would they take? What would the interior look like if optimized for...
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