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Pics: Tata shows off electric Indica at SIAM Expo

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, India, Tata The Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) Annual Expo is happening in New Delhi and Tata Motors has chosen this venue in which to show off a prototype of their upcoming all-electric Indica. Although we had previously told you it exists and would be built in Norway, thanks to Cubic Capacity, we can [...] [...]

Production Chevy Volt photos leak out!

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet Just days after we got a hint of what the production 2011 Chevrolet Volt would look like from some folks who spotted one during filming of Transformers 2, we now have official photos of the actual car. Someone apparently leaked out a series of studio shots of Volt with some of [...] [...]

Paris Preview: Nissan to intro new mini-cars, EV concept

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan, Paris Motor Show Click above for high-res gallery of Nissan’s Paris Motor Show lineup Nissan is planning on showing three new cars at the Paris Motor Show next month. Two of them are conventional small cars that we’ve already got photos of. The third is a battery powered 2+1 seat micro-car called the [...] [...]

Electrovaya to supply batteries to Norwegian EV maker

Filed under: EV/Plug-in Canadian battery developer Electrovaya has reached an agreement with Norway’s Miljobil Grenland to supply energy storage systems. Miljobil Grenland has been manufacturing electrically driven vehicles since 1997 and is partly owned by utilities Skagerak Energi and Norsk Hydro. As part of the deal, Electrovaya will get an equity stake in the car maker. [...] [...]

Toyota to build hybrid batteries in North America

Filed under: Economy, Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Plants/Manufacturing, Toyota Even with the ,000 difference between the Prius and non-hybrid Toyotas, there was a time when Toyota lost money on the car. Even when the car entered the black, and even though they halved the cost of the hybrid system from one generation to the next, Toyota still didn’t [...] [...]

BREAKING: 2011 Chevy Volt revealed!

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Chevrolet, GM Click above for high-res gallery of the 2011 Chevy Volt Though its first official public debut isn’t scheduled until early next week, the 2011 Chevy Volt has been introduced to the internet early courtesy of the The Car Connection, which published these apparently official pictures of the revolutionary series hybrid today. [...] [...]

VW unveils 74 mpg Golf BlueMotion Concept

Filed under: Concept Cars, Economy, Hybrids/Alternative, Euro, Green, Hatchbacks, Volkswagen Click above for high-res images of the Golf BlueMotion concept Debuting in concept form today is the most fuel efficient and cleanest version of Volkswagen’s sixth-generation Golf. Wearing the BlueMotion badge, as is common for VeeDubs with fuel-saving tweaks, the new Golf is able to complete the [...] [...]

Volt’s EPA rating could be cut by new standards

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Chevrolet, GM EPA mileage estimates can be such fuzzy things when you’re dealing with hybrid powertrains. We’ve seen plenty of contention already about real-world results versus EPA numbers for current hybrids, and Chevrolet’s upcoming Volt has GM butting heads with the Feds over how the series hybrid eFlex powertrain should be rated. [...] [...]