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DETROIT – In response to an investigation of a battery-related fire that occurred during National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) crash testing of the Chevrolet Volt, General Motors has released a statement:
Read More →GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN -- Volvo Car Corp. said the Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid , due to launch on the market in 2012, has been undergoing a series of in-house safety tests – some of which are designed specifically to evaluate vehicles with an electric powertrain.
Read More →ANDERSON, IN – Bright Automotive Inc. announced it has entered into an agreement for AM General LLC to be the automaker’s exclusive North American assembler for the Bright Idea plug‐in hybrid electric vehicle.
Read More →YOKOHAMA, JAPAN -- Nissan Motor Co. unveiled its new six-year environmental plan, Nissan Green Program 2016 (NGP 2016), which focuses on three areas: reduction of carbon footprint, a shift to renewable energy, and an increase in the diversity of resources used by Nissan.
Read More →YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - The company said that in addition to the new vehicle, it plans to improve fuel economy, by 35 percent on a corporate average compared with 2005, on all of its vehicles sold in the U.S., Japan, China, and Europe.
Read More →DEARBORN, MI -- Ford Motor Co. said that as part of its continuing research into how cloud-based technology can make vehicles smarter, the company will publicly demonstrate the technology during the 18th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems this week in Orlando.
Read More →This event is geared towards fleet managers who may be considering adding alternative fuel vehicles to their fleet, or gathering more information now with the goal of adding alt-fuel vehicles in the future.
Read More →SAN FRANCISCO – ECOtality Inc. announced that its subsidiary, ECOtality North America, has been awarded a $26.4 million contract by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to conduct the DOE’s Advanced Vehicle Testing and Evaluation (AVTE) project.
Read More →PITTSBURGH — According to a new study from Carnegie Mellon University, plug-in vehicles with small battery packs and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) that don't plug in can reduce life cycle impacts from air emissions and enhance oil security at low or no additional cost over a lifetime. But plug-in vehicles with large battery packs are more costly and may have higher or lower emissions than HEVs, depending on where and when they are plugged in.
Read More →TRENTON, NJ – A coalition of Northeastern states has received a nearly $1 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to jump-start planning for a network of electrical vehicle charging stations.
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