A total of 7,000 Opel Amperas have been ordered in Europe since the company started taking orders in the summer of 2011, as announced by General Motors the mother company. Their objective to sell 10,000 units of this model in 2012 seems attainable. Almost 60 % of the...
The Renault Kangoo Z.E. has been on sale since October 2011 and the five thousandth vehicle has just left the Maubeuge plant. The vehicle is on sale with a price tag of 15,000 euros, exclusive of tax, and with the ecological incentive of 5,000 euros already deducted...
The urban community of Nice Côte d’Azur is one of the French pioneers in electric vehicle car sharing schemes. The results of the first, experimental year’s activities are positive and they hope to double the number of self-service cars by the end of 2013. The first...
The Chinese manufacturer of lithium-based battery cells, China BAK Battery Inc., is to supply a thousand lithium-ion battery units to Chery for its Ruilin M1 electric car. This contract is an extension of an initial agreement signed in February 2012 for the delivery...
Two Renault Fluence Z.E. models are to be used as taxis, under real conditions, in Lisbon for a period of two months. The scheme is the result of an agreement between the municipal authority of Lisbon, the taxi company Autocoope and Renault Portugal. The aim of the...
Volkswagen plans to offer a rental scheme for the batteries of its electric cars, which are intended for rental themselves. The battery is the most costly item of these vehicles. The automaker is currently working on a concept which will allow them to enter the electric...
Sales of the electric Nissan Leaf should start to show significant progress from September, with the start of production in the US Nissan plant in Tennessee said Carlos Ghosn, Nissan President. «We are to move from costs in yen to costs in dollars, which is much more...
In view of the rise in gasoline prices, Matthias Wissman, President of the VDA (German Association of the Automotive Industry) has declared himself in favor of vehicles operating on natural gas. He added that this type of vehicle was the cheapest way of reducing CO2...
Volkswagen is to test a fleet of 20 electric Golfs under real conditions in the United States. Volkswagen is to conduct the tests in cities where it is implanted, namely 5 vehicles for Auburn Hills (Michigan), 7 for Herndon (Virginia) and 8 for Belmont (California...
