Nissan’s 2,236 Leafs sold in March was its best U.S. sales month since its December 2010 launch, and while it’s questionable whether April will equal this, Nissan is looking well beyond month-by-month results, and is showing itself to be committed for the long haul. This week, timed with Earth Day on April 22, Nissan hosted
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Volkswagen’s Jetta Hybrid has been anticipated since June 2010, and since its November 2012 launch, it is proving to be a fairly fun-to-drive, yet frugal car. The entire Jetta line was revised in 2011, made more distinct from Golf hatchbacks, and the 2013 Hybrid represents the fifth powertrain option for this sixth-generation model range. Thus
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Unveiled today in Shanghai, the Buick Riviera Concept with plug-in hybrid propulsion is said to signal the aesthetic direction of the General Motors brand. The car merges electrification which is in vogue now in China into a chic styling exercise by a GM brand with greater perceived prestige. It is the fourth global concept co-developed
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The documents are drawn up, and Reuters reports Fisker Automotive could file for bankruptcy protection as soon as this week as pressures loom. Bad news and what-went-wrong stories abound at present, and these make previous times of mere upsets like unexpected Karma price increases, delays, recalls, negative reviews, and lost Energy Department loans look like
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As Tesla waits to see whether its advocacy in Texas opens the way to operate as it does in other states, Elon Musk is holding out the idea of spending vast sums and creating thousands of jobs in the state. On Tuesday, the company’s co-founder and CEO spoke before a House committee asking for a
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Yesterday in his proposed 2014 budget delivered to Congress, President Obama called for a sizable increase in research spending for alternative technology transportation, including additional help for electric vehicles. The goal is to cease the need to import foreign oil within the next 10 years. To jump start the initiative, the president called for a
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After a couple more potential battery short-circuit incidents with its Outlander plug-in hybrid, Mitsubishi is extending its hold back of further shipments. As we previously reported, the company chronicled a couple meltdowns, one resulting in a minor fire. It has not been shipping them since late March. Presently the vehicles are distributed only in Japan
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Tesla Motors and its supporters in Texas await the outcome of Elon Musk’s having spoken yesterday before a House committee on business and industry defending Tesla’s intent to sell and service its cars outside of the traditional dealership franchise model. The CEO and co-founder of the electric car maker from Fremont, Calif. spoke at a
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Commenting last Friday on Facebook about Fisker’s expected bankruptcy, Sarah Palin lumped in other projects that have been smiled upon by the Obama administration, and called the Chevy Volt and Tesla “losers.” On Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk answered via Twitter that he was “deeply wounded.” The exchange via social media outlets has been seen
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EcoMotors of Allen Park, Mich., the innovator of the opoc opposed-piston diesel engine, has announced a partnership to mass produce the design with Zhongding Power in the Anhui Province, China. The highly power-dense engine is described by EcoMotors as “a breakthrough technology that has the potential to be the world’s cleanest, most efficient, lightweight, and
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