In the State of the Union address in January, President Barack Obama set a goal of getting 1 million electric cars on the road by 2015. Now he’s proposed $7,500 rebates, instead of tax credits, to reach that goal. Will that be …
Zipcar members in San Francisco, Portland and Boston can try out Toyota’s Prius plug-in hybrid, providing valuable info to Toyota before rolling the cars out to consumers in 2012. And Zipcar gets another way to make its greenho…
The automaker has licensed technology from the Energy Department’s Argonne National Laboratory that will boost the performance of lithium-ion battery cells for its electric Chevy Volt. The next-generation power packs will be ma…
Fuel efficiency remains the top concern among new car buyers around the world, which is likely to boost demand for hybrid and electric vehicles, according to a report from KPMG. But the survey of senior auto-industry executives…
Nissan’s (NSANY) Leaf electric car will get the equivalent of 99 miles per gallon, making it the most fuel-efficient midsize car on the road.
The Leaf does not use gasoline, so the EPA created an “mpg-equivalent” rating for its fuel efficiency, CNNMo…