Wireless Electric Car Charging Closer to Reality

Flanders' Drive, Volvo, Van Hool, Bombardier and others are partnering to work on creating an induction charging system that could allow electric vehicles to be charge quickly and conveniently.

Luxury Hybrid-Electric Fisker Automotive Raises $100M

Fisker Automotive, which manufactures luxury plug-in electric hybrid cars, has raised an extra $100 million in its third round of funding to help fund production of its luxury sedan and a cheaper second electric car that is geared toward more mainstream hybrid electric car buyers.

Electric Car's Stations on Google Maps

Google will display the locations of electric vehicle charging stations on its Google Maps web and mobile applications in an attempt to push potential electric car buyers to take the plunge.

Renault Twizy - Cheapest Electric-car on the Market

No it's not a rapper or the next new dance craze. It's only supposedly the CHEAPEST electric vehicle on the market. Made public at the Paris Auto Show, this two-seater may not look all blinged out, but priced at only $9,700 - who cares!

New Tesla Model S, All Electric Sedan

Tesla has just released an update on its upcoming 2012 Model S all-electric sedan, for which it has received 3,700 reservations (each costing $5,000).

Toyota, 3M hybrid cars sold

Toyota announces that it has sold 3 million hybrid vehicles. The car company has 18 hybrid models, which use a mix of conventional fuel and electric power to increase fuel efficiency. It first launched its hallmark electric car, the Prius, in 1997.

Google's investment in Transphorm could be good news for electric cars

Google said today it had invested in a startup called Transphorm, whose power-conversion efficiency technology could some day help create more efficient electric cars. The company's technology can reduce by up to 90 percent the power lost when one form of energy is converted to the other (say, from AC — alternating current — to DC, direct current). Hybrid and electric car drives also convert electricity from AC to DC, so the Transphorm's...

Inside the all-electric Esflow, the Nissan Leaf’s sexier sister

While its official world debut isn't pegged until the 2011  in just a few weeks, the  ESFLOW electric sports car concept has been revealed in the flesh–or should we say aluminum and carbon fiber?–at a special media event in Frankfurt, Germany this week. The High Gear Media team was on hand to bring you these live shots of the striking concept, revealing it in the utmost detail and giving us a look at...