Search Results for 'Electric Car'

Ford to use all-electric car as NASCAR pace car

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) – Ford Motor Company will become the first manufacturer in NASCAR history to supply an all-electric car as the pace car. The new Focus Electric will lead the field at the April 28 Sprint Cup Series race at Richm [...]

Posted On : Apr, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

FEATURE-Electric car revolution faces increasing headwinds

DETROIT, March 21 (Reuters) - Scott Kluth has a love-hate relationship with his new Fisker Karma luxury electric sedan. The 34-year-old car lover bought the plug-in hybrid electric Karma in December for $107,850, but five days later the c [...]

Posted On : Mar, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Which Electric Car Makes Most 'Cents'?

A Coda, a Focus Electric, an i-Miev, a Leaf, a Model S, and a Volt walk into a bar, the bartender asks them which offers the best value in electric cars, and they each point to themselves. While this falls flat as a joke, the electric aut [...]

Posted On : Mar, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Justin Bieber given luxury electric car for 18th birthday

Justin Bieber has been given an electric car for his 18th birthday. The 'Baby' hitmaker - who reached the milestone age on Thursday - was presented with a luxury Fisker Karma vehicle with a solar-panelled roof by his manager Scoot [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Electric car charge-point database to be set up

All-electric cars on sale in the UK have a range not much greater than 100 miles, which means long journeys require careful planning. Currently, however, there is no centralised official record of where all the charge points are. One w [...]

Posted On : Nov, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Rolls-Royce develops electric car

Rolls-Royce used to boast that at 60mph in one of their cars, the loudest sound was the ticking of the clock. Now the world's best known luxury car is about to become even quieter, with the launch of the first fully electric model to [...]

Posted On : Feb, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

2009: Year of the Electric Car

Just when you thought there was no help on the horizon to ease your "pain at the pump", a century-old technology is about to re-emerge as a petroleum free solution that will be amazingly cheap to operate, literally in the pennies- [...]