- An outlandish electric car success – FT: Mitsubishi hybrid SUV has stealthily crept up on the competition
- EV Battery Costs Dropping Faster than Predicted – Detroit Bureau: Don’t look now but the price of batteries packs are coming down. Battery cell costs will fall about 8% a year, according to a Stockholm Environment Institute study that found battery costs have been overestimated.
- Mahindra in talks to buy car designer Pininfarina, report says – Automotive News: Mahindra and Mahindra, India’s largest maker of SUVs, is
- Apple Car Enthusiasm Is Mostly Wishful Thinking – Motley Fool: After a flurry of speculation last month, the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) car hype has started to recede. That said, there are still a few nuggets of…
- Mazda gears up against patent trolls – Just-auto: Mazda Motor Corporation said it had joined the License on Transfer (LOT) Network, a coalition operated by non-profit corporation LOT Network…
- Mahindra Said to Be in Talks to Buy Car Designer Pininfarina – Bloomberg: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., India’s largest maker of sport-utility vehicles, is in talks to buy Italian auto design and engineering company…
- EVs In China Will Require License Plates Says Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) – Wallstreet: Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), America based EV maker announced that its cars were sanctioned for a program in Shenzhen, China that provides…
- Dear Tesla: Car And Driver’s Hilarious Take On Why Car Dealers Are Awesome – Greencarreports: Fast forward to the ongoing state-by-state battles between Tesla Motors and lobbyists for state and national car-dealer interests, who are trying to get…
- A $60 Gadget That Makes Car Hacking Far Easier – Wired: The average automobile today isn’t necessarily secured against hackers, so much as obscured from them: Digitally controlling a car’s electronics…
- Reithofer: Government Programs Key To BMW i3 Success – Thetruthaboutcars: BMW’s i3’s success is helped by a number of government incentives in a few of the automaker’s key markets, according to CEO Norbert Reithofer.
- Renault Captur: New More Powerful Diesel Engine – Motoring: The Renault Captur is now available with a new, more powerful, diesel engine. Its purpose is to make this crossover class vehicle – that has 5 seats,…
- Brotherwood launches wheelchair accessible EV – Fleetnews: Brotherwood Automobility has teamed up with Nissan to launch the … motor ePowertrain from the world’s best-selling electric vehicle, the Nissan Leaf.
- Tesla Model X spied in production form – Autoexpress: News 25 Mar, 2015 Tesla’s Model X SUV spied with production body for late 2015 release, keeps dramatic ‘falcon’ doors and four-wheel drive
- Nissan LEAF Electric Car Battery Pack Proves 99.9 Reliable, Busts Battery Replacement Myth – Transportevolved: Back in 2010 when the Nissan LEAF first launched, critics of electric cars claimed that the LEAF’s lithium-ion battery pack would last just three years…
- Fresh Trouble For Uber And Rivals In India As Government Seeks To Block Their Apps – Forbes: The Delhi government has asked the country’s Information Technology ministry to block taxi-summoning apps Uber and its Indian rival, Ola, saying the two failed to comply with the requirements of the new licensing rules, reports said on Wednesday.
- JLR expands UK R&D facilities to support electric car development – Autocar: F-Pace crossover is tipped to be sold in Tesla-rivalling all-electric guise Battery-powered version of the F-Pace crossover is likely by 2018
- Officially Official: the Zotye T600 Sport SUV for China – Carnewschina: Zotye has released the first official images of the new Zotye T600 Sport, a sporty version of the Zotye T600 that was launched on the Chinese car…
- Small SUV and sedan on Toyota’s radar – Business Standard: It might be the leader on the global stage in car sales but when it comes to India Japan’s Toyota finishes at a distant fifth position. The company, which…
- EV Adoption Success Need Not Rely On Public Charging Infrastructure, Research Finds – Cleantechnica: “Since cars such as the Chevy Volt don’t rely only on electricity, potential buyers aren’t concerned about public charging,” stated researcher Joseph…
- FRANCE: PSA confident it can hit financial target early – Just-auto: PSA Peugeot Citroen’s financial chief is confident the French carmaker can reach its recovery goal early as its shares returned to the benchmark CAC-40 index after a two and a half year absence.
- China’s Yogomo clones the Kia Picanto for a new Electric Car – Carnewschina: This is the new Yogomo 330 from China, seen on on the Shandong EV Expo (intro) in Jinan City. The Yogomo is a new electric car, looking far too much like the Kia Picanto. The Yogomo 330 is rather large but technically still a Low Speed Electric Vehicle, it cannot go on the highway and []
- Former Tesla Intern Releases $60 Full Open Source Car Hacking Kit For The Masses – Forbes: It should allow security researchers of all ilks to easily probe cars for … by a guide to hacking vehicles without actually having access to an automobile.
- Electric vehicles sneaking up in the race for global car dominance – Globe and Mail: The age of electric vehicles, those quirky cars that have been perennially stigmatized as lacking range, reliability and affordability, is finally here.
- Toyota Corolla ESport Nurburgring Edition Revealed in Bangkok – Autoevolution: With only a week passed from Toyota Corolla ESport’s online reveal, Thailand gets to see the special edition Corolla in the metal at the 2015 Bangkok…
- A Road-Going Toyota Yaris WRC? – Guideautoweb: A very interesting rumour just surfaced on the web: a very potent version of the Toyota Yaris may be in the works. If we are to believe said rumour, the…
- Automakers race to affordable electric cars – Times of India: DETROIT: Global automakers are readying a new generation of mass-market electric cars with more than double the driving range of Nissan Leaf,…
- Former GM Europe chief Forster will lead UK black taxi builder – Automotive News: Auto industry veteran Carl-Peter Forster, who once headed General Motors Europe and Tata Motors, is new board chairman at London Taxi Company,…
- Tata Motors Plans to Raise $1.2 Billion in Rights Offer – Bloomberg: Tata Motors Ltd., India’s biggest automaker, said it plans to raise as much as 75 billion rupees ($1.2 billion) in a rights offer to boost…
- Mazda Joins Patent-Licensing Network to … – Finchannel: Mazda Motor Corporation on March 25 announced that it has joined the License on Transfer (LOT) Network, a coalition operated by…
- Global EV market reaches 740000 cars, new study finds – Eco-business: Analysis by the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research reveals 320,000 new electric vehicle registrations in 2014 as car battery suppliers hit…
- GM, Ford might seek another lower-pay job tier in UAW talks – Dispatch: General Motors and Ford, heading into negotiations with the United Auto Workers union, are considering asking to create a new tier of lower-paid…
- Rebates won’t get everyone to buy an electric car: SFU Professor – News1130: According to his research, he says a third of car buyers are willing to pay to go electric but they face barriers, for example, the type of cars they want…
- Renault Samsung to unveil EOLAB with fuel economy of just 1 liter per 100 km at Seoul Motor Show – Whowired: Renault Samsung Motors announced on March 25 that it will unveil its prototype Eolab with the fuel economy of over 100km on 1 liter at Seoul Motor…