According to a report by Bloomberg, GM has stopped working on the Cadillac Converj, an electric vehicle that would have shared the same technology as the upcoming Chevrolet Volt. The move would allow the Detroit automaker to focus on cheaper plug-in hybrids for its luxury brand. This development comes as a shock because two months [Read More]

What we have here is the production version of the Opel Ampera, the Chevy Volt-based hybrid electric car for the European market. As you can see, it’s just a Volt with an Opel grill — no surprise there, not that there is anything wrong with that. And like the Volt, it looks better than the [Read More]

Revealed at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show, the 2011 Ford Transit Connect utility van is the American automaker’s first battery-powered vehicle. It utilizes a 55 kW powertrain system, called Force Drive, that that is fueled by a 28 kWh lithium ion battery pack. The system propels the vehicle to a 75 mile per hour top [Read More]

Hidden deep within its Securities and Exchange Commission documents for its IPO announcement, Tesla said that production of the Roadster and the Roadster Sport will stop next year, but that a replacement will come in 2013. The reason for the stoppage is because the company doesn’t have anyone to build it.
“We do not plan to [Read More]

California start-up electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors has filed an IPO of up to $100 million, the first time in more than 50 years (since 1956, to be exact) that an American automaker has offered a public offering. The last company to do was Ford Motor Corporation.
According to the SEC filing, Tesla has [Read More]