Battery Electric Vehicle

UMTRI's paper weighs the merits of BEVs and FCEVs, and compares them to gasoline-powered cars.

Will electric-car buyers trade away 25 miles of driving range in exchange for $2,650?

Opel Trixx supermini concept

Opel Corsa ecoFlex – Click above for high-res image gallery

Volkswagen e-up! concept – Click above for high-res image gallery

Mini E Evolution - Click above to watch video after the jump

Don Hillebrand understands electric vehicles and their benefits and limitations. As the director of the Center for Transportation Research at the Argonne National Laboratory, he has done plenty of testing on all kinds of alternative drive vehicles. Speaking to the Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress on Wednesday, Hillebrand acknowledged that despite advances in lithium ion technology, battery electric vehicles still have not evolved far enough to capture a significant share of the mai

Coda EV Sedan – Click above for high-res image gallery

Mitsubishi i-MiEV – Click above for high-res image gallery

Two of the largest parcel delivery fleets in the U.S. have been competing neck and neck in a race to become the greenest in the land. Both Federal Express (FedEx) and United Parcel Service (UPS) have delved into alternative energy vehicles for daily delivery use.

2011 Chevrolet Volt – Click above for high-res image gallery

Low-cost electric cars are waiting on nothing but a simple battery breakthrough. That's been the long-held opinion of many experts for the last, oh, 50 years or so. Is lithium ion technology the tipping point we've been waiting for all these years? Well, naturally that depends on who you ask.

Nissan Leaf – Click above for high-res image gallery

Nissan Leaf – Click above for high-res image gallery

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Plug_in_Cars_To_Get_Special_License_Plates_in_Ontario_by_10'; Want to emblazon your ride with Ontario's new "environmentally friendly vehicles" license plate? There are two hurdles you'll have to jump. First, wait until next year when the plate actually becomes available on July 1. Second, you'll need to get a car with a plug. According to the Toronto Star, the new green vehicle plates are for plug-in hybrids and battery-powered cars only.

Here at the Tokyo Motor Show, Honda introduced its first plug-in vehicle concept in many years in the shape of the EV-N. However, during the press conference, new CEO Takanobu Ito shared the main stage with only two cars, the FCX Clarity and the new CR-Z concept. The EV-N and a plug-in Cub scooter were off on a smaller side stage. During a Q&A session with media this evening, Ito explained the company's strategy on electric vehicles.

2010 Nissan Leaf EV - Click above for hi-res gallery

2010 Nissan Leaf EV - Click above for hi-res gallery