Virgin is the latest brand to enter a team into the new Formula E electric car racing championship. Based in the UK and backed by Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson, the new Virgin Racing Formula E...
With the Nissan LEAF and the BMW i3 offering increased competition, Mitsubishi has taken the bold step of reducing the price of its 2014 i-MiEV electric car. Compared to the previous 2012 model, t...
The arrival of BMW into the electric vehicle market, with its new i3 supermini is sparking huge interest in battery-powered models and could help start a second wave motorists make the switch away ...
A team in Japan has set a new record for the distance travelled by an electric vehicle on a single charge, running for a staggering 807 miles (1,300km). The four driver team has now applied to th...
Last week, Porsche’s new Panamera SE-Hybrid became the most expensive car so far to qualify for the Office for Low Emission Vehicle’s (OLEV) consumer Plug-in Car Grants (PiCG) worth up to £5,000. A...
The Nissan LEAF is outperforming its electric car rivals: as the latest sales figures emphasise its place as the official market leader. According to statistics from AID, the model sold 1,286 mode...
The Nissan LEAF is much more than an electric car: with the Japanese carmaker testing a system that will turn the vehicle into an electric storage system. A successful field test has been carried ...
In another blow to the image of electric cars, Ford has announced a recall of certain model year 2012-2014 Focus Electrics (pictured) built from September 15, 2011-August 23, 2013. The problem wit...
Electric vans will help one of the UK’s biggest electricity and gas providers reach the homes of customers this winter, as part of the country’s largest ever electric commercial vehicle trial, so f...
BMW could revive its Mini E electric car, according to BMW Blog, as the carmaker looks to expand the use of its i3 electric drivetrain. The limited production Mini E was launched in 2009 as a res...