electric vehicles

Late last week, the Nissan LEAF was named the 2011 World Car of the Year at the New York International Auto Show making it the first electric vehicle to take home the prize.

The Hertz Corporation (NYSE: HTZ) recently announced a partnership with Mitsubishi Motors to introduce pure-electric vehicles to the Hertz rental fleet and car sharing club in London.

A vintage 1958 Chevrolet Apache truck has been restored into something quite extraordinary. Retro Electric is a half-ton short box pickup delivery truck completely powered by electricity.

U.S.-based electric drive manufacturer Enova Systems Inc (NYSE: ENA) has posted one of its best quarters on record. 

Volvo Car Corporation recently announced it is adding ethanol-powered heaters to its Volvo C30 electric vehicles.

Virginia-based Evatran LLC. is making recharging electric vehicles a whole lot easier.  Plugless Power, developed by Evatran, is the first charging system that offers effortless wireless automatic technology.

While electric vehicles (EV) are becoming more and more mainstream, finding a place to charge them can be quite challenging. But now, locating charging stations may be as simple as a click of the mouse. 

The Hertz Corporation (NYSE: HTZ), one of the world’s largest rental car companies in the world, announced that it will undertake its first phase of installing solar electric systems at its rental locations, starting with sixteen locations across the United States.

UQM Technologies (Amex: UQM) recently announced it will power Saab's test fleet of 70 all-electric vehicles. Touted as the world’s first all-electric station wagon, the 9-3 ePower Electric Utility Vehicle will be powered by UQM’s PowerPhase 135 kW electric propulsion motor.

With plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) hitting the market in the United States at increasing rates, power companies are racing to build the infrastructure needed to support the new electric demands of PEV owners.