Should Pollution Factor Into Electric Car Rollout Plans?

Across the auto industry, companies are on the hunt for electric vehicle launchpads: cities and regions most likely to give the upcoming generation of plug-in cars the smoothest possible entry into the market, and help them move into the mainstream. Many of the factors that come under consideration — a willingness to adopt new technologies, a [...]

Nissan LEAF to Sell for Under $45K: Report

Nissan, one of the automakers betting most heavily on the nascent electric vehicle market, will price its upcoming LEAF plug-in sedan in the range of 3.5 million to 4 million yen (about $38,600-$44,100) in Japan, according to a Mainichi Shimbun report picked up by MarketWatch on Wednesday.

Last month Nissan said it will begin accepting reservations in [...]

Japan Power & Auto Bigwigs Link for Quick-Charge Tech

Five of Japan’s heavyweights in the auto and power industries — Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors, Fuji Heavy Industries and Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the country’s largest utility — have joined forces to try and speed the adoption of a standard quick-charging system for electric vehicles.

Each of these companies has some skin in the electric [...]

Smith Electric Vehicles Eyes Road to an IPO

If you think of an electric vehicle startup hoping to go public in the near future, Tesla Motors is probably what comes to mind. But another green car venture, Smith Electric Vehicles, also has its eye on an initial public offering that it hopes will help fund a major expansion over the coming years. CEO [...]

LG Chem to Build $303M Volt Battery Plant in Holland, Mich.

Regardless of all the possible benefits of having a battery manufacturing industry in the U.S. for plug-in vehicles, building out that fledgling industry won’t come cheap. This morning an announcement from LG Chem — the Korean electronics behemoth whose U.S. subsidiary Compact Power will supply lithium-ion cells for General Motors’ upcoming Chevy Volt — offers [...]

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