Electric Cars

Gavin Shoebridge is an electric vehicle nut and keen environmentalist, who wrote the Electric Conversion Made Easy ebook wherein you will see how you can build your own electric car for much less than you might expect. This easy-to-read ebook will take you step-by-step through every single element of planning, implementing, and succeeding with your own EV conversion. You will see how easy it can be to start building your own electric car today and save thousand of dollars in fuel each year while also playing your part for the environment. As Gavin Shoebridge said, ?When armed with the right information, you can build ... Read Full Story

By Jack Marshall The growing environmental concerns, continuously increasing oil prices, and impending shortage of conventional fuels, have driven people to look for alternative sources of energy. For some, especially for those who are well-off, it may be easy to buy brand new hybrid or electric cars. But for the majority who cannot afford to do so or even those who do not want to do so, there is a way for them to keep their present car while still drawing the benefits of an electric vehicle. This, of course, is done by using Electric Car Conversion Kits . There are some people who ... Read Full Story

Nissan-Renault CEO Carl Ghosn seems to be taking career advice from Frank White lately; wherever there is an opportunity to start making some money, he wants in . Recognizing that full size vehicles were a cash cow in the U.S., Ghosn wanted his cut. Shortly after taking the reins of Nissan in June of 1999, he built a factory in Mississippi to start churning out big trucks like the Titan and the Armada. Now, the field has changed. With fuel growing more expensive and the business climate starting to take heed of green, the government is granting enormous subsidies and incentives to potential electric ... Read Full Story

Japan's Nissan Motor Co plans to invest 50 billion yen (554 million dollars) to boost battery production for electric vehicles produced by its French partner Renault, a report said Tuesday. Automotive Energy Supply Corp., Nissan's joint venture with the NEC group, will upgrade its plant for lithium ion batteries in Kanagawa prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, the Nikkei business daily reported. Nissan, Japan's third largest automaker, is to invest up to 20 billion yen in the upgrade aimed to supply 35,000 batteries to Renault, which plans to launch electric vehicles in 2011, the newspaper said. Nissan separately plans to invest some 30 billion yen to ... Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES — Nissan’s big bet on electric vehicles rolled silently into Dodger Stadium today, the first stop on the Japanese automaker’s nationwide tour to spread the EV gospel. Company CEO Carlos Ghosn is among the industry’s loudest EV evangelists, and he firmly believes the four-door, five passenger Nissan Leaf will usher in the era of cleaner, greener motoring when it goes on sale late next year. Nissan joins General Motors and other automakers in promising to bring us electric cars within the next year or so, and the Leaf is slated to hit the market at the same time as the Chevrolet Volt ... Read Full Story