Electric Vehicles

Speakers at last week's LCV 2009 event lauded progress in electric cars, but the roadmap for low-carbon motoring remains worryingly bereft of places to refuel

Head of low carbon vehicles at the automaker dismisses suggestion that using power from the grid to recharge electric cars undermines their green credentials

Andy Palmer, global head of Nissan's low-carbon vehicle programme, on making a profit from zero emissions

Firms to invest $409m in South Korean plant with ambitious goal of capturing 30 per cent of global market

Providing recharging systems for electric cars could allow car hire companies to grab a slice of refuelling market currently dominated by petrol stations

Two separate initiatives have been announced to improve the development of electric vehicles as well as the availability of charging points

Reserve battery power will be remotely activated

Better Place hopes pilot scheme will lead to adoption in other cities

Formerly cash-strapped Norwegian electric car firm exits court protection flush with $47m in fresh funding

Angela Merkel bolsters clean tech credentials with plan to put five million electric cars on German roads by 2030