Though yet to be officially announced, a consortium made up of investment companies from China and Japan have agreed to buy Saab and relaunch the brand as a manufacturer...
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Saab to be purchased and remade into electric-car brand
Malaysian palm-oil firm raises $3.13 billion
Malaysian palm-oil company Felda Global Ventures raised $3.13 billion in the world's second-largest initial public offering this year.
DOE to rescue cash-strapped uranium enrichment project for $88 million
The Energy Department has reached a deal to rescue a uranium-enrichment development whose owner did not have the money to complete the project.
California grid hits first of what will be many record solar generation peaks this year
Last month Germany set a world record for the most solar energy production of any country. California is now setting its own records for solar production.
Argentina challenges Spain's biofuel rules at WTO
GENEVA, June 13 (Reuters) - Argentina is challenging Spain to explain a new biodiesel law that it says breaks World Trade Organization rules and will cost the South...
Nissan Leaf sales will hit new record in March, around 1,900 units
During a side session at the New York Auto Show today, José Muñoz, the senior vice president for sales and marketing, US and Canada, for Nissan, revealed that the Nissan...
GM ups investment in electric bus maker Proterra
General Motors' venture capital arm GM Ventures has invested for the second time in Proterra Inc, an electric bus maker. The Greenville, South Carolina company makes...
Tesla will sell 20,000 vehicles next year and 35,000 in 2014, says Musk
The Tesla Motors founder has never been conservative with his hopes for his electric-vehicle company, and he didn't disappoint at Tesla's recent annual shar
Nissan latest vehicle-to-grid Leaf test supplies peak-hour electricity
Nissan has started a trial program in Japan that involves a Leaf electric vehicle supplying power to a building during mid-afternoon peak electricity-usage periods, Green...
Tesla scores electric Mercedes-Benz deal
Tesla reported fourth quarter and full year earnings on Wednesday and in its shareholder's letter revealed that it has started a development program with Daimler to...
Baby Toyota Prius c toddles towards production
Toyota continues its diversification of the Prius line of hybrid vehicles (which currently comprises the Prius v, the Prius Plug-in, and, of course, the standard Prius)...
"Cambridge Crude" could hold promise for EV energy storage
Today's electric cars are handicapped by batteries that are heavy, expensive and a waste of space. Two-thirds of the volume of the battery in Nissan's Leaf...
GM ups Volt, Ampera production outlook
General Motors said Wednesday that it will make 60,000 Chevrolet Volt and Opel Ampera plug-in hybrids in 2012, up from its previously announced 45,000 production...
GM reports 326 Volts delivered in US in December, Nissan 19 LEAFs
GM reported the delivery of 326 Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicles in the US in December, while Nissan reported 19 battery-electric LEAFs. Each manufacturer...
Tesla stock down on threat of insider sell-off
Tesla Motors' (TSLA) stock is down 15 percent as of 2 PM ET to $25.45.The stock of the pioneering electric vehicle firm is tumbling because the market risks being...
Siemens launches lineup of residential, commercial charging stations
Siemens Energy, Inc.has launched a lineup of electric vehicle charging station that include residential, commercial and integrated smart grid systems equipped with...
A new entry in the electric car market: the Coda Sedan
As the American market for electric cars grows, a new competitor is ready to enter the fray. It's the 2011 Coda Sedan, the opening bid from fledgling Coda Automotive,...









