Despite reports to the contrary, Telsa Motors says that it will not use any Ford running gear in its WhiteStar project all-electric four-door sedan. There have been several reports that suggested that Tesla’s WhiteStar project will use Ford’s CD3 platform as the basis for the sedan. The CD3 platform underpins the Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, […]

General Motors Vice Chairman and global product chief Bob Lutz told reporters at the Geneva Motor Show that the automaker is targeting a production version of its Chevrolet Volt electric concept car in 2010.
“We have set an internal target of production in 2010. Whether we can make that or not, this is still kind of […]

Tesla has released three videos of its all-electric Tesla Roasdster during cold weather testing in northern Sweden. The first two videos show the Roadster drifting on snow and ice. The third video shows the Roadster performing a simple braking test on a half ice/half snow surface.
Videos after the jump.
## Source: Tesla Motors ##

Tesla Motors officially opened its Michigan Technical Center in Rochester Hills on Friday. The new facility will focus on research & development for future Tesla products, starting with a four-door electric sports sedan to be built by the Silicon Valley-based company. That project, named “WhiteStar,” will be a four door, five-passenger, lightweight, high-performance sedan planned […]

Silicon Valley-based electric car maker Tesla Motors is opening an engineering center in Rochester Hills, MI. Telsa CEO Martin Eberhard has said that the company has already hired a dozen engineers for the new technical center.
In an interview with the Oakland Press, Eberhard said the Rochester Hills staff is focused on Tesla’s “White Star” program […]

Earlier this week, General Motors unveiled the Chevrolet Volt Concept, its newest electric car concept, at the Detroit Auto Show. The Volt concept features GM’s latest plug-in technology and runs solely on electricity to power the wheels.
The Chevrolet Volt concept could nearly eliminate going to the gas station with little or no sacrifice in performance. […]

Honda announced at the Detroit Auto Show that it is considering development of a plug-in electric hybrid vehicle.
Plug-in hybrids allow owners to recharge vehicles at home and will run entirely on electricity for longer periods of time than current hybrids. General Motors unveiled a plug-in hybrid — the Chevrolet Volt — at the Detroit Auto […]

General Motors today unveiled its newest electric vehicle concept, the Chevrolet Volt, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The Chevrolet Volt Concept is powered by the E-flex System — GM’s next-generation electric propulsion system.
The Volt is powered by 161-hp electric motor connected to the front wheels, with a 16 kWh capacity lithium-ion […]

Nissan Motor Co. today announced its broad “Nissan Green Program 2010″ environmental action plan. As part of the plan, Nissan announced that it will develop a hybrid car using its own technology, which will be sold sometime in the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2010. The new hybrid will be sold in the United States […]

TH!NK, the electric city car project bought by Ford then victim of the automaker’s cost-cutting, will return with a new design and improved usability. The Norwegian city car was the electric answer to the smart fortwo. Despite being dumped by Ford in a cost-cutting move, TH!NK is preparing for a future. The original team has […]