Batteries for plug-in cars may soon be controlled by Toshiba electronics.

This is the case given that Toshiba Corporation has just recently announced it will launch a lithium-ion battery monitor chipset for such automotive applications.

The 2013 Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra 2500 HD bi-fuel pickup trucks begin are now in full production

The 2013 Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra 2500 HD bi-fuel pickup trucks are now in full production at the Fort Wayne, Ind., plant.

1.2-liter Chevy Spark engine.

The size of engines offered in new cars is downsizing and this tendency is confirmed by the recently unveiled list of nominees for the 19th annual Ward’s 10 Best Engines competition.

Nissan disappointing drop in sales of electric vehicles

Speaking at the mid-term results press conference at Nissan’s headquarters in Yokohama recently, the company’s Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga said he was “disappointed and frustrated” by lackluster sales of electric vehicles in general and the Leaf in particular.

Hybrid Jaguar won a reward “Most Energy Efficient Luxury Car Prototype”

Jaguar’s experimental plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) is proving itself in real world competition. The British brand’s XJ_e experimental plug-in hybrid won “Most Energy Efficient Luxury Car Prototype” and “Technical Panel’s Award of Merit” at the third-annual RAC Future Car Challenge.

Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) is on a roll sales-wise, and hybrids represent a growing percentage of this action. Canadian hybrid sales represented 7.5 percent of Toyota sales

Developments of the Michigan university in regard to EV Component

It is easy to believe that any EV battery and components progress we will see will come from China, especially when considering the issues companies like A123 Systems are going through. But it could be that nothing is further from the truth.

PEV sales in the United States should reach nearly 48,000 units in 2012

Assembly lines in Japan and the United States produced during 2011 more than 20,000 plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) – which include battery-electric vehicles (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) – an all-time record these modes of transportation.