A four-seater, bubble-shaped car made by Mitsubishi has become the first mass-market electric vehicle to go on sale in Japan. The zero-emission i-MiEV, which has until now only been available to businesses to buy, is fitted with a lithium-ion battery …

The makers of the Think electric car let our reporter drive it around — in a bubble to prove that there’s no exhaust. Recipients’ email addresses (Up to ten, separated by commas.) Is the electric car the future of transportation as we know it …

One of the biggest arguments against electric cars is that all those cars plugging in at the same time will overload our already beleaguered electric grid. And there might be some truth to that. When the flat screen television became popular almost …

Korean electric cars will be driving on China’s roads. Korean electric car manufacturer CT&T on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with China’s state-run Beijing Automotive Group and Korea’s SK Energy to form a joint venture to produce and …

The system would start with the all-electric Ford Focus compact car that is scheduled to go on sale late in 2011. Called “Microsoft Hohm,” it will allow … electric rates and loads on generating systems, said Derrick Kuzak, Ford’s global product …

… showrooms Thursday as the futuristic technology becomes more affordable amid a burgeoning price war. The four-seater bubble-shaped i-MiEV from Mitsubishi Motors, Japan’s fifth-biggest automaker, costs 2.8 million yen ($30,500) after government …

ZAGREB: Fancy electric cars are hardly the first thing that comes to mind when talking about Croatia. Ethnic wars of the 1990s or the booming tourism on its pristine Adriatic coast are the far more common associations. Yet a small Zagreb-based …

Proud i-MiEV buyer Chitoshi Okunuki, 72, placed an advance order at a higher … orders for its own electric car, the Leaf. “I’m so happy,” said Okunuki, who runs a convenience store, during a visit to a Mitsubishi showroom. “It’s so quiet …

Ford Motor Co. and Microsoft Corp. have signed a deal to work together on a computerized link between houses, electric cars and utility companies to help manage energy use. The companies said Wednesday at the New York International Auto Show that …

… showrooms Thursday as the futuristic technology becomes more affordable amid a burgeoning price war. The four-seater bubble-shaped i-MiEV from Mitsubishi Motors, Japan’s fifth-biggest automaker, costs 2.8 million yen ($30,500) after government …