VIDEO: Zap Alias causes Korean singing/dancing ka-raziness

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Zap , Asia ZAP Alias song & dance- Click above to watch video after the jump Move over hawt Volt dancers . Jump back Tesla dippin’ rappers

Renault-Nissan announces location of lithium battery plant in Portugal

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Manufacturing/Plants , Nissan , Renault Renault and Nissan made it known many months ago that they intended to build lithium ion battery plants in Europe to supply all of the electric vehicles that they will be introducing in the next several years. The first battery plant will be going to Portugal and will be located at an existing Renault complex 155 miles north of Lisbon. The plant will have an initial capacity of supplying packs for 50,000 vehicles a year from 2012.

REPORT: Audi e-tron sales to be limited to 1,000 units

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Audi Audi e-tron concept - Click above for high-res image gallery Audi may not be positioning itself as a ” green brand ,” but it’s still putting a rather big toe into the environmentally-friendly waters of electric sportscars with its R8 -based e-tron , which is reportedly headed for production in 2012. As a refresher - as if you needed one - the e-tron debuted as a concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September with some truly impressive statistics: four separate electric motors with 230 kW (313 horsepower) and 4,500 Nm (3,319.03 pound-feet) of torque ( sort of ), which is enough to push it to 62 mph in a mere 4.8 seconds. So, um…

REPORT: Suzuki ripe for takeover, VW and Renault-Nissan interested

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Nissan , Suzuki , Volkswagen , Renault According to the Nikkei in Japan and the Financial Times in the UK (via TTAC , which kindly assembled all the info in one place), Suzuki looks ripe for a takeover. Though the automaker is a serious player in its home market of Japan and in the burgeoning Indian market, its 2.36 million cars per year isn’t enough to compete with larger competitors on a global scale

Hopenhagen brings eco-cars to Denmark for climate change conference

Filed under: Biodiesel , EV/Plug-in , Legislation and Policy , Th!nk (Think) The COP 15 Copenhagen United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 kicks off this today in Copenhagen, and all of those delegates and personnel need to get around somehow. Auto companies from around the world are providing vehicles for the event, including 15 Think City EVs, 60 Citroen C1 ev’ie electric cars , a Mercedes Benz E-Class sedan running on pure biodiesel provided by Solazyme , a fleet of Honda Insights and at least on Honda FCX Clarity.

BREAKING: GM invests $336 million into Detroit plant to build Volt

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Manufacturing/Plants , Chevrolet , GM 2011 Chevrolet Volt - Click above for high-res image gallery The production of the Chevrolet Volt marks an important transition for General Motors. It marks the first plug-in electric drive vehicle that the automaker is building for sale to anyone that wants one

Copenhagen to host FIM Ride Green Eco Enduro [w/VIDEO]

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , On Two Wheels , Europe/EU , Racing As most of you probably know, the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15) is kicking off in Copenhagen this week to tackle our planet-size environmental problem. With the stakes literally sky high and a tone as serious as a myocardial infarction , what better time and place to hold a multi-day Enduro motocross racing event? None apparently, as the FIM Ride Green Eco Enduro gets geared up to add some life to the proceedings and demonstrate that reducing CO 2 emissions doesn’t mean that fun can’t be had

Chevy Spark gets driven in Europe, could use some more spark

Filed under: Chevrolet 2010 Chevrolet Spark - click above for high-res image gallery The new Chevy Spark could be the smallest model ever offered by General Motors in North America if the company follows through with plans to bring it here in 2011. Given the continuing upheavals at the tubes, and the questions about the micro-car segment in the U.S., this one is anything but certain. Nonetheless, the Spark is now on sale in other parts of the world and the folks at the UK’s Channel 4 recently had the opportunity to drive it

Governors’ Biofuels Coalition wants E15 waiver decision sooner rather than later

Filed under: Ethanol , Legislation and Policy , USA The big news in ethanol circles is the current debate over whether or not to raise the amount of the biofuel in the national gasoline supply from a maximum of 10 percent to 15.

Alain Prost and son team up for first all-electric ice-racing series

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Europe/EU , Racing The Trophée Andros kicks off its 21st season of ice-racing this weekend at Val Thorens in the French Alps featuring its first all-electric series, the appropriately-named Trophée Andros Electrique. You may remember they’ve been trying out battery-powered vehicles the past couple years, but this time the effort begins in earnest with 8 cars, built by accomplished motorsport constructor Exagon Engineering , taking their place on the starting grid

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