Around this time next year, General Motorswill unveil its first all-electric car since the EV-1.
The authors do not analyse individual countries, but Majeau-Bettez estimates that the global warming impact of an EV car driven in the UK is about 10% better over its life cycle than that of a car with an internal combustion engine.
And in one of the most interesting automotive stories from the past week, the world's first 3D-printed car -- the Areion EV-- reached a top speed of 141 kph.
Designed by SRI, SRD and EV West, the car produces 535 HP and 750 ft-lbs of torque.
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In India, Mahindra is partnering with Korean car maker SsangYong to build out its EV platform.
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"The Chevrolet Spark EV is a great city car which blends technology, functionality and style in an unexpected package" said Cristi Landy, director of Chevrolet small and electrified vehicle marketing.
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The motor and other driveline parts for the Spark EV are made in Baltimore, but the car is assembled in South Korea along with the gasoline version.
For years, EV boosters have mulled the possibility of all those car batteries being used to store energy.
One of those is ECOtality, which manages the EV Project, an initiative to get the electric car movement reborn.
Fiat's famed little car, the Cinquecento, is going to be hitting the US in a new EV configuration in 2012, in spite of the fact it'll be causing a ding to the company's bottom line.
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While GM gave up on the car, AeroVironment kept up its electric vehicle research and development and has been offering EV charging and testing equipment and services to automakers as well as selling a line of chargers for heavy-duty electric forklifts.
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While we've got plenty of eye-candy of the diminutive EV in our gallery below, allow us to first regale you with the car's specs.
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An electric version of the iQ city car will arrive in Japan (as the eQ) and the US (as the iQ EV) this December, but the automaker is significantly scaling back its 2010 promises of several thousand cars sold per year to just 100 fleet-oriented vehicles.
ENGADGET: Toyota plans dialed-back launch of eQ and iQ EV city cars in December
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