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The other new variant of the Hyundai Elantra is the five-door hatchback Elantra GT. The Elantra GT is based on the Hyundai i30 sold in Europe. Hyundai intends it to compete with the Ford Focus, Mazda3 and Volkswagen Golf. The Elantra GT will be on...

Electric cars sales have become a reality at Citroën as the French brand has started receiving orders for its two first EV cars: the C-Zero and the Berlingo First Electric. Citroën has already received approximately 1200 orders, 400 of t...

It’s here to stay

Earlier this year I drove what is probably the car of 2012: Toyota’s GT86. It’s bloody fantastic but one element in particular made me wonder…steering feel. The day before the GT86 arrived on the drive, and then failed to le...

Skoda has a test fleet of 10 electric Octavia Combis in Mladà Boleslav in the Czech Republic. This Octavia is the first pure electric vehicle made by Skoda, and it is in testing to gain knowledge about one day making a production versi...

  In a move that seems entirely obvious, Smart will be putting an electric motor in the Smart Fortwo. Mercedes-Benz says that the electric car will retail for less than €16,000 in Germany, but the battery rental costs about €60 a mont...

Smart has confirmed that it will bring its eScooter to market in 2014. It first showed the electrically-driven scooter during the 2010 Paris Motor Show.  “The decision in favor of the eScooter has been made. With this step, we are a...

While the US arm of Infiniti is busy showing off new cars today, in Europe it is looking forward a few months to March 2012 where at the Geneva Auto Show, Infiniti will debut a new electric sports car concept with a range extender.  ...

Electric vehicle chargers are poised to become a $1.27 billion industry in Europe by 2020 according to Pike Research.  Currently a spider's web of laws and differing standards make electric vehicle charging in Europe complicated and m...

Formatted and completed text.A study specially made for Friends of the Earth Europe, Greenpeace, Transport & Environment (T&E) and WWF Germany has concluded that electric cars won’t be real ‘zero emission’ vehicles the de...

Electrified car annual sales estimated to grow 40% by 2020

Forecasted electrified car sales, meaning all types of hybrids and EVs, are forecasted to grow 40% annually by 2020, which will be roughly 3.8 million electrified cars a year worldwide, according to Pike Research. However, sales of pure EVs are no...