
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, SMART, Spy Shots
Smart, the German-born automaker that revived the stagnant microcar market in the first place, has seen itself fall behind in the city car wars with Toyota's oh-so-clever iQ taking the top spot with its extra space [...]
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, SMART
The next-generation Smart Ed, which just started production in France this week, is out and about on the streets of Berlin being filmed for some sort of promotional video, we think. Treehugger spotted the little all-electric city car zipping around [...]Renault will produce the electric version of Fluence (earlier post) at the OYAK-Renault Bursa plant in Turkey. Production will start in the first half of 2011.
Renault has now revealed the four production sites for its future EV range. (Earlier post.) The city car previewed by Zoé Z.E. [...]
Citroën will launch its electric city car, the C-ZERO, developed in collaboration with Mitsubishi Motors Corporation from the i MiEV, in the fourth quarter of 2010. C-ZERO is Citroën’s second electric vehicle alongside Berlingo First Electric, developed with Venturi. In [...]

Filed under: Budget, Plants/Manufacturing, Technology, Hatchback, UK, Alternative Fuel

Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in
The UK-backed Technology Strategy Board is investing £4.5 million (US$$7.5 million) in a new £9-million research and development project that [...]
Renault will produce its future zero-emission electric city car at the Flins plant in the Paris region. Zoé Z.E. Concept, presented at the Frankfurt Motor Show (earlier post), is a forerunner of this new vehicle.
The Zoé Z.E. Concept. Click to enlarge.Renault said it chose [...]