Brisbane City Council has given Tesla the green light to open an electric car dealership showroom in conjunction with other luxury car dealers in Brisbane’s inner-city.

Free public solar powered chargers for electric vehicles have been installed at two University of Queensland campuses in a bid to kick-start Queensland’s lagging electric vehicle uptake, Energy Minister Mark Bailey says.

Volta Charging, a start-up that is slowly yet surely making its mark in the electric car industry, is persuading big brands to sponsor its electric car chargers**.

When people say electric vehicles will take the lead in the car industry by 2030, the common public reaction is doubt for several reasons- however this now may change.

The growing success of electric car sharing scheme Autolib in Paris has inspired London to follow in suit. Since 2007, the city of Paris has had a bike sharing scheme known as Velib, which is run to this day by the Bolloré industrial group.

President Obama’s hopes to have 1 million electric cars on the roads by the end of this year are looking more dismal as the days go on.

Kansas City is ahead of the pack with an ambitious renewable energy action plan. The city has implemented an enormous project of electric cars installations to be rolled out around the city by the end of 2015.

Stevens Creek BMW has taken advantage of steadily increasing electric-car sales in California and opened the first BMW full-service standalone facility. Although the country has recently seen an increasing number of electric cars on their roads, they are still a rarity in most areas of North America, and the rest of the world.

Speculation about Apple entering the electric car market is nothing new the technology industry. Rumours have ranged from an actual Apple Vehicle to a rival Tesla-like battery system.

The combined efforts of car makers, advocacy groups and governments around the world has seen the first Electric Cars garner success just four years after being released to the market.

Elon Musk, CEO and founder of Tesla has confirmed that the Tesla Model 3 is set to be revealed in 2016 and launched in 2017. Musk states that this Tesla car is estimated to be released as early as March 2016 but without any promises.

Staples continues to improve energy efficiency by increasing the company’s use of developing renewable energy sources to power operations. Such actions are bound to drastically cut their electricity bill while at the same time reducing their carbon footprint.

Suddenly the electric car wheels in Australia have stopped running. Some sections of the media may have been seduced by the marketing hype in the past but most Australian buyers are pragmatic.

Renowned for creating the world’s foremost luxury, high-performance electric vehicle, Elon Musk is at it again, this time with his highly innovative solar energy battery system that is poised to have significant on the world of renewable power.

In a move that is surprising many within the industry, Mitsubishi Motors have slashed more than $6,000 off the retail price of their 2014 all-electric i-MiEV model.

Shares of BYD Co. plunged as much as 47% last December 2014 however an executive defended the company’s business prospects saying their operations are still normal.

As electric vehicles from motor manufacturers such as Tesla are becoming more and more commonplace in the United States, utility companies are doing their best to make their cost and operation as affordable as possible.

Tesla Motors last week revealed a new fleet of solar-powered, public charging stations for their enviro-conscious American customers. The all-electric car manufacturer has set up six charging stations alongside Californian freeways to help drivers of the Model S sedan complete long-distance journeys.