Clean-running natural gas vehicles played an important part in the alternative fuels arena before electric cars captured all the attention, especially at Honda.
Clean-running natural gas vehicles played an important part in the alternative fuels arena before electric cars captured all the attention, especially at Honda.
In 1994, we published this special report on the attempts to overturn California’s ZEV Mandate. Momentum in those early years led us to the EVs of today.
Electric minivans have always seemed a logical application of zero-emission technology. Chrysler explored this in the 1990s with its EPIC minivan.
Energy Conversion Devices believed that hydrogen and solar could one day power the world. Its hydrogen Prius provided a high-profile example of its vision.
Volvo offered a strategically different take on electric vehicles with its series hybrid Environmental Concept Car that used a turbine-hybrid powerplant.
The idea of an electric microbus isn’t new with the VW’s I.D. Buzz. Volkswagen showed its intentions back in 2007 with its Space Up! Blue electric concept.
Subaru is not one of the brands that springs to mind when talking electrification in the auto industry. That’s now changing as the marque seeks to embrace an electrified future. Here’s a look back at Subaru’s efforts 17 years ago.
Battery safety is a big concern today. In earlier years, one of the most serious incidents wasn’t a fire, but a toxic chemical cloud from an EV’s battery.
Back in 2004, Mazda fielded its innovative RX-8 RE, a developmental rotary engine sports car that would drive on either hydrogen or gasoline fuel.
There was a time in the 1990s when Dodge was big on electrification. After a decade-long break, there was this surprising Dodge EV prototype unveiled in 2008.
The circa-1990s Pininfarina Ethos working concept aimed to demonstrate how an efficient two-stroke powered sports car could achieve near-zero emissions.
In 2004, one of the auto industry’s most storied leaders, Lee Iacocca, sat with Green Car Journal to discuss electrification, boomers, and Detroit vs. Japan.
Many exotic electric vehicle battery technologies were tried over the years, including the ’hot’ sodium-sulfur battery in the Ford Ecostar.
Inductive charging is being explored today as a convenient way to energize EV batteries. It has its beginnings more than 28 years ago at GM’s Hughes Aircraft.
The GM Impact’s 1990 L.A. debut was a tough act to follow. Tokyo R&D offered its own answer with the IZA electric car shown at the 1991 Tokyo Motor Show.
The Nissan Altra EV introduced the first use of advanced lithium-ion automotive batteries in 2008, setting a new direction for modern EVs.