Think of it as the end of cars’ slacker days: No more sitting idle for hours in parking lots or garages racking up payments, but instead earning their keep by providing power to the electricity grid.

China's first electric car using solar energy for compensatory power has been successfully developed by an Anhui high-tech company and the car made its debut in the provincial capital of Heifei on August 29, reported Auto Weekly today.

With four or five years of efforts, there will be at least one million new-energy vehicles to be produced in China by 2010, accounting for 10% of the country's total auto output that year, a technology official in China said recently, as reported by state media today.

Electric Vehicles of America says it is possible to convert your gasoline powered car to turn it to be electric powered. It lists car shops were you can go and convert your car to be electric powered.

This news is published on the website of senator Evan Bayh's website on July 16, but it's very relevant today as his energy view is very similar to what Barack Obama said yesterday on radio about energy and electric batteries powering around 1 million cars in USA, thus taking off the pressure from gasoline powered cars and prices.

El Pollo Loco Rolls Out ZAP Electric Cars for Local Deliveries.

“GEM vehicles help take the sting out of today’s high fuel prices, because they get the equivalent of 150 mpg” says Rick Kasper, President and COO of Global Electric Motorcars, manufacturer of GEM cars, adding, “With gas at over $4 a gallon in most parts of the country, I’m not surprised that we’ve achieved our best May sales performance to date. GEM cars are a practical alternative to traditional gas-powered cars, especially for short trips.”

At the Detroit Auto Show earlier this year, U.S. automaker General Motors introduced the Chevrolet Volt concept car, its long-awaited, "extended range electric" vehicle. GM would like to sell the car to consumers soon. But there is one hitch. The technology that makes it work doesn't exist yet.

REVA-i, India's first electric car was launched on Wednesday, 25th June, 2008 after years of research.

As gas prices hit new record highs, an entrepreneurial mother has bought a golf cart business (Golf Carts of Lincoln) and transformed it into an electric car dealership in Rocklin, California called Electric Car Living. On May 30th and 31st she is introducing a new affordable electric car design called the ZAP (OTCBB: ZAAP) Xebra. The event is Friday from 3pm to 7pm and Saturday from 11am to 3pm.

Mitsubishi Motors Corp is testing US reaction to an all-electric car, the four-door iMiEV that can run for 80 miles on a full charge at this week's New York International Auto Show.

Eco-minded drivers in drought-prone states take note: A new study concludes that producing electricity for hybrid and fully electric vehicles could sharply increase water consumption in the United States.