The state of Washington is one of five states selected to participate in a 36 month study, funded by $100 million grant from the Department of Energy under the Economic Recovery Program. The state hopes to use some of the funds to eventually begin construction of an “electric car corridor” which could run from Eugene Oregon to Vancouver British Columbia.

If you've ever been around an electric car, one of the first things you notice is how quietly it runs. It has been suggested that perhaps electric cars are too quiet, and pose a safety hazard for hearing and seeing impaired pedestrians at crosswalks, or in parking lots.

California based advanced technology car maker Fisker Automotives is awareded $528 million Department of Energy loan to develop plug-in hybrid cars. The measure will help Fisker, which is Tesla's main rival, to create 5.000 jobs in total. Those jobs also will be saved in the domestic parts supplier companies. The first car will be called Fisker Karma, the second stage of the project will be called Fisker Nina.

The Frankfurt Auto Show was buzzing yesterday with the unveiling of cars with green technology. Auto manufacturers from around the world competed on Tuesday to show off their green machines. The popularity of this green car competition is timely considering the world is facing an environmental challenge.

GM this morning announced that its new Chevy Volt will get the U.S. drivers 230 miles per gallon, making it the first U.S. mass-produced car that will allow more than 100 miles per gallon. Chevy Volt will have 100 miles electrical efficiency in city cycle and plugging in daily will be key to high-mileage performance.

Chrysler, who recently announced closings of hundreds of dealerships across the United States, submitted a $448 million dollar plan to the U.S. Department of Energy for funding to develop electric and plug-in hybrid cars.

Thousands of small electric cars, scooters, bicycles and wheelchairs throughout Europe and Asia are powered by LifePO4 –- a material used in advanced lithium-ion batteries developed by Université de Montréal researchers.

Shanghai, April 27 (Gasgoo.com) Nearly 1,000 eco-friendly new-energy vehicles produced by SAIC Motors will help realize a 'green' Shanghai Expo in 2010, xinhuanet.com said today. These green cars will achieve zero emission in the world fair park and low emission around the park.

Earlier today Digg's Kevin Rose leaked the pictures of Tesla S car and the story spread all over the web. Keving Twitted about it but now there is a new development. Tesla called Rose.

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.