Environment on Earth

It will be years before demand for hybrid cars in the United States and Europe is big enough for battery manufacturers to make money from that business, but electric cars are nevertheless poised to dominate the market for greener vehicles, the world’s largest car battery maker said.Johnson Controls Inc’s hybrid battery business will be profitable […]

Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) plans to set up as many as 200 recharging stations for electric cars around the Japanese capital next year, the Nikkei business daily reported.
But a TEPCO spokesman denied the report and said: “While it is not wrong that TEPCO has completed demonstration tests for devices that charge batteries, we do […]

 BMW has announced plans to sell all-electric versions of its popular Mini car in the U.S., starting from summer 2009.
Mini USA Vice President, Jim McDowell, said that the company is still deciding whether to sell or lease the vehicles. He remained tight-lipped over exactly where in the country the cars will be available, and declined […]