Will Barack Obama's call for one million electric vehicles on American roads by 2015 be realized? Some predict there could be as many as 14 million on the road by 2020.
Starting in 2011, Hertz will be adding EVs to all of their locations around the globe. The gas-free cars that will first be available will be the Nissan Leaf, Smart EV (a.k.a.: the Smart Car), Mitsubishi i-Miev, Coda Sedan and the Tesla Roadster.
Ford had just announced the twenty cities fortunate enough to be the first acquire the all-electric, zero emissions Focus Electric when it hits the market late next year. It can travel 100 miles on a full charge and leaves zero CO2 emissions in its wake.
They're starting development on some all-electric sports cars, have just gotten the green light to start production on their plug-in hybrid 918 Spyder concept car, and are starting production on two new hybrid vehicles.
Having just unveiled their new vehicle, that runs entirely on electricity, The Leaf, Nissan is planning a stop in Orlando later this month to let consumers see this electric wonder firsthand.