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Detroit Electric update: can the all-electric car with no connection to Detroit succeed?

A mix of good and bad news about the Detroit Electric revival story. The good news is that the brand remains alive and sending messages of solid partnership between Malaysian company Proton and European investors. Automotive News believes that the brand would have a large following among European and Asian customers for its all-electric vehicles. However, problems might arise in the U.S. when the company's EVs - a $25,000 model with a 110-mile range and a 200-mile version for $33,000 - go on sale here. The problem is that the Detroit Electrics ... Read more →

Detroit Electric looking for 150 U.S. dealers Sebastian Blanco

The revived Detroit Electric brand is getting its ducks in a row to perform that rare act of building and selling highway speed electric vehicles in the U.S. According to AllCarsElectric (which ...

Detroit Electric signs deal with Proton, plans 2 new electric cars Jeremy Korzeniewski

Last September, the revived Detroit Electric brand announced in Malaysia that it planned to produce a new line of electric vehicles by the end of 2009. At the time, nothing was official, but the ...

Detroit Electric goes Dutch with Europe Electric cars and Proton Domenick Yoney

After showing practically no signs of life since being revived in a joint venture between Zap! and Youngman Automotive Group last February and officially striking out on its own less than a week ago, ...

Proton beefs up GEN-2 with dual-fuel capability Sebastian Blanco

click to enlarge The whole point of what're called "alternative fuels" is that they offer a driver something other than gasoline to put into the tank. With that in mind, it makes sense that Proton is ...

Proton looking to offer a hybrid in 2 to 3 years 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Proton, the Malaysian state-owned automaker which also owns Lotus, is currently working on a hybrid vehicle which it hopes to bring to market in two to three years. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has already driven the car, and he's pushing Proton to get it ready as quickly as possible. Datuk ...

Detroit Electric to aid Proton get powered by electrons 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Malaysian government has given the green light to national car maker Proton to begin "in-depth validation and testing" of electric cars. The announcement came after the Cabinet Committee on Inflation received a briefing on the role e-cars can have in reducing the consumption of petrol and ...

Friday Humor: Helping you picture the hydrogen atom 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Have you ever gone to a science fair, like when you were in school, and saw one of those models of the solar system? Those are usually not to scale, because if they were, certain items like the moon and pluto would just be too small to be practical. Either that, or things like the sun would be too ...

Cobasys supplies the battery pack for the Lotus EVE hybrid demonstrator 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the photo for a gallery of high-res images of the Lotus EVE demonstrator Just before the Geneva Motor Show, Lotus unveiled a new hybrid technology demonstration vehicle called EVE (efficient, viable and environmental), based on a Proton Gen2. The battery pack for EVE was supplied by nickel ...

Is Lotus for sale? Will Spyker purchase them? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

News has been flying around here regarding Lotus designing and collaborating with other companies like Tesla and ZAP for the last few months. Lotus is known for their ability to do research and development work for other companies, and then assist them with the manufacturing of major components. ...

Geneva Motor Show: Lotus unveils EVE Hybrid technology demonstrator 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the photo for a high-gallery of images of the EVE hybrid demonstrator Lotus Engineering and their main shareholder Proton have collaborated on a new hybrid technology demonstrator for the Geneva Motor Show called the EVE Hybrid (Efficient, Viable, Environmental). The intent was to ...

Proton Savvy gets 55.76 mpg in Malaysian economy run 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

A Proton Savvy used just 1.66 tanks of gas to cover a little over 1,000 miles in a journey across . That run set a national fuel economy record for a standard showroom vehicle above 1,000cc. The vehicle recorded fuel economy of 4.218 liter per 100km, which equates to 55.76mpg. The Savvy is powered ...

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