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0Officially Official: Tesla inks $60M Toyota deal to supply components for RAV4 EV 1287064860
Toyota RAV4 – Click above for high-res image galleryIn a regulatory filing submitted on Wednesday, Tesla Motors revealed that it has signed a $60 million contract with Toyota to develop electric powertrain components for a battery-powered RAV4. This agreement states that Tesla will develop ... -
LA Preview: Toyota/Tesla RAV4 EV on display; affordable PHEV Prius will arrive in mid-2012 1284476220
Toyota RAV4 – Click above for high-res image galleryIt's been just two short months since we learned that Toyota and Tesla would be working together on an updated all-electric RAV4. Now, direct from Toyota's official Twitter feed comes this news nugget:Toyota and Tesla will debut the ... -
Rumor: Toyota's Bill Reinert goes from Tesla skeptic to RAV4 EV manager 1281132180
The recent electric car tie-up between Tesla Motors and Toyota might be driving one person crazy. He's Bill Reinert, a good guy who's awesomely outspoken. We've tried to get Reinert's personal views on the matter directly, to no avail, but we can put together some of Reinert's quotes to try and ... -
Thoughts on the Toyota/Tesla RAV4 EV from old-school RAV4 EV drivers (also, is Honda next?) 1279310160
Toyota RAV4 – Click above for high-res image galleryUntil this week, the RAV4 EVs of the world were kept alive thanks mostly to the work of the people in Plug In America, some of whom are still driving the all-electric SUVs that were built a decade ago. Today, Toyota and Tesla officially ... -
BREAKING: Tesla and Toyota to develop RAV4 EV, hope to launch in 2012 1279292340
Toyota RAV4 – Click above for high-res image galleryToyota and Tesla have officially announced that the electric prototypes being developed by the California startup are based on the RAV4 crossover, and the two companies hope to have a production version ready by 2012. When we sat down ... -
Those two mystery Tesla prototypes for Toyota? Bloomberg says RAV4 and Lexus RX 1279022460
Toyota has several fingers in a few electric pies. There's the electric car it's working on in-house, in conjunction with Panasonic, using proprietary technology. Then there are two mash-up prototypes that Tesla is building for Toyota, which according to Bloomberg include an electric RAV4 and ...
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Daily Mail columnist goes off (the deep end) criticizing electric cars 1276800960
Back in the early 2000s, when the first-generation modern electric vehicles (EVs) were available in limited quantities in places like California, most automakers were skeptical of their own technology and so took the EVs back after the leases ran out, crushing them and creating a lot of ill will in ...
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DC 2010: EVA/DC displays tasty home-brewed electric car collection *UPDATE 1264721520
EVA/DC booth at EDTA 2010 – Click above for a high-res image galleryWhat you're looking at in the picture above is not an early Aptera prototype. Nope. What this is, is the Solar Aztec, an old solar race car built by MIT that the members of the Electric Vehicle Association of Greater ... -
Cleaner, sub-160g/km CO2 Toyota RAV-4 joins the Optimal Drive family 1242907320
Toyota RAV-4 - Click above for a full galleryLike other automakers in the European market, Toyota has created a green label to identify its models that produces the least CO2. This usually means a base engine underhood with a few improvements such as low-rolling resistance tires, low-viscosity ... -
Tom Hanks, electric vehicle enthusiast, loves his RAV4 EV 1242431400
A few years ago, a video of Tom Hanks excitedly talking up his electric Scion xB (aka eBox, which he got first) made the rounds. All Hanks' Hollywood money means that he can drive and be excited about not just one, but multiple electric cars. Hanks recently went on the record to discuss his EV ...

