Electrovaya (TSX: EFL), a small Mississauga, Ont.-based battery maker, has partnered with oil giant Exxon Mobil to launch an electric car-sharing program. The venture is out of character for Exxon Mobil, which has long been derided by environmentalists for its global warming skepticism and commitment to a fossil fuel future, ...

The electric car has many barriers to adoption, the cost of the battery being a major one. California-based firm Better Place is proposing a solution: customers don't pay for the battery at all. Instead, they pay for electricity as they would minutes on a cell phone, or go to battery ...

Since Magna International founder and chairman Frank Stronach was in Ottawa yesterday announcing his intention to build electric cars in Canada (and perhaps scrounging for federal funds to help with the effort), I thought it appropriate to post a previously unpublished interview I did back in January with Ted Robertson, ...

Electric cars have a problem: current battery technology is too expensive to allow for widespread adoption. Better Place has a solution. The California-based company, founded in 2007, is proposing a radically different transportation model. Better Place essentially leases batteries. Customers pay for the cost of the electric vehicle minus the ...

U.S. President Barack Obama’s auto task force sent General Motors back to drawing board late last month to come up with another restructuring plan, with an emphasis on developing fuel-efficient vehicles.