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Tesla electric-car tax credits, Pininfarina electric-car brand, and best deals on green cars: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Tesla is the first automaker to reach the 200,000-car limit for federal electric-car tax credits. Pininfarina plans for a new line of exotic electric cars. All of this and more on Green Car Reports. Tesla delivered its 200,000th car this past week, which means the.

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Storied Pininfarina to launch new line of exotic electric cars

Green Car Reports

That hasn't changed, but one thing has: those cars' buyers are no longer inspired by pounding pistons and roaring exhaust. Going electric is now a minimum entry point, says Michael Perscke, CEO of Automobili Pininfarina, a new electric.

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Pininfarina Unveils Nido EV Prototype

Green Car Congress

Leading automotive design group Pininfarina unveiled the Nido EV, the first running prototype of the “Nido Development Program”, the project for an electric car conceived, designed and built entirely by the Pininfarina Style and Engineering Centre of Cambiano (Turin). Pininfarina CEO Silvio Pietro Angori.

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Pininfarina/Bolloré BLUECAR EV Shown at Geneva

Green Car Congress

Pininfarina and Bolloré, which set up a 50-50 joint venture at the beginning of 2008 with the purpose of designing, developing, manufacturing and distributing an electric car, displayed the latest version of the Pininfarina BLUECAR at the Geneva Motor Show on the Véhicules Électriques Pininfarina-Bolloré stand.

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VinFast Enters Europe, Austrian Post Ditches Fossil Fuels — EV News Today

CleanTechnica EVs

Electric Cars, Vans, and Aircraft VinFast and Pininfarina detail VF 8 and VF 9 designs VinFast signs memorandum of understanding with LeasePlan for customer leasing options in Europe Opel […]. The EV news hose keeps flowing. Below are some hot EV news stories — and a few opinion pieces — from the past few days.

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Pininfarina BlueCar Makes Debut In Paris Rental Scheme

Green Car Reports

Whether electric cars are suitable for the wider market yet is still a topic undergoing heated debate, but several companies have found a use to which they're very much suited - inner city rental.

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Hybrid Kinetic H600 microturbine range-extended electric vehicle concept runs 0-100 km/h in 2.9 seconds

Green Car Congress

At the Geneva Auto Show, the China-based Hybrid Kinetic group unveiled the H600 microturbine range-extended electric vehicle sedan concept, produced together with its vehicle design and engineering partner, Pininfarina. Pininfarina and Cambiano project.