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Imagine a car whose body also serves as a rechargeable battery - a battery that stores braking energy while you drive and that also stores energy when you plug in the car overnight to recharge. A project is currently underway to turn this from a fascinating vision into a reality, and Volvo Cars is one out of nine participants in an international materials development project.

Nissan tells us that the future of driving is coming to a dealer near you this month. The Nissan Leaf is a new electric car which the Japanese maker says is the world’s first affordable, mass produced zero-emission car.

The all-electric, zero emission Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle will be used throughout Ireland to support the planning and implementation of the ESB nationwide charging infrastructure.

A new report from the United States maintains that the automotive industry will reach a turning point during 2010 as it begins a gradual transition away from the internal combustion engine and towards electrification.

The Government, the ESB, and the Renault-Nissan Alliance has announced a comprehensive partnership to position Ireland as a European leader in electric transport.

Switching to electric cars makes economic, as well as environmental, sense, there is no vehicle registration tax to be paid on such cars, no carbon emissions, and they are cheaper to run.

Switching to electric cars makes economic, as well as environmental, sense, there is no vehicle registration tax to be paid on such cars, no carbon emissions, and they are cheaper to run.

Switching to electric cars makes economic, as well as environmental, sense, there is no vehicle registration tax to be paid on such cars, no carbon emissions, and they are cheaper to run.

Pictured arriving at Dublin Port this week is a Mitsubishi i-MiEV, the first electric vehicle from a mainstream manufacturer to be registered in Ireland. It is positive proof that EVs are no longer in the distant future, and 143 more Mitsubishi i-MIEVs will arrive in Ireland this June.

Pictured arriving at Dublin Port this week is a Mitsubishi i-MiEV, the first Electric Vehicle (EV) from a mainstream manufacturer to be registered in Ireland and proof positive that EV’s are no longer in the distant future.