It looks like a 2009 Smart ForTwo, it’s made in China, it only goes 40 miles on its batteries, and it has a dopey name. So why should you care about the Wheego Whip? Our colleague Rex Roy has just published his full review of the 2009 Wheego Whip, but we thought a little context [...]

The rise of the lead acid battery may not be far off as several companies are working on ways to reinvent the old standby battery.  The downside to this battery type being weight and discharge and recharge cycle, the upside being low costs. What if a company could find a way to cut down on [...]

We spend a lot of time in front of the feedreader here at the global command center of Green Car Reports. A lot. But on weekends we tend to tinker. And our heart leaps every time our mechanic pal Arthur calls and says, “Hey, you wanna go visit that junkyard that has hundreds of old [...]

In an effort to prove to disbelievers that hybrid and electric cars are indeed safe and more specifically that the batteries within would not cause environmental issues, BYD’s CEO Wang Chuan-Fu actually drank battery fluid from a lithium ion battery manufactured by the company. Most people associate batteries with the caustic, explosive and highly dangerous [...]