The world’s largest oil refiner, Exxon Mobil, is helping to develop a revolutionary new battery technology, that could help light the way forward for all-electric vehicles. The oil company believes that it’s getting in on the ground floor of what could be the dominant transportation mode for the near future.

BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer said in an interview with German publication Auto Motor und Sport, that the automaker will make a decision this year as to whether or not it will move forward with plans for a battery powered car for the U.S. market.

Though it has been conspicuously absent from the hybrid vehicle market thus far, Nissan is planning to go all-out with a fully electric car in 2010. The EV will be tested with U.S. and Japanese fleet customers first, with plans to move the car into the retail market by 2012.

President Bush said that the U.S. must “get off oil

The Lightning Car Company said in June it planned to develop an all-electric British sports car. Well, now, it has dropped the wraps on its plan – the Lightning GT.

We'll admit it - we hadn't heard much about Norwegian EV-maker Think since its quagmire as a Ford-owned brand, but we were somewhat surprised to find the automaker's presence (albeit in an outdoor tent) at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show. Although the company continues to refine and manufacture the plastic-bodied City electric car, the big news at the show was the premiere of the company's five-door Ox concept.

Tesla Motors has decided to dispel the falsifications surrounding the release of its Roadster. Tesla vice president of sales, marketing, and service (and Winding Road reader) Darryl Siry has started a “Mythbusters

Two studies say that while plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) will cut U.S. gasoline use, mass-production of the autos will increase air pollution, according to USA Today.

Lotus Engineering has created a new Research and Development group dedicated to electric and hybrid vehicles.