Northern Lights Energy has signed a deal with Bangalore-based REVA Electric Car co. for the exclusive rights to distribute REVA electric car models in Iceland.

Remember we talked about the Ajantav Oreva electric car several months back? They are back in the news.

In the middle of all the noise about the Chevrolet Cruze, we missed this story.  It now seems that the electric version of the Chevrolet Spark which General Motors is planning to launch in association with the Reva electric car company, will be named the Chevrolet Spark Electra.

As part of a strategy to develop small cars that run on alternative fuel technology, Maruti Suzuki is working on rolling out electric cars and compressed natural gas (CNG) variants for three or four of its models, Business Standard has reported.

Quite a few sites have published stories about upcoming electric and hybrid cars from Maruti Suzuki.  Let's try to make some sense of what we can expect.

The next generation electric car from Reva will debut in India in May this year. The Bangalore-based electric car maker is expected to roll out the new vehicle which will be powered by a Lithium Ion battery pack.

Indian roads will see yet another electric car - this time from a large car maker.

Twelve years is a long time. Since 96 when GM introduced an electric car that failed in the market despite a dedicated fan following, much water has flowed under the bridge.

Electric vehicles company Reva will be debuting its Reva Lithium-Ion vehicle soon.

MTNL (Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited) has acquired a fleet of Reva electric cars for their technicians.

Auto major Tata Motors will take its electric Indica - the Indica EV - to Norway next year. The car will be launched in India a year later.

Oreva Super, India's smallest electric car in the pipeline, is poised to give serious competition to the Tata Nano. Oreva Super e-car, that is manufactured by electric bike maker Ajanta Group, will be priced between Rs 85,000 - Rs 1 lakh making it the cheapest small car in India.

A step up from the Oreva brand of electric scooters, the Ajanta Group is said to be fast racing toward launch of its small electric car. Significantly, the car which also has its manufacturing base in Gujarat, as is the case with the Tata Nano, is also expected to sell for Rs 1 lakh.

Hopping on to the e-car bandwagon, India’s own Tata Motors has brought out two electric vehicles.

The driving force behind electric cars in India is the high cost of fuel - much higher than US. Not any love for the environment. Well, whatever is the reason, electric cars pollute much less (especially if the electricity is produced from hydro-electric projects) and cost a lot less to run.