Ford is requiring dealerships selling its EVs to meet environmental and expertise guidelines as the Focus Electric appears in more showrooms.

Having endured a painful restructuring, Chrysler Group LLC is on the path towards recovery, and released its first ever sustainability report last week.

This week the Volvo announced a strategic partnership with Siemens to work on the development of electrical drive technology, charging technology, and battery management.

In an interview with the Financial Times, Jurgen Leohold, Volkswagen’s head of research, revealed that a new electric-powered, experimental car will be announced on September 8.

We may be celebrating the automobile industry’s turnaround–I for one, am willing to admit that I was wrong about the government “bailout” two years ago–and to that end, look what Plug-In America’s Dan Davids has to say:

Mitsubishi will continue its revitalization plan by launching eight plug-in and electric vehicles by 2015. This plan follows up on Mitsubishi’s 2009 rollout of the I-MiEV, a 5-door compact hatchback car that is currently sold in countries including Japan, the UK, and Australia.

Move About, a car sharing company based in Oslo Norway, has a role in the introduction of electric cars to the public. After all, the service that works like ZipCar or similar schemes here in the USA and Europe.

BMW announced this week that it will invest about US$560 million in electric vehicle manufacturing, with new vehicles ready by 2013–and they promise a complete revamp and rethink of what a car is. That Mini E trial will lead to a broader range of EVs after all.