Pininfarina / Bollore electric car project stays on the road (1)
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in, European Union, Paris Motor ShowThe Pininfarina / Bollore electric car project was said to be "going as planned" despite the tragic death of Andrea Pininfarina. who was overseeing the operation around which the Italian design company was being financially restructured. Addressing a press conference, Bollore head Vincent Bollore attempted to calm any fears saying, "We are in the condition to produce at industrial levels." Paolo Pininfarina was chosen to replace his brother ...
Toyota notices electric car bandwagon, jumps on (1)
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Toyota, JapanOne of the last electric car hold-outs has announced they will finally be jumping on the zero-emission bandwagon. Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe let slip today in Tokyo future plans for just such a vehicle. Skimping on the details he said only that they would be mass produced and go on sale sometime in the early "2010s." Geez dude, throw a dog a bone, would you? Luckily Toyota Executive Vice-President Masatami Takimoto ...
Rumormill: Mazda testing Chevy Volt competitor (1)
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Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, MazdaThe Chevy Volt is unique in that its engine is really just a generator that produces electricity for the batteries, which then power an electric motor that turns the front wheels for propulsion. While the Volt powertrain is pretty spectacular, it may not be unique for long. British car site AutoCar is reporting that Mazda is not only interested in a similar setup for a future plug-in hybrid, but it already ...
Mitsubishi's i MiEV electric car to be tested in California (3)
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Mitsubishi's i MiEV electric car has spent some serious time on the streets of Japan, but before long, the fuel-shunning vehicle will be roughin' it here in the US of A. The auto maker is teaming up with Southern California Edison and PG&E in order to see how it fares in LA traffic and how to best integrate it with the power grid. As of now, the whips should be cruising down the carpool lanes ...
AMP test drives all-electric Saturn Sky on video (6)
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Filed under: Transportation Remember that Ohio-based firm that planned on converting 300 or so Saturn Skys into all-electric roadsters? Advanced Mechanical Products ring a bell? At any rate, said outfit has just hosted up a video of its fourth test drive of a prototype, which is shown sporting an "Electric" badge on the front fender and a whole mess of batteries and wires underneath the hood. Oh, and then there's that unmistakable whizzing sound as ...
Bricycle electric tricycle actually cooler than it sounds (8)
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Filed under: Transportation Compared to the almost universally-embarrassing homebuilt electric vehicles we've seen pop up so far, the Bricycle electric recumbent bike is up there with the Tesla Roadster in terms of sex appeal -- even though it kind of looks like a futuristic delivery truck. Designed to transport one person as efficiently as possible, the Bricyle (developed by someone named Brian -- clever) isn't completed yet, but it's got a 48-volt electric-assist motor for ...
Tesla's in-car charging computer gets touched on video (3)
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Filed under: Transportation Your retinas have been treated to plenty of external shots of Tesla's Roadster, but have you ever stopped to wonder what kind of excitement sat just southwest of the steering wheel? CNET's UK branch managed to get their camcorder within a Roadster parked on display over in Britain, and what they found was a rather robust interface that enables owners to get all sorts of involved with how and when the car ...
Ghosn: EVs will be profitable from the start, no range extenders (1)
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, NissanCarlos Ghosn has some harsh-sounding words for alternative vehicles which still use some form of oil for their operation -- think current hybrids and future extended-range electric vehicles. "I want a pure electric car. I don't want a range extender. I don't want another hybrid. It's not going to be zero emissions in certain conditions. It's going to be zero emissions." Sounds like Ghosn is taking a little shot at today's ...
Lightning GT caught rolling around the track (5)
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Filed under: Transportation The all-electric Lightning GT sports car might have just had its formal debut yesterday, but that doesn't mean prototypes haven't been tooling around for a while -- check out this video of the swoopy two-door doing the track thing in ultra-dramatic slow-mo. Of course, there's no sound, so there could totally be a nasty 5.0L Windsor V8 block under that hood, but we'll give 'em the benefit of the doubt for now. ...
GM teams with utilities to develop electric car charging infrastructure (8)
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Filed under: TransportationGeneral Motors has already gotten a bit of cash from the US Department of Energy to further the development of plug-in hybrids, and it now looks like it's taking things one step further on another initiative, with it teaming up with the Electric Power Research Institute and 30 utilities in 37 states to produce a charging infrastructure for electric cars. Among other things, they'll be working to develop an affordable, reliable electricity source ...
Lightning's £120,000 all-electric sports car unveiled in London (15)
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Filed under: Transportation Well, would you have a look at that. That, dear friends, is Lightning's immaculate GT -- a £120,000 ($239,400) motorcar that is just one of two vehicles in the world to rely on lithium-titanate battery technology. Said innovation enables the vehicle to go from dead to fully charged in "just minutes," though you will have to find a location that provides three-phase industrial power in order to see the benefits over traditional ...
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Chip R said:
lithium-titanate battery that goes from dead to fully charged in minutes. that's cool.
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jayman16 said:
Nice! I'll be getting a Tesla though.
Electric MINI hitting US streets in summer 2009 (40)
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Filed under: Transportation Not that electric MINIs are anything new, but unless you were willing to pay for all the mods yourself, procuring one wasn't exactly simple. Now, however, we're hearing that MINI itself will be bringing scads of these buggers to American streets in the summer of 2009. Yeah, like, one year from right now. MINI USA VP Jim McDowell was the source of said statement, though he didn't mention whether all of them ...
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Pat said:
Oh man this would be sweet
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noattention said:
Could be popular.
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Brad said:
looks like it has a PS3 controller built right into the steering wheel. sweet.
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Dorn said:
This is a great car. If it is the same one that I read about two years ago. I want one!
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Chris said:
Keep it comin'!
Real-world Mitsubishi i MiEV stats (1)
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Mitsubishi, SubaruThe Japan EV Club drove a Mitsubishi i MiEV and a Subaru R1e from Tokyo to Hokkaido in the week before the G8 summit, for their "Challenge and Charge" event. Now they are sharing stats about the cars' electrical consumption and CO2 emissions and comparing them to a (presumably) typical Japanese gasoline car. The poster in the photo summarizes the EV stats for the entire trip of 858.7 km ( = ...
PayPal Founder Sets Sight on Moderately Priced Electric Car (1)
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We've all heard about the electric car, but it never really materialized. But now the co-founder of PayPal (he sold it to Ebay in 2002) is determined to bring an affordable, electric car to market in just a few years. The Tesla Roadster (pictured) is the company's first car -- it will cost $100,000 and will be limited in number. But the affordable electric car is coming soon afterwards. Entrepreneur Elon Musk talked to Newsweek's ...
Shelby sets out to build Ultimate Aero EV, the world's fastest electric car (19)
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Filed under: Transportation Who needs to be "green" when you can go really, really fast? Well, Shelby Supercars figures it can have it both ways, with an all-electric version of the Ultimate Aero, the Ultimate Aero EV. Seeing how the Ultimate Aero is already the world's faster production car (at least officially, sorry Buggati), they don't see it as much of a leap of faith for this new version to carry that mantle into the ...
Electric Palestinian Peugeot proves popular, but will it bring peace? (2)
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Middle EastHaving the family car converted to run on electricity has become a very popular concept in Palestine. Since we told you about the Peugeot prototype, the two men behind the project, Waseem Khazendar and Fayaz Anan, have heard from over 400 folks willing to throw down the $2,500 they say it would cost to do the work. Only there's one small problem: because of the Israeli blockade currently in place, they ...
Want to see electric MINIs in your state? Sign the petition. (1)
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in, BMW, MINI, USAWant an electric MINI? Click above to sign the petition online.Awesome! BMW will be converting MINI's from gas to electric drive! Oh, wait... the vehicles sill be sold only in California? And the number is capped at five-hundred regardless of how many people actually want one? Yes, and that is not awesome. For this reason, a man by the name of Mike S. has created an online petition begging BMW ...
Tesla announces the Model S: a $60k, all-electric, five passenger sports sedan (4)
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Filed under: TransportationOur favorite Terminator (and Governor of California) Arnold Schwarzenegger has just helped Tesla Motors make an announcement that's probably sending chills through traditional automaker's boardrooms. The company has just introduced a fully-electric, five passenger sports sedan dubbed the Model S, which will be selling for $60,000, and will manage 225 miles on a full charge. The carmaker says it will produce the vehicles in a brand new manufacturing plant it's opening in Northern ...
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u2 said:
Sweet! Though, I'll probably wait for the $30k version :-)
