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Aug
14

Bamboo Taxis in the Phillipines

The mayor of a Philippine city called Tabontabon was tired of seeing so many 3-wheeled motorcycles acting as taxis in his city (and causing accidents...
Jun
24

Cash For Clunkers Passes, But Nobody Is Sure How to Run It

The Congress passed the “Cash for Clunkers” program (officially called “Car Allowance Rebate System” or CARS).  Now, theyR...
Jun
17

The Pending Cash for Clunkers Program: Failure From the Get-Go?

The much-argued “Cash for Clunkers” program will become law soon enough.  The House and Senate have agreed on wording and terms and where...
Jun
15

Lumeneo SMERA EV Now on Sale in France, Soon to Hit All of EU

Built in France by Lumeneo, the SMERA is a tiny electric car that sells for about 24,500 Euros ($33,000USD).  The little EV debuted at the Geneva Mot...
Jun
13

TTXGP Announces Official Race Results

History was made at the Isle of Man and the world’s first zero carbon eGrandPrix (the TTXGP) took place today, June 12.  The race involved a lo...
Jun
06

Peak Oil for Lithium-Ion Battery and EV Technology?

There are some rare earth metals that are vital to electric motor production, lithium-ion battery storage, and other electric vehicle concerns.  One...
Jun
03

Zero X Electric Motorcycle Gets a New, Improved Look

It’s amazing what a couple of pieces of plastic can do.  The Zero X electric motorcycle has received a little upgrading of its design to ad bot...
May
30

GM Faces Bankruptcy, What Will the Fallout Be?

General Motors‘ bondholders rejected a debt-for-equity swap and so have set into motion the likely bankrupting of GM.  This could be the larges...
May
26

Shai Agassi is Today’s Steve Jobs and Better Place is Apple Computers

According to the April 30 issue of The Economist, Shai Agassi of Better Place is an “Electric Evangelist” with the ability to sway otherwi...
May
19

The XR3 Motors PHEV Kit Car Goes Into Production

If you haven’t noticed, there’s a real popularity amongst 3-wheeled platforms for electric and hybrid electric cars.  There’s a big...
May
17

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Funding Slashed From New DOE/Obama Budget

The much-touted “green” President, Obama, has OK’d a slash in the Department of Energy’s research funding budget for 2010.  I...
May
13

Bad Boy Buggies: Electric 4×4 Vehicles, Made in Mississippi

Located in Natchez, Mississippi is a little company called Bad Boy Buggies and they make some serious 4wd all-terrain vehicles (ATV) models.  And the...
May
06

Optamotive Campagna T-Rex Enters Auto X-Prize

Codenamed the Surge, this rendition of the popular Campagna T-Rex high-performance car is going to enter the Automotive X-Prize.  Optamotive, who mad...
May
01

High Performance Women’s Electric Bike: the Optibike Helia

Optibike makes high performance electric bikes and has announced their new women’s model, the Helia.  These are nothing short of HOT, according...
Apr
27

Xtreme Green Begins Taking Orders for X Rider Electric Motorcycle + Upgrade!

The first of the X Rider electric motorcycles from Xtreme Green will be shipping this June and the company has announced that they’re now taking...
Apr
21

SAE J1772: The New Plug Standard for Electric Car Charging?

One of the things being discussed behind the scenes in the plug-in vehicle industry is standardization of key interfaces.  One of the most critical i...
Apr
20

Eco-Nagging: The New Eco-Driving Systems Coming to a Car Dash Near You

Driving smarter can save fuel.  Huge amounts of fuel, even for non-hybrids and gas guzzling SUVs.  Most of the newer vehicles, especially hybrids, a...
Apr
15

ElectraFlyer-C All-Electric Mini Plane “Cheaper Than Driving”

The ElectraFlyer C is an electric ultralight plane is a kit craft available, right now, for $21,000.  It has a flight range of about 2 hours and debu...
Apr
14

ZENN’s New, Under $10,000 NEV Program Announced

Want a neighborhood electric vehicle, but aren’t interested in paying full-car prices?  Well, ZENN might have an answer for you in their new ea...
Apr
10

MotoCzysz To Enter TTXGP With the E1pc Electric Motorcycle

MotoCzysz (say that too fast and you’ll get slapped) has designed and built the open architecture E1pc electric motorcycle and entered it into t...
Apr
09

World’s First Electricross Goes Off Without a Hitch - World Records Broken All Around

The Zero Motorcycle 24 Hours of Electricross event was held Saturday, April 4th in San Jose, California and featured 10 endurance bikes running for 24...
Apr
08

GM and Segway Team Up: the PUMA PEV

The Segway Transporter became the epitome of nerd-dom and remains mildly popular, though it’s price tag and limited usefulness have greatly hind...
Apr
07

Zero Motorcycles Announces Zero S Electric Supermoto Bike

The much-anticipated announcement from Zero Motorcycles about the supermoto Zero S has finally been made. This all-electric street bike complements th...
Apr
01

BlueShift Motorcycles Announces New Electric Superbike

A new company calling itself BlueShift Motorcycles has announced plans to create and sell an electric superbike with an astounding 200 lb ft of torque...
Mar
27

Unveiling of the Tesla Model S Uncovers New Specs Too

The hot news right now is the unveiling of the Tesla Model S sedan, which happened with much anticipation and fanfare.  Also released were the specif...
Mar
23

EVOASIS To Convert London Gas Stations into EV Charging Stations

Abandoned petrol (that’s how they say “gasoline” in Europe) stations in London are going to be converted to electric charging statio...
Mar
10

EVT America’s Electric Scooters

EVT America is a distributor for the EVT Technology Co., Ltd. EVT America is located in Miami, Florida and offers four models of electric scooters/m...
Mar
09

Zoomi Scooters LLC Announces the Launch of the Zoomi LEV Brand and the Zoomi Monterey Electric Bicycle

Occasionally when I’m writing things, especially about new announcements and great products, I wish that I could incorporate sound effects into my p...
Mar
06

EVOASIS to Roll Out EV Charging Station Pilot in London

California company EVOASIS has announced that they’ll be rolling out a pilot network of electric vehicle charging stations in the London metro a...
Mar
04

Protoscar’s New Electric Sports Car, The LAMPO, To Be Unveiled at Geneva Motor Show

The Swiss design company Protoscar will reveal a new electric sports car called the LAMPO at the Geneva Motor Show.  For now, they’re giving ti...
Mar
02

The Citybyke Automated Electric Bicycle Share Program

Bicycle and electric bicycle (e-bike) share programs are becoming pretty popular, especially in Europe. Even here in America where it’s usually...
Feb
22

Closer Look: The Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid

Porsche debuted the Cayenne S Hybrid as a production concept at the LA Auto Show last November and has since been gearing up for their 2010 release da...
Feb
20

GoCycle: The Innovative Electric Bicycle from Karbon Kinetics

The Gocycle is one of the most top-to-bottom innovative electric bicycles we’ve seen in a long time. From it’s minimalist-design Magflow i...
Feb
20

Rinspeed to Unveil Electric Concept Car in Geneva

The upcoming Geneva Auto Show in March will feature another interesting concept car unveiling.  This one, from Rinspeed (a Swiss carmaker), is called...
Feb
18

Electric Car Conversion Guide Review: Gas2Electric (Part III)

This is the final installment of our 3-part series on the Gas2Electric package of EV conversion books from George Christodoulou. In our past reviews...
Feb
17

Spotlight: EV-Charge America - EV Charging Infrastructure Provider

EV-Charge America, located in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a provider and installer of electric vehicle infrastructure, including electric vehicle recharging...
Feb
17

Closer Look: Doran Electric Vehicles of Huntington Beach, CA

Located in Huntington Beach, California, Doran Electric Vehicles has been making EVs since 1988.  They started by building electric scooters, called...
Feb
16

Drymer’s Innovative Three-Wheeled Electric Bicycles

Drymer is showing off their latest electric bicycle prototype, called the v0.5.  It’s a 3-wheeled model with a car-style seating position.  Th...
Feb
14

Closer Look: Skeuter Light Electric Vehicle Products

Skeuter’s Condor electric scooter/moped Skeuter Products, in Los Angeles, California, sells their exclusive light electric vehicles (electric sc...
Feb
11

Tesla Gets $350m Loan, To Unveil Model S in March, Go On Sale In 2011

Tesla Motors made three major announcements in a press release today: the Model S will be in street-drivable form in March, the Department of Energy l...
Feb
09

The BugEV - A Futuristic, DIY Electric Vehicle Kit

Looking to build your own electric vehicle, but don’t want to convert a car (too expensive) and aren’t interested in just a bicycle?  May...
Feb
08

Michigan Man Creates Electric Volkswagen Bug, Hopes to Offer Conversion Kits

For some reason, people love Volkswagen Beetles.  Especially the older ones.  Dale Kling in Michigan definitely wasn’t the first to convert on...
Feb
04

Mission One Electric Motorcycle Comes Out of Stealth at TED

This is easily one of the coolest revelations to come out of the electric motorcycle arena (or any other, for that matter) in a very long time. Maybe...
Feb
02

Xtreme Green’s Sentinel Electric Police Mobility Vehicle

Think of it as a Segway with 3 wheels and better speed.  Plus lights, sirens, and better offroad ability. That’s the Sentinel from Las Vegas-b...
Feb
01

Unboxing the XM-5000Li Electric Moped: One New Owners Experience

XM-5000Li Electric Moped in its shipping frame...
Feb
01

Zero S Electric Motorcycle Coming This Spring

Coming this spring, the Zero S all-electric motorcycle will be hitting the streets.  Priced at under $10,000 and with a range of up to 60 miles and a...
Jan
31

The TronBike: Kawasaki Ninja Electric Motorcycle Conversion

Todd Stiers, from Berkeley, California, wanted to make an electric vehicle.  He thought about converting a car, but decided to do a motorcycle instea...
Jan
30

Closer Look: iZip Express 2009 Electric Bicycle

The iZip Express 2009 electric bicycle is a new high-end e-bike from Currie Technologies’ iZip brand. iZip is one of Currie’s two electric...
Jan
29

GroundSurf Electric Skateboard Hits the Ground…Surfing

Stephane Pelletier, like most surfers and skateboarders, dreamed of combining the two and surfing sidewalks and parking lots.  With backing from grou...
Jan
28

FalconEV Announces New Electric Scooter - Needs your Help Naming It

FalconEV, a Florida-based electric vehicle company, has just unveiled a new electric scooter to be available for purchase in mid-2009. The as-yet-unn...
Jan
28

Closer Look: Xtreme Green’s X Rider Electric Motorcycle

This is definitely an Xtreme bike, that’s for sure.  The Xtreme Green X Rider is an all-electric motorcycle that speeds up to 65mph and goes up...
Jan
27

The Myers Motors NmG: Visions of Electric Cars in Every Garage

Right on the front page of their site, Myers Motors says that their goal is “Sub-$20,000 vehicles that are practical and affordable…” Pretty...
Jan
26

Plug In America: Grassroots Advocacy for Electric Vehicles

Not long ago, we posted a news piece about an electric vehicle parade in Santa Monica, California. That parade had 74 vehicles participating, all plu...
Jan
26

Ecomodder’s Dirt Cheap DIY Electric Cars

One of our favorite websites is ecomodder.com, which features a lot of awesome, green, do-it-yourself stuff for modifying existing automobiles to make...
Jan
23

Closer Look: Barefoot Motors Model One Electric ATV

I’m going to sum this entire article up for you right now: Barefoot Motors rules!
Jan
22

Genset Trailers: An Answer to Electric Vehicle Range Issues?

Genset Trailer on AC Propulsion Tzero A “genset” is a trailer that contains a generator and combustion engine for use as a range-extending module...
Jan
20

My Tesla Roadster Test Drive

David Huang with his Tesla Roadster...
Jan
20

Revenge of the Electric Car Documentary Coming in 2010

Currently in production, “Revenge of the Electric Car” promises to cover all things plug-in vehicle related. From the giants of the auto...
Jan
18

Schwinn Tailwind Electric Bicycle Now In Stores

The Schwinn Tailwind is the fastest-charging electric bicycle in the world (fully charges in 30 minutes from a standard 110v outlet) and is from one o...
Jan
15

NAIAS Detroit Auto Show Roundup

Fisker Karma-S at the NAIAS Detroit Auto Show...
Jan
12

2010 Honda Insight Hybrid Aims to Take on Prius As Top Dog

Honda has unveiled the 2010 Insight Hybrid, a new hybrid-electric car meant to take on Toyota’s Prius as the top hybrid car on the market. It ha...
Jan
07

Prius-Up Your Compact With the Poulsen Hybrid Car Conversion Kit

If you have a compact car that you wish was a hybrid-electric like the Prius, but don’t have the money to shell out for a new hybrid, Ulrik Poul...
Jan
06

Closer Look: The XM-5000Li Electric Moped by X-Treme Scooters

It’s not often that I say something like “Wow” when I look at a scooter or moped. I don’t generally like them. This one is different...
Jan
06

West Unveils WX10-T Electric Race Car

West Race Cars, based in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of the premier makers of race cars on the market. Their latest model, made in conjunction with Klee...
Jan
02

The Swedish SAM Electric Car by Cree Is Back!

Cree, which was founded in 1996 and began prototyping and testing an innovative 3-wheeled electric called the SAM, went out of business in 2003 due to...
Jan
02

Closer Look: The Triac 3-Wheeled Electric Car/Bike

The Triac is neither a car nor a motorcycle, but sort of a combination. It’s in the same category as the Aptera and other “technically-motorc...
Dec
26

Honda’s FCX Clarity: Hydrogen-Electric Hybrid

Honda’s FCX Clarity has been around for quite a while, being tested, refined, and re-tested on the streets of California and Japan. The car was...
Dec
25

Our Top 5 Electric Cars of 2008

Well, it’s the end of the year, so it’s time for everyone to start rolling out their favorites lists and summing up what they saw during t...
Dec
16

Solar Taxi Goes Around the World in 80 Days

Or thereabouts. In July of 2007, the Solar Taxi embarked on a trip of 32,000 miles around the world. The car is completely solar powered and took a f...
Dec
11

The Bailey Blade: Sports, Performance and Style

A man by the name of Neil Bailey has a vision: to build a car with all of today’s modern sports and speed refinements based on the classic Shelb...
Dec
09

The Wrightspeed X1 Electric Race Car

Those with a true need for speed know that there are only so many things you can do with a car that just isn’t made to go fast. The folks at Wr...
Dec
08

Aptera To Finally Begin Production in 2009

The Aptera, which has gone through several modifications and had many delays since its announcement in 2006, is now slated for 2009 production. The la...
Dec
03

The Dodge EV Electric Car

Not too long ago, we posted a video here pitting a Dodge Hemi Challenger against a Dodge EV in a 1/4 mile. The Dodge EV won, of course, and that even...
Nov
25

Battery Life Breakthrough Could Increase Li-Ion Capacity by 1000%

In what could potentially be a revolutionary breakthrough for everything from laptops to electric cars, a South Korean team of researchers have made a...
Nov
24

The Subaru R1e and G4e Electric Cars

The Subaru R1e Electric Car Quietly, Subaru has been working on some electric vehicle concepts. Without the hoopla of GM or the immediate green cred...
Nov
24

Piaggio Announces MP3 Hybrid Scooter - Gets 141 MPG

Piaggio makes unique scooters, to say the least, that utilize 3-wheeled designs. Unfortunately, Piaggio decided to name this machine the MP3, which t...
Nov
23

Swedish Biker Babe Does Electric Motorcycles

What could be hotter than a Swedish blond biker babe? How about one who does electric conversions of those motorcycles? Ooooh ya!
Nov
23

Better Place To Build EV Infrastructure in California and Oregon

Better Place, based in Palo Alto, California, has announced deals with both the State of California and the State of Oregon to install a network of el...
Nov
22

Miles Electric Vehicles Introduces XS500 Electric Sedan

Want a normal-looking car that’s all-electric and can actually do highway speeds and longer ranges? Maybe you also want it to cost less than $3...
Nov
21

Stackable Rental Electric Cars Coming Soon?

People’s imaginations have few boundaries. Ideas are prolific and sometimes mind-boggling. The arena of electric cars is no different. How ab...
Nov
21

High School Homework: Convert Saturn SP1 to Electric Car

“How’s the homework going, Junior?” “Not bad, dad.  I just finished putting the lithium-ion battery pack into the project car...
Nov
20

The Electric Car Company of Long Beach

Ever wonder if you can get an all-electric Hummer, Bentley estate car, or Cadillac Escalade? The price would probably require your first born and a l...
Nov
20

Electric Mini Field Trials Applications Open!

Electric Mini Coopers! Electric Mini’s here! Get yer Electric Mini!
Nov
19

Fisker’s Karma Electric Hybrid Sedan

Fisker made some big splashes when their Karma Electric Sedan, which definitely gives Tesla’s Roadster a run for its money in style, debuted in...

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