Archive for category Electric Vehicles
BYU’s New Electric Streamliner Sets 139 MPH Speed Record
Posted by Mike in Electric Vehicles on August 31, 2010
After six years of design and building, a team of student engineers at the Brigham Young University have recently unveiled their new electric streamliner (a special racecar designed for straight-ahead speed).
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Kestrel: The Electric Car With Body Made From Cannabis
Posted by Ovidiu in Electric Vehicles on August 23, 2010
Now, in the days of the aftermath that the crisis has given the auto industry, a Canadian company wants to build the first electric car that has its body built from bio-composites. Specifically, we’re talking about hemp – a relative of Cannabis.
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ZERO Race: Electric Vehicles Team Up for 80-Day Trip Around the World
Posted by Ovidiu in Electric Vehicles on August 17, 2010
Electric car enthusiasts don’t miss a chance to show the world what their beliefs are, and that their vehicles can even take them for a clean ride around the world – the cleanest ride ever.
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Want to Ride a Pedal-Powered Electric Vehicle for a Few Bucks? Go To Rome!
Posted by Ovidiu in Electric Vehicles on August 16, 2010
I visited Rome last week and went to Villa Borghese just to find that I could too rent one of those pedal-powered vehicles for 10 euros an hour. You can’t imagine the excitement and thrill I had – I write about this kind of stuff every day but never got the chance to actually ride something truly electric.
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HumanCar: The $15,500 Human/Electric Hybrid Vehicle Accepting Reservations
Posted by Ovidiu in Electric Vehicles on August 16, 2010
As it was initially designed, the HumanCar is a 2 to 4 seats vehicle that is powered by moving your body back and forth and not by pedaling. The movement charges a battery than runs an electric motor.
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DeLaSalle All-Electric Vehicle to Set a New World Record for Efficiency
Posted by Mike in Electric Vehicles on August 16, 2010
A group of engineers at Bridgestone America’s Technical Center in Akron, along with students from DeLaSalle School in Kansas City have recently developed a new all-electric car which has been successfully tested on Bridgestone’s Texas Proving Grounds.
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Tata Motors Planning to Launch Two New Electric Vehicles in European Countries
Posted by Mike in Electric Vehicles on August 16, 2010
The vehicles will first be launched in the United Kingdom as early as September and then in the Scandinavian nations (Sweden, Norway and Denmark). According to the company, both cars are at an advanced stage of development.
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Nec’s New Rapid Charger for EVs Charges Batteries in Just 30 Minutes
Posted by Mike in Electric Vehicles on August 9, 2010
The charger has been installed at the headquarters of PGE, located in Portland, Oregon, where these two companies will make a demonstration by charging Nissan’s Leaf electric car.
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Fujin Electric Bike Powered by On-Board Solar Panel
Posted by Mike in Electric Vehicles, Solar Power on August 4, 2010
Dubbed “Solar Bike Fujin”, the solar-powered electric bike has an assisted travel range of 220km on a single charge and it can be used on public roads.
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Mercedes-Benz to Launch 2,000 Vito E-Cell Electric Vans in 2011
Posted by Mike in Electric Vehicles on August 2, 2010
The van, targeted for particularly environmentally sensitive areas and for inner-city operations, is based on the long-wheelbase Mercedes-Benz Vito with a typical roof.
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