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I guess that the Chevy Volt has been one of the most hunted electric cars from the beginning of this year. GM has done all their possible to keep the secret from the press(?), but it seems that several images and specs have “leaked”, acting as a teaser for the information thirsty public.

The Tesla Roadster just got better: its manufacturers equipped it with a new gearbox, a more efficient one, that has about 30% more torque on a single gear ratio and achieves 10% more mileage on average.

The Spanish government led by José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero wants one million electric cars on their streets by 2014. This happens while some of Europe’s countries, such as Romania, ban the free trading of second hand cars to “stop” pollution, they do nothing but collect the money from the “pollution tax” and do nothing about the environment.

Plug-In Supply, Inc has just unveiled the “PbA10″ Conversion System last week at the Plug-in 2008 conference in San Jose. Their system is based on the CalCars’Open Source design, and it turns a standard 2004-2008 Toyota Prius into a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) with an all-electric range of 10-15 miles and improved average mileage of up to 100 miles per gallon (plus 1 cent/mile of electricity).

The british company Nice Car will present next week at the Auto Salon of Great Britain, in world premiere, the little Ze-O, an MPV-type vehicle, fully electric, available from the next year for families with a lower budget.

This is the Wrightspeed X1, built by Ian Wright (51), the first employee from Tesla Motors. It is a full electric car that can do 0-60mph in about 3 seconds. You wish it could go further than that? Yes, it can go. Future plans are to adopt changes that boost it to about 2seconds for [...]

If you’d like to see what the next generation of electric cars will look like, here you have the 2008 Dodge ZEO Concept. The four-passenger sport wagon has been designed for driving enthusiasts and environmentalists as well. It has an all-electric, lithium-ion battery powerplant that can go up to 250 miles before needing to be [...]

I found a pdf that describes all the process of searching and buying an electric vehicle to suit your daily needs. It goes from describing popular places where you can find them, what types of electric vehicles there are on the market, to methods of testing them to see if they’re worth the price.
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