Nec's New Rapid Charger for EVs Charges Batteries in Just 30 Minutes
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.
Fujin Electric Bike Powered by On-Board Solar Panel
A Japanese company called Hama Zero has recently developed a new electric bike, powered by the electricity produced using an on-board solar panel.
Dubbed "Solar...
Mercedes-Benz to Launch 2,000 Vito E-Cell Electric Vans in 2011
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.
Electric Car Wireless Charger from Evatrans to Launch in April 2011
Evatran has found a new way to charge your electric car without bothering with a plug and a cord. The company presented their new wireless charger at the Plug-In 2010 conference in San Jose, California, this week.
Porsche Going to Make Electric Sports Car: Not Yet, Though
It's been a while since Porsche made an electric car, just like I wrote a week ago, after admiring the creator's first EV at the Technical Museum in Vienna. Just like then, nowadays the Porsche car company (acquired by VW) is preparing to take off on the track of electric cars, and releases press announcements and teases us with concepts of what their first sports electric car is going to be.
14 Year Old Teen Converts 1972 Volkswagen Beetle Into Electric Car
Who would have imagined that a 14-year-old boy will convert his grandpa's 1972 Beetle into an electric one? After almost a year of building...
Singapore to Have First Hydrogen-Electric Bus Powered by Fuel Cells and Batteries
Researchers at Beijing's Tsinghua University and NTU unveiled the first hydrogen-electric bus that will be from now on Singapore roads. Dubbed GreenLite, this eco-friendly bus only emits clean water and has zero carbon emission. Compared with other conventional buses, GreenLite does not run on fossil fuel and is powered by a combustion engine, which makes it very quiet.
White Zombie Electric Race Car Does 0 to 60 mph in 3 seconds
In order to set a new round of record-breaking electrical hot-rodding at Portland International Raceway, the drag racer John Wayland has converted an old 1972 Datsun dubbed "White Zombie," into a zero-emission electric car powered by lead-acid batteries, becoming one of the world's fastest street legal electric cars.
Nissan Planning to Migrate Electric Car Technology from LEAF to 370z or Essence Coupe
Edmunds' Inside Line reports sources at Nissan say that the company will make a sports car based on the future Leaf, which hasn't even made its debut on the market.
I Touched Porsche's First Electric Car Yesterday – The Carriage That Could Have Changed...
Well, I had read about it, seen it in pictures, been impressed moderately and intelectually, but never realized that the thing was real. It actually exists at the Technical Museum in Vienna, Austria, and I've just visited it. Yesterday. And only then I've realized that I was sitting near a car that made history. Built by the man himself...
