Volkswagen AG Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 12:04:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Tesla Motors Pushing for Side-View Mirror Elimination https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-motors-pushing-side-view-mirror-elimination-20140402/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-motors-pushing-side-view-mirror-elimination-20140402/#respond Wed, 02 Apr 2014 20:34:29 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=46802 Aerodynamics play a big role in fuel economy and, in electric vehicles like those built by Tesla Motors, range, which is why side-view mirrors are such a drag, literally. By law, every vehicle in the US needs to have these side-view mirrors, but at every car show, we see a concept car without side mirrors, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-motors-pushing-side-view-mirror-elimination-20140402/feed/ 0 46802 Skoda Planning to Build Electric Car Based on VW's E-Up https://www.greenoptimistic.com/skoda-planning-to-build-electric-car-based-on-vws-e-up-20091020/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/skoda-planning-to-build-electric-car-based-on-vws-e-up-20091020/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:01:12 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=4831 After the presentation of the Volkswagen E-up car, Skoda plans to build it's own electric vehicle in the coming years starting from this concept. As VW already has the technology it should be easy for the Czech manufacturer to get on the market with a brand new EV.

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