Tesla Roadster Travels 313 Miles on a Single Charge It’s EPA rated for 244 miles on a single charge, but with a bit of control, and below highway speeds, the crew at Tesla achieved 313 miles (501 km) on a single charge. Competing in Australia’s Global Green Challenge, Customer Simon Hackett’s red Roadster goes from [...]
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Volt to get 230 MPG – NOT! Leave it up to General Motors to claim the ridicules. GM claims the EPA “may” give the new VOLT a city mileage rating of 230 miles per gallon. When you mix that with the estimated 50 mpg the volt may get in highway driving, they come up with [...]
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Tata Motors Announces the Nano $2000 car The Nano runs on unleaded gas, to power a small 626 cc, 2 cylinder engine, with a mxminum speed of 105 kmh. The Nano seats 4 and comes in a variety of colors and 3 models, which mostly involve trim and color. The top model does include Air [...]
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Think City to be Manufactured in USA Think Announces U.S. Factory Plans Think meeting with eight states to host Think EV plant. 12.03.09 Norway’s pioneering electric car maker, Think, plans to open a new manufacturing plant and technical center in the United States. The company is currently in discussions with eight states, including [...]
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Detroit Auto Show – No Change Initial pre-show press releases from the “Big 3″ do not look positive. GM, Ford and Chrysler appear to be pushing their big, expensive, huge horsepower, vehicles again this year. While the “Dinosaur 3″ show off huge gas guzzlers that no one wants to purchase, like the Cadillac CTS Sport [...]
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Michelin Markets In-Wheel Electric Motor Though not the first company to market an In-Wheel Electric Motor, Mitsubishi announced their MIEV (Mitsubishi In-wheel motor Electric Vehicle) or MiEV (Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle) back in early 2005, this is still a very important step forward. While announcing their new wheel, Michelin also announced two vehicles which will use their [...]
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BMW Introduces MINI-E EV on a Lease Program BMW has announced the introduction of a completely Electric Vehicle (EV), the Mini-e. With regenerative braking, a range of 150-240km and top speed of 150 kph or 95 mph. Unfortunately, only 500 Mini-e EVs will be available initially and only in Los Angeles, New York and New Jersey. The [...]
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$25 Billion for the BIG THREE – what about the little guys GM, Ford and Chrysler want another $25 billion of your tax dollars so they can keep making cars that no one wants to buy! GM had an Electric Vehicle (EV1) on the market 12 years ago and the people WANTED it. They chose [...]
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