A team of Dutch students create a family-sized car powered only by electric that has a range of 500 miles. The EV placed first in Australia’s 2013 World Solar Challenge by winning the Michelin Cruiser Class for completing a 1,864 mile (3,000 kilometer) journey from Darwin to Adelaide. Stella was made to showcase technology that [Continue]
Craig Shields addresses the Electric Vehicle Summit, and offers his ideas as they apply to the adoption of EVs. This Webinar is titled “Predicting the Electric Vehicle Adoption Curve”. Many questions are entertained: What’s happening now in the EV industry and what’s going to happen later? When is everyone going to be [Continue]
Did you know that you can be part of the digital future? get to see self driving cars and the new features available. Tesla delivered an eXtra surprise when they opened their 42nd Tesla store in the USA by putting their new Model X electric family car on public display. The new retail store and [Continue]
Morgan Motors showed their Electric Plus E at the 82nd international Motor Show in Geneva and at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2012. The British EV Electric Plus E could be seen at the Goodwood’s Fostek Technology Pavillion (which showcases bold and exciting new concept cars and technologies from motor manufacturers, design specialists and [Continue]
An all-electric car called The Nemesis, which was an EV conversion of a used Lotus Exige purchased from Ebay, can go from 0 to 100 MPH in 8.5 seconds. The UK electric super car was built by founder of Ecotricity Dale Vince with his own money to prove the point that electric cars are anything [Continue]
Tata Megapixel range extended electric vehicle offers a range of up to 559 miles (900 km) with a single tank of fuel. Tata Motors debuts their new four-seater range extended electric vehicle (REEV) concept car at 82nd Geneva Motor Show 2012. The Tata Megapix electric car from India is designed to please the performance seeking [Continue]
BMW i3 All-electric Hatchback Concept (aka BMW Megacity concept vehicle) is a preview production model, which will be launched in 2013 and built in BMW’s plant in Leipzig. The 5-door hatchback is a pure EV powered by a 170-hp 125 kW rear mounted electric motor that can deliver 250 Nm (184 lb-ft) of instant torque. [Continue]
The much anticipated film the “Revenge of the Electric Car” will soon make it’s way out of the film festival circuit and will start playing in regular movie venues “across the U.S. starting this fall” and EV fans everywhere can request a showing of the documentary film in their city via an online form at [Continue]
GM Canada is now taking orders for the Chevy Volt. Customers in seven major markets that place their orders now can expect delivery in the third quarter of this year. Sales for all of Canada a scheduled to start a year within a year. The Chevy Volt will be making their Canadian debut in: Ottawa-Gatineau, [Continue]
National Australian average unleaded and diesel fuel prices hit a 30 month high right before the long Easter-Anzac day holidays. Easter drivers are being held hostage and are subject to unified oligopoly upward pricing moves (aka price gouging) when petrol stations historically increase petrol prices before scheduled national holidays to make [Continue]