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Just a few hours after General Motors called for a standardized EV plug, one has been created! Caroline Reichert, a spokeswoman for the Germany energy company RWE, said leading automotive and energy companies have reached an agreement for a standardized plug for electric cars. Some of the automakers include in that agreement are Volkswagen, BMW, [...]
1891 Morrison Made by William Morrison in 1891, some say the Morrison was the first electric vehicle in America. It had a four horsepower engine , and could carry 6-12 passengers. Top speed was about 20 mph. The batteries needed to be recharged every 50 miles. It has been said the car was actually completed in 1887 [...]
At most college dining halls, they’ll fry just about anything. Wings, mozzarella sticks, fries and onion rings. Old shoe leather (wait, maybe that’s just a memory of how things tasted at my college dining hall.) All that frying leaves a lot of leftover grease and oil. At the University of Rochester, a group of students [...]
Masdar City, located within Abu Dhabi, is introducing personal rapid transit “podcars“. Basically, a cross between the convenience of grabbing a cab and a public bus; the podcars will be a component of Masdar City’s public transportation system. As part of Masdar City’s car-free design; these podcars will be part of a network of electric [...]
Mission Motors debuts its Motorsports program when professional racer Tom Montano races the all-electric Mission One at TTXGP, the world’s first emissions-free Grand Prix this June on the Isle of Man
There are quite a few three-wheelers these days: Aptera, Myers Motors and ZAP! Motors. And while those companies seem to be blocked from government funding, it isn’t stopping designers like 22-year-old Alex Hodge from New Zealand from churning out kickass mods like the Hawk. The Hawk concept is part fighter jet, part sports car, and [...]
There is a lot of talk within the Electric Vehicle community about the Chevy Volt, but sometimes the headlines can overpower news of other EVs, like the BYD F3DM. The BYD F3DM is one such case. Made and sold in China, it’s been called a Volt copycat, but it doesn’t seem to have the same [...]
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