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EV Racing is suddenly a hot topic for a number of big and small automakers alike, from ice racing to traditional contests on tarmac, the time seems ripe for electric car racing. Now comes another entry from the Quimera Project called the AEGT, and this 700 horsepower EV Race Car looks ready to take names and kick ass.
When Chevrolet showed off the original Volt concept car (above) it looked tough and muscle-y, despite its green cred. Petrolheads wanted to see the radically-styled, long-hood / short deck, chopped roof, and broad-shouldered machine get built – and (gasp!) environmentalists wanted it to get built, too. It seemed like the unified field theory of automotive [...]
Not too long ago I wrote about China’s deployment of over 1,000 EV garbage trucks to the streets of Beijing. On the surface it sounded like a good move, but I wondered aloud just how “green” those EVs would be in light of China’s coal habit—it’s no secret, after all, that China chain-smokes coal . [...]
Toyota and American electric vehicle company Tesla announced Friday that the Japanese firm’s RAV4 EV plug-in sport-ute would be built in Canadian factories, starting in 2012. The RAV4 EV, aimed at key North American markets (i.e., California) is to be built at Toyota’s Woodstock, Ontario plant along the more conventional, gasoline variant of the RAV4. The RAV4 [...]
Ontario’s Ministry of Energy reported last week that the Province’s Green Energy Act (passed in May, 2009) has created over 20,000 clean-energy jobs since its inception, and is on-track to generate 30,000 by 2012. As with many clean-energy initiatives, the benefits extend beyond just those who’ve been paid to do the work. Since May of [...]
The first production electric scooter from Honda to arrive in the prefecture of Saitama, the EV-NEO, has been introduced by Sumitomo Mitsui Auto Service – for leasing only. The electric scooter introduced into Saitama City are currently in use as official vehicles. Their performance – as well as the level of noise they don’t make – [...]
Finland’s ERA wants you to think of their Electric Raceabout coupe as Europe’s answer to the Tesla Roadster. To that end, the company has worked to establish the Raceabout’s “green” chops by successfully campaigning the car at events like Progressive’s Automotive X-Prize and the Michelin Challenge Bibendum, where the sporty coupe looked strong. Now, though, [...]
A sharp-eyed World Car Fans reader caught this home-built hybrid pickup in a North Carolina Ingles market parking lot. Details are scarce, but I think it’s safe to assume that this is not Toyota’s official response to Ford’s upcoming hybrid F-350 chassis cab trucks or Chrysler’s now-defunct Dodge Ram plug-in. What say you, readers? Is [...]
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