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Original Technorati articles tagged “electric vehicles”

• in Autos
  The Greening of Luxury Cars Will Cost You Lots of Green
  A variety of auto brands are unveiling green cars for the luxury set, with high end price tags to match.
  by namarchetti / on Mar 29, 2011
• in Green
  Frito Lay's Electrically Charged Delivery Trucks
  Frito-Lay has five electric vehicles in its New York City trucking fleet.
  by yihyeewong / on Oct 12, 2010
• in Autos
  The Nissan Leaf Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree
  Nissan's latest electric vehicle is getting some buzz and interest from consumers
  by profoundmen / on Jan 30, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “electric vehicles”

 

• Tesla Issues Partial Recall Of Model S

  
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  Things can’t go right for anyone all the time. Tesla’s had a streak of good news lately , but it just ran into one problem — Model S vehicles manufactured between May 10 and June 8 of this year “may contain a defect.” There haven’t actually been any customer complaints, but being extra cautious, Tesla is ...
  16 hours ago

• Blue Matte Tesla Model S Used To Advertise Wheels (VIDEO)

  
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  This beautiful blue matte Tesla Model S is the most attractive Model S I’ve seen to date (of course, imho). Interestingly, it was used to advertise wheels. Read the Gas2 repost for details: The automotive aftermarket offers pretty much any and everything you could want for your ride. While electric cars are ...
  16 hours ago

• Mission RS All-Electric Street Legal Superbike

  
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  All-electric motorcycles have been around for awhile now. But Mission Motorcycles is taking the fun, eco-friendly concept to the next level. The new Mission RS (“Race Special”) is being dubbed as the fastest all-electric production motorcycle ever made . Image: Mission RS via Mission Motorcycles This is ...
  17 hours ago

• Tesla recalls Model S cars affected by potential defect

  
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  Tesla is announcing that it will do a partial recall on a few Model S electric cars manufactured between May 10, 2013 and June 8, 2013. The reason for the sudden announcement is due to the companys...        
  18 hours ago

• Scrooser Electric Scooter

  
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  when we first heard about the Scrooser Electric Scooter, we didn’t expect it to look like this. seriously, it doesn’t even look a bit remotely like an electric vehicle. our first impression was, it was a macro-size skatescooter (but it does have seat, though – so i guess that really makes it a scooter after ...
  20 hours ago

• ElectriCity — Ultramodern Electric Bus Service Launching In Gothenburg In 2015

  
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  Editor’s Note: Volvo and the city of Gothenburg in Sweden, as well as several other partners, are developing a pretty wicked electric bus and renewable energy initiative . Check it out in this EV Obsession repost : Buses that are silent, energy efficient, and don’t release exhaust — sounds good, doesn’t it? ...
  1 day ago

• Got Gas Money? (Sunday Cartoon)

  
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  Below is a fun EV/oil cartoon that EV leader  Don Christian created and sent to me awhile back. I was saving it to stick it into an article, but then I kept forgetting to do so… so I just decided that it made for a good Sunday cartoon. Also, it’s a good follow-up to a few big stories we published this week: ...
  3 days ago

• Ford Says Their Regenerative Brakes Have Saved 100 Million Gallons of Gas Since the 90′s

  
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  I’ve been writing on this blog for more than 5 years, but so far didn’t know Ford actually put regenerative braking into cars before the Prius had even been on the drawing table (disclaimer: I don’t work for them, nor have an advertisement deal with them). They now brag with their regen braking systems of [...] ...
  3 days ago

• This Is How Little Energy a Tesla Model S Consumes in a Drag Race

  
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  When you race someone, a normal petrol-powered car will act normally: on acceleration it will sip a lot of gas, on deceleration it will heat the brakes up to the melting point (at times). DragTimes has shown what an electric Tesla Model S does in such a situation. Well, when you accelerate it eats electricity, [...] ...
  3 days ago

• Video: Live Out Your Initial D Fantasies w/ an Electric AE86

  
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  If you’re a car enthusiast of a certain age, then Toyota’s Sprinter AE86 (it’s pronounced “eight-six”, by the way) taught you that a quick-revving engine mated to a willing chassis, in the right hands, could beat anything else on the road down the mountain. We all wanted to be Takumi Fujiwara in Initial ...
  4 days ago

• Flying Bike Shown Off in Prague

  
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  Three Czech companies developed a flying bike propelled by something resembling a quad-copter (those who are still kids at heart know what that is). Actually, the proposed prototype is pretty interesting from a green standpoint, since it’s powered by batteries… lithium ion batteries that can be charged from solar ...
  4 days ago

• UPDATE: Monster Tajima’s Electric E-Runner Gets Tested (w/ video)

  
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  Monster Tajima’s wicked-fast 670 hp electric Monster Sport E-Runner was detailed yesterday by Chris DeMorro, who pointed out that Tajima would be gunning for a record-setting 9:30 time to further establish himself as “King of the Hill”. The hill, of course, being Pike’s Peak, which is one of America’s most ...
  5 days ago

• BMW i3 Electric Car Already Has 100,000 Reservations

  
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  Last month, we featured an infographic showing that the Tesla Model S was outselling non-electric luxury brand competitors by BMW, Mercedes, and Audi. Notably, none of these companies have an electric car on the market yet. While Mercedes is working on an electric vehicle option (the Mercedes B-Class Electric Drive ...
  5 days ago

• Electric Vehicles: FUTURE WITH BATTERY-FREE ?

  
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  * Sweden - Volvos electric roads concept points to battery-free EV future ( Image: Volvo has been testing the technology at a 400 meter-long test track in a facility in Hällered near Gothenburg since last year)  Hällered,Sweden - Gizmag, by Paul Ridden -June 13, 2013: -- While ...
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• EV Running Costs ‘On Par’ With Hybrids, Traditional Vehicles

  
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  The costs of owning an electric vehicle are competitive with conventional and hybrid vehicles, but the environmental impacts of running EVs vary depending on where the car is operated, according to two separate reports on the state of the EV market from the Electric Power Research Institute and the American Council ...
  5 days ago

• Wireless charging?

  
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  must be slow.... Bosch offers $3,000 wireless chargers to Leaf and Volt owners
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• Electric Cars Much Cheaper Than You Think, Cheaper Than Gasmobiles (Charts)

  
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  Just this week I noted a new tool from the US Department of Energy showing that fueling an electric car is about 3 times cheaper than fueling a gasmobile. Well, those fuel savings add up, resulting in more money in your pocket , as a recent study from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) shows. Here’s ...
  5 days ago

• The Electric Car Battery Price Slide (Chart)

  
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  Without a doubt, electric car prices have come down substantially in recent years — the Nissan Leaf is actually about $7,000–$8000 cheaper than the average conventional or average hybrid electric vehicle. And without a doubt, that price slide is going to continue as the price of batteries comes down. ...
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• Chevrolet Volt Joins Plug-in Competition with Increased Incentives

  
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  General Motors is joining Nissan, Honda, and other automakers in boosting incentives for its plug-in vehicles. The Chevrolet Volt has additional incentives to spur sales and lower stockpiles amid price cuts and lease deals on competitive models. GM is offering cash rebates from June 3 through July 1 of $4,000 on the ...
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• Department of Energy Debuts Fuel Calculator

  
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  Consumers looking to purchase an electric car all face the same question — how much will it cost to power their battery-run vehicle compared to an internal combustion engine? The US Department of Energy’s eGallon calculator allows users to find the difference between the price at the pump and at the plug in any ...
  5 days ago

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