Posts Tagged electric car
Sahimo Electric Car: 568km on 1 Liter of Hydrogen
Posted by Ovidiu in Fuel Cell Vehicles on July 6, 2009
Something truly amazing comes from Turkey: some students from Sakarya University just released a prototype of what seems to be a car… but a car that consumes no more than a liter of hydrogen in a range of 568km (355 miles)! Read the rest of this entry »
Maya 300 Electric Car by ExxonMobil will Cost $20,000
Posted by Ovidiu in Electric Vehicles on June 28, 2009
Oil companies involve more and more in the EV industry, as perspectives for this industry’s evolving are more and more bright. For example, ExxonMobil launches the Maya 300 – a Li-Ion battery powered small car that is built to have the looks and feel of a standard gasoline-powered one. Read the rest of this entry »
Renault-Nissan to Implement Battery Swapping System Soon
Posted by Ovidiu in Electric Vehicles on June 12, 2009
With Better Place considering seriously the option of on-the-fly recharging, through EV recharging stations, Renault-Nissan announces that they will too use the same recharging system for the vehicles they will release soon. Read the rest of this entry »
Chinese Company Making 4×4 EV with 250 Miles Autonomy
Posted by Ovidiu in Electric Vehicles on June 10, 2009
Zhong Tai Electric Car - courtesy Times UK
Despite the economic downturn taking place during recent months, the Chinese auto industry prospers in areas that U.S. manufacturers, such as G.M., with a hundred years of global dominance only has small dreams (see Chevy Volt). Read the rest of this entry »
Mercedes to Launch ML450 Hybrid
Posted by Mike in Hybrid Vehicles on April 10, 2009
Mercedes Benz will launch for the first time at the New York Motor Show the ML450 Hybrid version, originally presented in Frankfurt in 2007. Immediately after the official presentation, several problems have delayed the entrance on the market of the “eco” SUV. Read the rest of this entry »
Bethany: Cambridge Students' Solar Powered Race Car
Posted by Ovidiu in Electric Vehicles on April 9, 2009
Bethany
Not only the world’s biggest auto producers have their word on electric car, but also Cambridge students. They unveiled a plan for a solar-powered car, able to drive at 60 mph, and use much less energy than a conventional electric car, just about 2kW (my car has 77kW, for a comparison). Read the rest of this entry »
PUMA: Futuristic Segway-based Vehicle Developed by GM
Posted by Ovidiu in Electric Vehicles on April 7, 2009
It seems like GM is trying to remake its name and image in the eyes of a certain niche of consumers, by making smart decisions for the future and ensuring a place among electric car manufacturers. Read the rest of this entry »
"White Zombie" DIY Electric Car Doing 0-60 in 2.9 Seconds!
Posted by Ovidiu in Electric Vehicles on March 29, 2009
Electric cars always leave me speechless. As many, I like to think my car is pretty fast and its torque is enough for me… just lying myself. Some of us just can’t seem to have enough of it, and gasoline engines are just not on our taste.
What’s to do in this case? Buy a more expensive gasoline technology, a new car? You’ll be spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on those and you’ll not get the 0 to 60 in three seconds… of course, you will, if you buy yourself a fast bike, or a Veyron, which is generally not the case.
This guy, John Wayland, aka “Plasma Boy”, converted a 1972 Datsun 1200 to run on batteries alone and beat the hell out of the world’s most expensive, gas-consuming racing cars. He named it the “White Zombie”.
Want some interesting facts? Here they are: Read the rest of this entry »
Amsterdam to Have Only Electric Cars on Streets by 2040
Posted by Ovidiu in Electric Vehicles on March 28, 2009
I already knew Amsterdam’s inhabitants had a passion for bicycles, and cars are there something exquisite, not well-looked at, since they are a big cause for pollution.
Thirty years from now, due to a new project, Amsterdam will only have electric vehicles on the streets: 200,000 of them. The electric car users will get discounts for parking tickets and will be given priority when applying for residents’ parking permits.
Let’s hope they will keep up to their plan, and will do that earlier than 2040, so we too can enjoy the pleasure of driving electric purebreads.
Dutch e-Traction Hybrid Buses Use In-Wheel Motors to Save Fuel
Posted by Ovidiu in Hybrid Vehicles on March 25, 2009
Hybrid buses are to be the next big thing in public transportation. I live in a medium-sized city (about 200,000 inhabitants), but we already have hybrid diesel-electric buses. The diesel charges a battery, and the battery propels the bus for as long as fuel exists in the tank.
A dutch company, called e-Traction has developed a new type of hybrid bus. It has the same working principle, but the difference is that the electric motors are embedded in the wheels. Read the rest of this entry »