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Another electric car will also be tested in the United States in autumn 2008: Mitsubishi MiEV (Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle) with lithium-ion batteries (16 kWh) and an electric motor (47 kW). Tetsuro Aikawa, head of product development Mitsubishi, who disclosed this information in the Salon of New York in 2008. The Mitsubishi MiEV is presented [...]
There is a new world record !
Marcelo da Luz (canadian) had been able to set a new world record. This Canadian was able to complete 15,000 kilometers in a solar car
He was able to make through the roads of Canada in the fastest way possible. He made that in 140 days.This record was [...]
Tata’s new Electric Car is called Indica. This EV is scheduled to be launched in Norway in 2009 and India in 2010.
You can drive the car on the highway, the car is a four-seater, with enough room for luggage and the ability to go from 0 to 60 kilometers per hour (0 to 37 [...]
MDI is going to sell their air powered cars in the US at the beginning 2010 as I wrote in one of my artisles in the past.
This time they came with slightly different concept. The urban city car of the future is called AirPod. What’s so weird about this car? [...]
I bring in some pictures from Paris Motor Show. The Chevrolet Volt – Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle – is exposed there.
The Volt is an electric vehicle that recharges its lithium ion batteries from an AC outlet or an onboard gas engine. The production version looks very different from the concept car that was shown [...]
The Chevrolet Volt is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle to be produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors and expected to be launched in November 2010 as a 2011 model.
Its price is estimated to be near $40,000,[4] which would give a net price of about $32,500 after the $7,500 US Federal tax credit.
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LiFePO4 was identified as a cathode material for rechargeable lithium batteries by John Goodenough‘s research group at the University of Texas in 1997. Because of its low cost, non-toxicity, the high abundance of iron, its excellent thermal stability, safety characteristics, good electrochemical performance, and high specific [...]
The Prius plug-in version is in UK for testing performance. Toyota will be testing the batteries and the charging points. There is about 40 charging points installed by EDF, the Energy company (Electricite de France).
It is possible to recharge the car batteries from any domestic socket. The car is still hybrid model, and you [...]
Tata Motors plans to introduce the electric version of its Indica hatchback, the ‘Indica ev’ in Norway in 2009 and a year later in India. The low cost cars, now going electric, it’s pretty cool. Its going to be the elctric version of the Indica which is already on the [...]
The new Insight Concept shares styling cues with the Honda FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle.
According to EcoGeek , the new Honda’s hybrid cars will cost less than 20,000$. Actually, acording the source the 5-door hybrid model will be only 18,500$. That’s a good news. I don’t if for European customers there [...]
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