Image via Wikipedia The Chevrolet Volt got a long-awaited price tag announcement today. It will sell at a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $41,000 before incentives. After the federal tax rebate, that means the car is $33,500. Leases start at $350/month with an option to buy. The cars are available for pre-order now at any [...]
Eva Hakansson has announced the final design for the upcoming KillaJoule electric streamliner motorcycle, which she plans to race at Bonneville soon. I’ve personally seen the frame and other components (front wheel assembly and so forth) and it will be exciting to see the final bodywork put on with this thing ready to rock. Of [...]
I’ll be honest right up front here. The only reason I even read the original press release on this one is because it has “Wankel Rotary Engine” in it. I just like saying that. Wankel Rotary Engine. Hey, buddy, how’s that Wankel rotary engine doing for ya? I got yer Wankel rotary engine right here, [...]
OK, so you’ve retired, the kids are out of the house, and you’ve got a lot of time on your hands. What’s more, those nice people you saw on TV were able to get you a “mobility scooter” at no charge thanks to your grandkids’ future taxes. So what do you do? Why, you cruise [...]
Here’s a great vanity plate on a Tesla Roadster that’s been circulating the ‘Net. I received it by email no less than twice today and have seen it on at least half a dozen blogs now. In case you can’t quite see that… The plates say “LOL OIL”
Image via Wikipedia Now you have two more. Assuming you’re a Chevy Volt and/or hybrid car fan, anyway. First, California will be ending the special exemption that Prius and other hybrid car owners enjoyed which allowed their “green cars” to use the HOV (aka “carpool”) lane even when only one passenger was in the car. [...]
OK, it’s not electric or hydrogen-powered or even “eco-friendly” in itself, but the Rally Fighter from Local Motors has a lot of other somethings that other electric car companies don’t: a hard-core fan base, open sourced design concepts, and totally local-centered “micro-factory” building. These are all concepts that other car companies eschew in order to [...]
Brammo has introduced another electric motorcycle, this one is (actually) freeway capable and has a much more street-capable racing look. It’s not exactly a chopper or a crotch rocket, but it looks and performs better than the Enertia for sure. The new Empulse comes in three models, each designated by a number which stands for [...]
In my roundup last week of European electric supercars, I completely forgot the Citroen Survolt, a prototype speedster. The car has no price tag, expected production date, or anything else except that it nearly stopped the show with its awesomeness at the last Geneva Motor Show and last week at the Lemans Classic. The car [...]
When Tesla Motors went public earlier this month, Toyota purchased $50 million in new stocks from the company. That was part of a deal agreed to before the IPO. Tesla then turned around and gave $42 million back to Toyota to buy the NUMMI plant in which the electric car company plans to build it’s [...]
Everyone knows the Tesla Roadster as the “American” electric supercar. Except it’s not American, it’s a Lotus Elise with electric parts in it. Tesla imports the Elise “sleds” to California, puts in some laptop batteries and a tightly-wound electric motor and sells the cars for more than my house is worth. Well, it appears that [...]
I don’t know about you, but when I think about racing, I think about the Think City. Well, I do now, anyway. The VW Bug-ish electric car from Sweden is about to go race happy. The special edition 2011 Think City Racer is being made for the upcoming CityEV race in Europe (part of a [...]
Image via Wikipedia by Aaron Turpen, AboutAlternativeCars Alternative vehicles are always in the news, yet data shows that they are a very small part of the overall transportation market as a whole. Often described as “sexy” for headline grabbing, alternative cars are statistically nothing more than a marketing toy. That is changing, but only slowly. [...]
Image via Wikipedia Apparently whenever I publicly announce that I really like a car, it spells instant doom for the vehicle. First, I said that my favorite electric car is the Aptera 2e. Then it was shown that the car basically sucks. Offhandedly, I’ve mentioned liking the Fisker Karma (which is well outside of my [...]
Image via Wikipedia by Aaron Turpen, NaturalNews There has been a fair amount of buzz on the Internet speculating whether or not the emergence of electric vehicles (hybrids, battery electrics, etc.) will lead to a rash of sickness and death from electromagnetic fields (EMFs). These concerns are largely unfounded based on simple examination of the [...]
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