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 [...]
Archive for July, 2010
New Brammo Biooootch!
July 15th, 2010 
Aaron Turpen 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 [...]
OMG I Missed a European EV Supercar!
July 13th, 2010 Aaron Turpen 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 [...]
Toyota Buys 2 Teslas for $25M
July 12th, 2010 Aaron Turpen 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 [...]
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Tags: all electric car, Battery electric vehicle, electric car manufacturer, Electric vehicle, Model S, NUMMI, Tesla Motors, toyota, Toyota Prius, Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid 
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July 6th, 2010 Aaron Turpen 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 [...]
When You Think Racing, Think Think
July 5th, 2010 Aaron Turpen 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 [...]
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