Daily Archives: September 10, 2012

Electric Motorcycle Team Lightning Wins Le Mans With Duhamel

Lightning just won’t stop its stellar climb to the top of the podium with a stunning Le Mans win. International motorcycle racer Miguel Duhamel joins the team. Pinboard (MacAaron)

Green Car Congress: Tochigi Prefecture to test Nissan e-NV200 battery-electric commercial vehicle; V2X testing by end of fiscal year

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., in cooperation with the Tochigi prefectural government, will carry out real world driving tests of the battery-electric commercial vehicle, e-NV200 (earlier post), in the prefecture’s rural areas from 3 September. The e-NV200 test vehicle to be used is based on Nissan’s multi-purpose compact van, NV200. Pinboard (MacAaron)

How Electric Cars Challenge Bloated Conventions

It had to happen after decades of ever increasing car weight and trying to tweak engine efficiency, it had to come to a stalemate. At least, electric cars challenged conventional notions. Pinboard (MacAaron)