At a public hearing today convened by California Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett to discuss Electric Vehicle Deployment, representatives of GM and Nissan sparred over electric car fast charging standards. A big battle is being fought over the charging socket of electric cars, one in which billions of dollars in…
The CHADEMO standard exists in the i-MiEV and LEAF, but a consortium of automakers are using the SAE J1772 committee to develop a completely different system, and hopefully electric car owners will benefit in the end. At this weeks EVS26 electric vehicle conference, the impending choice between DC fast charging…
Schneider-Electric unveils new electric car DC Fast Charge station, compatible with the CHADEMO protocol, that has the vitally important UL listing, and which can be upgraded to the new SAE DC Fast Charge protocol once that is finished. This week at the EVS26 symposium in Los Angeles, Schneider Electric announced…
To thumping music in a trendy Sunset Blvd club before excited fans, Brammo launched the long-awated Empulse and Empulse R electric motorcycles, delivering ground-breaking performance, looks and features. Last night, to thumping music in a packed trendy club on Hollywood’s Sunset Blvd, Brammo officially launched the Empulse and Empulse R…
A Texas town is ignoring its own test results to allow fracking to continue in violation of city ordinances and to the endangerment of local residents. Frack Jobs (a.k.a. Hydraulic Fracturing) is a controversial method of expanding natural gas and fossil oil production from old fields. Well, controversial to some,…
Electric car maker Coda Automotive’s second act is well underway with a new partnership deal, with Great Wall Motors of China, to jointly develop an electric car for worldwide distribution, targeting an MSRP closer to that of equivalent gasoline cars. Coda Automotive announced today, from the Beijing Auto Show, that…
Brammo’s Empulse R electric motorcycle, with its 100+ miles/hr top speed and 121 miles city range, jumps past Zero Motorcycles’ S ZF9, making the Empulse R the new king of production electric motorcycles. As promised with last weeks video teaser release, Electric Motorcycle manufacturer Brammo announced today the specifications for…
Cargo bicycles are a great way to get around, do some shopping, catch some fresh air, exercise the legs, contribute to our city being a nicer place to live, etc.
The long-awaited Brammo Empulse electric motorcycle is due to be unveiled on May 8 in Los Angeles, after design changes forced more than a year’s delay from the original production date in 2011. In July 2010, electric motorcycle maker Brammo enticed us with the unveiling of the Empulse, a high…
The dream of solar powered electric cars may finally be here, says Planet Subaru in Hanover MA, whose news release dated April 1, 2012, describes a prototype electric Subaru Tribeca with solar panels on the roof for completely emissions free driving. One of the dreams in electric cars is tying…
Following car2go’s deployment of electric cars in San Diego, Zipcar is adding five Chevy Volt’s and up to 20 other electric cars in its Chicago car sharing fleet. Zipcar announced recently the company would be adding a selection of electric cars to its Chicago fleet, beginning with five Chevy Volt’s…
350green is building, in Chicago, what will be the largest electric car fast charging network in the U.S., along the Illinois Tollway, the Chicago airports, and other areas in and around Chicago. On Thursday Illinois Governor Pat Quinn announced an agreement with 350green and the Illinois Tollway to launch the…
Electric Vehicles International (EVI-INC) announced today a goal of deploying 500 electric delivery trucks in California over the next two years, piggy-backing on Gov. Jerry Brown’s executive order last week calling for the expansion of electric truck and car usage. Electric Vehicles International (EVI), a Stockton CA based electric truck…
At the Electric Vehicles, Land, Sea and Air conference this week in Silicon Valley, researchers and engineers met to discuss a wide range of electric vehicle applications and technologies. Electric vehicles are more than just the electrified cars we most frequently cover. This week in Silicon Valley, IdTechEx held the…
A123 Systems announced today company engineers had found a manufacturing flaw requiring the company replace, costing the company $55 million, a large number of nanophosphate lithium ion battery packs manufactured by the company for five electric vehicle manufacturers. A123 Systems announced this morning the company had discovered a manufacturing flaw…
