What happened to the 2013 eRoadRacing World Cup? The team, a fusion of the FIM e-Power and TTXGP, started the year with big promises that 2013 would be a formative year in which they launched the series. Four or more races were to be held in both North America and…
Could Nissan be getting ready to offer multiple battery pack capacity options on the Nissan Leaf? According to a report on PlugInCars.com, that’s exactly the case, though it’s not clear WHEN this will occur. Reportedly, Pierre Loing, Nissan’s Vice President of Product and Advanced Planning and Strategy, said that Nissan…
Palo Alto took a step closer on Tuesday to requiring that new housing include a 50 amp circuit for electric car charging outlets. The City Council Policy and Services Committee unanimously recommended that the City Council adopt the proposal. However, Palo Alto Online slams the move saying “a new law…
By now we were supposed to have flying cars, right? Maybe that will never happen but one prediction of the future is beginning to become true – self-driving cars. When fully implemented self-driving cars MIGHT be a big positive win for green transportation. Today, Ford announced a big step towards…
I neglected to post an update on Terry Hershner’s ride yesterday and today, so here goes. They’d made it to Houston yesterday, and today are in Louisana, but one last problem had to occur. At 10:30PM their time last night, the rear tire went flat. After getting repairs done –…
While looking for something else I stumbled across an interesting opinion article on motorcycle-usa.com about how the AMA was failing at promoting motorcycle racing in the US, despite being controlled by NASCAR. The thrust of the article was that given the success of NASCAR, those people ought to be able…
The Formula E boss, Alejandro Agag, spoke at a technology fair in Barcelona recently, claiming that the Formula E will speak to the Facebook/iPad generation, and that the series will inspire a generation of battery heads. What he’s referring to is a demographic shift created by the flourishing of mobile…
With oil companies racking up record profits it may seem absurd to suggest their days are numbered, and that investors should sell their oil company stocks by 2020. But that’s a suggestion in an article posted today on the MarketWatch website. That article in turn references no less an institution…
This year, 2013, is turning into a watershed year for long distance electric motorcycle and car trips. As I write this Terry Hershner is taking another of his long distance electric motorcycle trips, and while he’s not going to beat the record he was aiming for, it’s still quite an…
Last we saw of Terry Hershner last night had him going to a motel for sleep after SNAFU’ing his bike. This morning Terry posted the following update: Today in Austin I’m hoping to meet with the folks at ReVolt and do a custom electrical connection repair. In the meantime here’s…
Eric Bostrom at Laguna Seca It appears the eRoadRacing World Cup crew quietly closed out the 2013 season without holding a World Final race. A press release has popped up on motorcycle-usa.com and roadracingworld.com saying that Ho Chi Fung (Zongshen) and Eric Bostrom (Brammo) are the winners of the 2013…
Terry Hershner was doing pretty good, made it to Austin at a reasonable time today. But, then, Texas took its toll on his trip, and I suppose beating the record is now out of the question. On Facebook, Terry explained that they’d been at the Whole Foods charging and showing…
The other day we learned of a new electric motorcycle racing series that will be run under the AHRMA umbrella. There’s actually a fair bit of history of AHRMA hosting electric motorcycle racing, and I thought it might be worth recounting that history. First, AHRMA is the American Historic Racing…
This morning, Terry Hershner appears to still be stuck in West Texas. When I went to bed last night he’d made it past El Paso, and was on the highway and looked like he’d make it to San Antonio or farther by morning. This morning we see the report below,…
It’s 9pm PST, 1 1/2 days into Terry Hershner’s trip in which he’s attempting to set a record for cross country electric motorcycle travel. The Facebook post embedded below was posted 5 hrs ago, from El Paso, his last status update a few minutes ago shows him now on the…
