The California Energy Commission just announced $20 million in grants for clean transportation programs in California. The programs include manufacturing expansions at Tesla Motors and Zero Motorcycles, as well as a long-delayed project for an electric taxi system demonstration in the San Francisco Bay Area. The project is to be…
In a grant program totaling over $20 million, the California Energy Commission is supporting clean green transportation projects from Better Place, Tesla Motors, Zero Motorcycles and other companies. The California Energy Commission announced on Wednesday grants supporting projects at Tesla Motors, Zero Motorcycles, and several other organizations meant to move…
Zero Motorcycles’ 2013 model year features higher power motors, higher energy density battery packs, offering significantly higher speed and longer range than the 2012 models and now has smart phone apps letting the rider customize the bikes performance characteristics. Electric motorcycle manufacturer Zero Motorcycles unveiled today their 2013 model line.…
Brandon Nozaki Miller, riding a modified Zero Motorcycles made Zero S ZF6 electric motorcycle, sets a new land speed record for lightweight electric motorcycles. There is a little friendly shootout underway in the electric motorcycle land speed record field. In August a land speed record was set in the under…
The current wave of using the Solyndra mess to tarnish other Green policies comes from a ridiculous piece of reporting published by Reuters. That reporting used incorrect accounting practices to misleadingly come up with a cost per Chevy Volt of $89,000 meaning that each Volt sold is costing GM an…
The long-hinted Tesla SuperCharger for the Model S and Model X, will be unveiled on Sept 24 according to an Elon Musk tweet promising it will be like “alien spaceships landed at highway rest stops.” Back in June, at the Tesla Motors shareholders meeting, Elon Musk gave the expected business…
The Tesla Model S is already an amazing electric car, but it became extremely more valuable with today’s unveiling of the Supercharger network which will allow coast-to-coast trips with an electric car, powered for free from sunlight. Calling it a historic moment, Elon Musk, Chairman and CEO of Tesla Motors,…
In the season finale to the TTXGP North American Championship, Steve Atlas won the title for the second year running, with team-made Eric Bostrom winning todays race. Steve Atlas and Brammo won the 2012 TTXGP North America Championship this weekend at the season finale at the Miller Motorsports Park outside…
Electric car maker Coda Automotive issued a recall for 78 of its electric cars due to improperly installed side curtain airbags. Electric car start-up manufacturer, Coda Automotive, announced a recall today of 78 of its electric cars because of a mis-installed side curtain air bag. The company says the airbags…
Electric car maker Coda Automotive staged a “Grass Station” in Culver City for educational outreach. What if you arrived at your normal gas station for a fillup and it was completely different? Coda Automotive published a YouTube video a couple days ago showing just such a situation. The company has…
A few days ago I wrote about GM’s CEO Dan Akerson talking about 200 mile driving range electric cars. This piece triggered an idea in the back of my mind, recalling the Osborne Effect, or the result which happens when a company announces the next generation product and customers stop…
Speaking to an employee meeting this week, GM’s CEO Dan Akerson talked about research between GM and Envia Systems developing battery technology which should allow GM to build 200 mile range affordable electric cars in the next two-to-four years. The two key hurdles to electric car adoption are price and…
Fast charging for electric cars should be a huge boost to electric car adoption, if there is widespread deployment of fast charging stations, and an announcement that REMA will begin manufacturing SAE DC Fast Charging plugs and sockets takes us a step closer to that day. Quietly in the background…
An inconveniently unplugged electric car can leave the owner of that car stranded with an unexpectedly flat battery pack, potentially inciting Hulk-like rage, but following common sense etiquette can avoid a whole world of outrage. The rise of electric cars will give us new ways to accidentally offend others. An…
Because of its large battery, the Tesla Model S requires higher speed charging than other electric cars, and it turns out to have the most flexible charging interface of any electric car. Tesla Motors’ newest all electric car, the Tesla Model S, has a most interesting charging port that sets…
