By Gero | Published:
May 22, 2010
May 21 (Bloomberg) — Toyota Motor Corp., the worlds largest automaker, is buying a million stake in the Californian electric-car maker Tesla Motors Inc. as automakers compete to offer low-polluting models in the US Bloomberg’s Erik Schatzker reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
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By Gero | Published:
May 17, 2010
Positive news from GM this morning. The company will create 200 jobs at a plant in Maryland to make electric motors for it’s next generation hybrids in 2013. The company will spend 246 million dollars on the project, 105 million of which came from a Department of Energy grant. GM also said that although it [...]
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By Gero | Published:
March 11, 2010
Google Tech Talks July 18, 2006 ABSTRACT Before there was the Wrightspeed X-1, there was the Tesla prototype. Before the Tesla, there was the Tango – the first 0-60 in 4 seconds electric sports car that you can actually buy. Credits: Speaker:Rick Woodbury
By Gero | Published:
November 8, 2009
www.edmunds.com He was tall, looked fit in his spandex bicycling gear and — the reason we were a bit nervous — he was glaring at the little silver roadster with distaste. Had we inadvertently forced him off the road on one of our passes while photographing the electric-powered 2008 Tesla Roadster? No. His problem, it [...]
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The reasonably acknowledged electric car appears to be growing in speed in several markets in these previous several years. In spite of being nowhere nearly as common as petrol or even hybrid automobiles, with environmental worries and questionable oil reserves, the outlook assuredly appears to be electric. Governments all over the planet are helping in the research and development of electric cars with the objective of significantly more usage within the next several years or so. A noteworthy number of firms have individually or jointly made significant investments in this technology, and innovative discoveries are being made repeatedly. But why has it taken so long for the electric car to gather momentum?
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By Gero | Published:
September 16, 2009
Check out my classifieds at EVfinder, too. vancouver-gadgeteers.blogspot.com Also check out my Poor Boyz’ Vectrix video. Ifyou also want a Free Battery electric vehicle that costs 30 cents a day to operate: matthiesR @ yahoo.ca The Globe and Mail newspaper said that there are only 12 licensed EV’s in British Columbia. Down from over 40, [...]
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By Gero | Published:
June 22, 2009
in January 2009 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit by The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, a multimillion dollar competition designed to inspire a new generation of viable, super fuel-efficient vehicles. You can read more about this new Demonstration Division at: www.progressiveautoxprize.org … PIAXP Progressive Automotive PRIZE Detroit North American International Auto [...]
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By Gero | Published:
April 26, 2009
The GM EV1 had a 00.00 incentive to buy this car forced to build by congress yet GM gave 0000.00 tax incentive to buy the largest most gas guzzling vehicle