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After spending much of the 20th century languishing in development hell, electric cars have finally hit the roads in a big way. Automakers are working feverishly to improve range and recharge times to make vehicles more palatable to consumers.
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If you would have guessed a few years ago which major German automaker would be first out of the gate to develop a ground-up electric passenger van, the obvious answer would have been Volkswagen. But Mercedes-Benz snuck in earlier this year w… Continue reading Mercedes amplifies the electric van market with 250-mile, eight-seat EQV
Compact and humble, the first of Australia’s Ace EVs rolled out to meet the media this morning in South Australia. With a range of around 200 km (124 miles) and a carrying capacity of 500 kg (1,100 lb), the Ace Cargo is a simple, practical delivery vehicle its creators hope will hit the sweet spot early.
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It’s become all too common for a startup to materialize out of nowhere with claims of having the next groundbreaking electric car. In fact, it’s happened twice this month alone. Much less common is for that startup to accompany those claims with a production-ready vehicle. But here comes Drako Motors, a Silicon Valley-based startup you’ve probably never heard of, with an all-out hyper-GT it says is ready for production. Four doors, four seats and four motors, the 1,200-hp GTE debuts as the world’s most powerful sedan, a grand tourer built to exceed 200 mph (322 km/h) and vector sharply around twisting pavement with four passengers and all their bags.
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Continue Reading Silicon Valley’s Drako Motors unleashes track-torching 206-mph electric sedan
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This winter, a group of electric vehicle enthusiasts, including [Dane Kouttron], raced their homemade electric go-karts on the semi-frozen tundra nearby as part of their annual winter tradition. These vehicles are appropriately named Atomic Thing and Doom Sled, and need perfect weather conditions to really put them to the test. …read more
You may associate the name Segway with those self-balancing electric rollers that never quite captured the buying public’s imagination but can still be found patrolling shopping malls and ferrying visitors around eco-parks. Now owned by Chine… Continue reading Segway prepares Max G30 e-scooter for the long commute
Volkswagen’s barnstorming electric race car already holds records for Pikes Peak, Goodwood and the Nurburgring, and now it’s headed to China, where it will tear up the famous 99 turns up Tianmen Shan Big Gate Road, one of the most spectacular roads on God’s green Earth.
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Continue Reading Volkswagen’s barnstorming I.D. R to tackle China’s most spectacular mountain road
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Norway has famously adopted electric cars at a staggering rate – some 60 percent of all cars sold there this March were battery-powered. According to Forbes, a number of factors are behind this success, from sales tax breaks, free parking and bus lane access to the fact that almost all the country’s power comes from hydro-electric plants, tipping the scales even further toward EVs as a pollution-busting solution.
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Continue Reading Norway’s Fresco Motors announces the Reverie, a super-quick premium electric sedan
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A Texas-based startup has raised US$4.5 million in seed funding to develop and commercialize a remarkable electric motor technology. The father/son team claims the design can massively reduce the size and complexity of electric powertrains wh… Continue reading HET electric motor massively boosts power, torque and efficiency, reduces weight and complexity
There are many electric kickscooters to buy or hire and, with a few notable exceptions such as the Uno Bolt Mini and the CityRabbit, they pretty much all follow the same basic design blueprint. They have two wheels, a deck that’s home to a ba… Continue reading Audi takes a one-handed approach to last mile e-scooting