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Lightning Motorcycles electric bike with Remy motor cracks 200 mph

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blasted through the land speed record for production electric bikes by 30 mph to be crowned the first electric bike to exceed 200 mph. In addition to its commercial bikes now sold in North America, Asia and Europe, Lightning is already manufacturing their Superbikes with a Remy HVH250 motor for sale.

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General Motors India And REVA Form Partnership To Develop Electric Vehicles for Indian Market

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The REVA NXR is a four-seat, three-door hatchback family car suitable for urban driving that can be ordered at the show, with production scheduled to commence at the beginning of 2010. kWh lead acid battery pack with a 13 kW, 52 N·m AC induction motor, offering a range of 80 km (50 miles) and a top speed of 80 km/h (50 mph).

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VW to launch technically updated Sharan MPV at Geneva; up to 15% more fuel efficient

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mph) if a collision is imminent. Especially successful in Europe and Asia. More than 200,000 units of the current generation model (introduced in 2010 at the Geneva show) have been sold, with more than 800,000 units sold since market launch of the Sharan. inch systems Composition Media or Discover Media (with navigation).

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Shanghai GM Sail electric concept vehicle debuts at 2010 Guangzhou Auto Show

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The Shanghai GM Sail electric concept vehicle ( earlier post ) mad e its global debut at the 2010 Guangzhou Auto Show. The Sail electric concept vehicle was developed by Shanghai GM and the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC) in Shanghai, and is based on the Chevrolet Sail that went on sale at the beginning of the year.

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Detroit Electric and Proton Announce Strategic Partnership to Produce EVs

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Detroit Electric plans to begin sales in 2010; its plans call for selling more than 270,000 EVs in Europe, UK, China and the United States by 2012. Acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h is less than 8 seconds, and top speed is 180 km/h (112 mph). “When you are trying to redefine the automotive industry, you need to bring many partners along.”

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Solar-powered off-grid EV charging stations offer surprisingly attractive cost advantages

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Charged recently spoke with Beam Global CEO Desmond Wheatley, who has been with the company since 2010, about the surprisingly wide range of benefits of the company’s EV ARC and Solar Tree systems. ” Furthermore, the product is currently independently rated for 125 mph wind speeds, and we’ll soon be rated for 150.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

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