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10 best electric bicycles you can get

Green Authority

Motorcycles are great, but not all states allow for lane splitting, which means you will just be waiting in traffic, with no AC or a comfy seat. Monday Motorbikes was created by motorcycle enthusiasts, and you can definitely see that influence in the final product. Driving through traffic is one of our biggest daily stresses.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Clean Fleet Article It would be a financial win-win for all. John Addison publishes the Clean Fleet Report with archives of over 60 articles and reports about electric vehicles, V2G, biofuels, fleet success and more. So while my car is powering the great city during the day how will I have juice to drive home at the end of the day?

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Therefore, until we get quick-charge batteries -- based on new breakthroughs, Ill take a WAG and estimate that we will have real 5-minute quick-charge batteries in perhaps 10 years -- we are likely to get our juice mostly from our home chargers. Drive in, drop the underslung pack, hydraulically uplift a fresh pack, drive out.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Posted by: Bob F | Apr 13, 2009 9:42:47 PM Despite factual errors and oversights in this article, you still make an excellent point. A simple, clean, efficient EV that wont run out of juice because of its on-board gas generator. Going from 12MPG to 15.8MPG saves more gas than going from 50MPG to 500MPG.

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