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I test-drove the only street-legal electric microcar in the US, and it’s wild

Electrek

Electric microcars are a tricky to define subset of motor vehicles, especially in the US. Open-air neighborhood electric vehicles , fancy golf carts , and other small vehicles tend to blur the line, leaving microcars in that weird category of “I know it when I see it.”

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New York City adding 70 electric vehicles to fleet; launches EV educational push

Green Car Congress

Mayor Bloomberg announces the addition of 70 new electric vehicles. New York City is adding 70 electric vehicles to its fleet: 50 new Chevrolet Volts, 10 fully electric Ford Transit Connect cargo vans, and 10 new fully electric Navistar E-star utility trucks. Earlier post.)

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National Drive Electric Week 2021: Talk about great timing

Electric Auto Association

National Drive Electric Week 2021 comes as the country turns toward EVs. Promotion for NDEW event in Clay, New York. A Cars and Coffee event will be held in Clay, New York, while Avalon, an all-electric golf cart community on Catalina Island off the Southern California coast, will display three electric buses.

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National Drive Electric Week 2021: Talk about great timing

Electric Auto Association

National Drive Electric Week 2021 comes as the country turns toward EVs. Promotion for NDEW event in Clay, New York. A Cars and Coffee event will be held in Clay, New York, while Avalon, an all-electric golf cart community on Catalina Island off the Southern California coast, will display three electric buses.

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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

Green Car Congress

Vehicle data might enable lower insurance rates for good drivers. Using Georgia Tech-owned golf carts to prove out the technology, a person sitting in a remote location can access real-time video streamed over LTE to drive the carts. Dynamic Social Shuttle, New York and London. Remote Repositioning, Atlanta.

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National Drive Electric Week 2023 Recap: Let’s Give Them Something To Talk About

Plug in America

By Zan Dubin-Scott I’m standing on the sidewalk in the sun, proudly gazing at 70-plus vehicles lined up and ready to go for a history-making event–the world’s first electric vehicle parade–when my phone rings. Again, if we had our way, CNN would make something of a bluegrass celebrity of E.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Ted Kulongoski behind the wheel of Nissan’s prototype electric vehicle. Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production. So why has Oregon become a hotbed of activity for electric vehicles all of a sudden? Now add much cheaper materials and NiMH is now obsolete.

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