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In 2024, Royal Enfield will launch its first electric vehicle

Electric Vehicles India

As the transition to electric mobility gains momentum, Royal Enfield (the legendary and longest-running British motorcycle brand owned by India’s Eicher Motors) is making rapid progress with its own electric vehicle portfolio. EV efforts are expected to cost between $100 million and $150 million. million to 1.8

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New Elon Musk essay: Tesla CEO’s current thoughts on technology and humanity

Teslarati

The new Elon Musk essay was published in China Cyberspace , the Cyberspace Administration of China’s (CAC) flagship magazine. In a way, the publication of the new Elon Musk essay in the CAC’s flagship magazine is significant. Thank you for the invitation from China Cyberspace magazine. Posted by Elon Musk.

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Ford showcasing vehicle-to-vehicle communication for crash avoidance; potential for leveraging WiFi and smartphones to extend quickly the number of participating vehicles

Green Car Congress

The work is divided into four main areas: Technology, Applications, Technology Policy and Institutional Issues, and Use of Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC). DSRC is suited to mobile vehicular applications needing high bandwidth and low latency in short range communications (on the order of a few hundred meters).

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Nonetheless, I do agree that it wastes of energy, reduces range and should NOT be mandatory. New York 2009: Mercedes E250 Bluetec concept would get 28/39 city/hwy rating Breaking - Zero Motorcycles unveils the Zero S [w/Video] GM and Segways PUMA live reveal Hyundai to offer plug-in hybrid in U.S. I know this and I speak for them.

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Merc wants the electric smart to perform badly, to have a short range and little power, so that it dosent eat up other products in the lineup. It is probably possible to make a 20k electric smart that outperforms most other cars on the road in everything except range and top speed. For this to happen there has to be a detuning process.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks. Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Establishing dealer network. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

However, because of the duty cycle used by the Postal Service, which generally amounts to only about 18-20 miles per day on a fixed route, these vehicles are being built without the range extender seen on the concept. The extended-range version will be focused on retail customers. Follow us on Twitter!

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