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2008 Zap Xebra Electric Motorcycle Recalled (Again)

Green Car Reports

Back in 2009, we told you about the official National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recall of the 2008 Zap Xebra three-wheeled electric motorcycle. electric vehicle vendor Zap and the Chinese maker of the vehicle, Qingqi group Motorcycle.

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Alaska EV company seeking crowd-funding for low-volume production AWD electric roadster

Green Car Congress

Ethos Electric Vehicles, a small, Alaska-based company building custom electric motorcycles and automobiles, has launched a $100,000 crowd-funding campaign for reworking an existing internal combustion engine kit car—the Graber Cars’ La Bala —into a low-volume production, all-wheel drive (AWD) electric roadster.

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Zero Motorcycles Signs AMPLE to Market and Distribute Their Electric Motorcycles in Asia.

All Cars Electric

Zero Motorcycles is now entering the enormous Asian electric scooter / motorcycle market through AMPLE , a worldwide distributor of electric vehicle products founded on Earth Day 2008. AMPLE's brief history can be viewed here.

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Killacycle World Record

Revenge of the Electric Car

On Thursday October 23rd, 2008, Team KillaCycle set their latest drag racing world record at Bandimere Raceway. Rider Scotty Pollacheck piloted the wickedly fast all electric A123Systems NanoPhosphate battery powered motorcycle down the quarter mile in only 7.89 Tags: EV Events Inside Track Electric Motorcycles.

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Partying with Plug In America

Revenge of the Electric Car

Saturday September 27th, 2008 : Immediately after the Santa Monica 2008 AltCarExpo , “ Who Killed the Electric Car? &# Director Chris Paine graciously hosted Plug In America ’s very first fundraiser at his PV+EV residence in Culver City, CA. Click here to see my Vectrix Electric Maxi-Scooter coverage from March 2007.

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PHEV Space Reserved for Andrew Wowk and Dale Henderson to Blog in on Meet-up on Sat, 28 March 2008

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

If interested in assisting with the EAA HS Ed Chapter and perhaps, constructing an electric motorcycle, call Dale at (505) 463-0775 to blog in about the meet-up at the Flying Star Cafe and bonding with the "Spirit" on Saturday afternoon in Albuquerque's Old Town, not too far off of Route 66.

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

In 2006, desiring an electric motorcycle with lithium batteries, he found a start-up EV motorcycle manufacturer using acid batteries and gave the firm a special order. “I Taking delivery of the first prototype was the culmination of my April Fool’s joke.” I was essentially an active customer,” he said.

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