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Aptera 2e makes public debut

Revenge of the Electric Car

We have TWO reports from guest bloggers who attended the Aptera in the Wild EVent Thursday night at Smooth’s Sports Grille in Long Beach, CA. Also embedded below is a recent Aptera 2e demo ride video (with founder Steve Fambro) from the 2009 TED conference (held in Long Beach, CA) recently uploaded by Aptera forum member Josh.

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Membership Drive runs through Nov. 30 - help your local chapter build!

Electric Auto Association

An Aptera free reservation ($100 value) will be awarded to two new or renewing members in each current EVA chapter. Join now and receive upgraded benefits. You are all appreciated. We thank our volunteers across the country and around the world who work so tirelessly in their communities to spread the word about electric vehicles (EVs).

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9 Teams Advancing to Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Validation Stage

Green Car Congress

Finalists were required to pass a repeat of technical inspections and on-track Efficiency, Range and Dynamic Safety events conducted by the competition’s technical team and auto test engineers from partner Consumer Reports. X-Tracer, E-Tracer #72 (Switzerland), Battery Electric. X-Tracer, E-Tracer #79 (Switzerland), Battery Electric.

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Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Concludes Knockout Qualifying Stage; 15 Vehicles from 12 Teams Continue On

Green Car Congress

Vehicles also had to complete emissions, efficiency, and range events in which they had to achieve at least two-thirds the minimum fuel economy and range requirements. Commuter Cars, Tango (Spokane, WA) Battery Electric. X-Tracer, E-Tracer 7002 (Switzerland) Battery Electric. Amp, amp’d Sky(Cincinnati, OH) Battery Electric.

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Driving electric in an oil capital

Electric Auto Association

We had a lot of folks coming up to us at events who weren’t real happy with the space we were taking up in the parking lots,” recalled Kevin Douglass, the HEAA Communications Director who formerly served 10 years as chapter president. “We A demonstration of plug-in hybrids and full battery electrics at an HEAA meeting. Email Address.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

PHEVs with "Good Enough to Get Started" batteries. The nonprofit CalCars does conversions to demonstrate new designs and provide a platform for different batteries; we dont sell conversions. We will have similar solutions available for better (but more expensive) nickel-metal hydride or lithium-ion batteries.)

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IoT in Electric Vehicles: A Success Factor For the Future

Get Electric Vehicle

In the event of any difficulties or modifications, the MSTS. READ]: Top 10 Most Weird and Wonderful electric vehicles [WATCH]: Aptera Solar Car – 1000 miles range. The platform has an adaptable cloud architecture, allowing users to add private, public, or hybrid cloud storage as needed. You may also like.