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Aptera, Arcimoto, & Solo Are Sliding Into The Abyss, & Tech Writers Should Know Better

CleanTechnica EVs

Maybe there will be an interesting book about Aptera after it inevitably fails. More likely it would be a moderately interesting chapter in a book about really bad ideas

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Electric Motorcycles & Autocycles Don’t Get Tax Credits, But You Can Help Change That

CleanTechnica EVs

It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Aptera. Its upcoming solar-electric vehicle will be able to go up to 1,000 miles (1600 km) on a charge, but for most people doing their normal routines, the vehicle won’t usually need to charge at all. This sounds outlandish to many people because cars just don’t […].

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Driving electric in an oil capital

Electric Auto Association

Houston chapter leads toward clean energy in Texas. Clean air and clean water are on everyone’s minds right now,” Douglass said, explaining that city officials have been hard at work adapting alternative energy sources. Kevin Douglass is an ambassador for Aptera,” Hanson continued. “As

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Enthusiasm electric!

Electric Auto Association

On Saturday, January 28, over 150 members attended the official annual meeting and ride-and-drive at Aptera headquarters in Carlsbad, over 100 staying for dinner. The latter came with discount offers from Neo Charge on their SmartSplitter, Bluedot , EV Charging for Dummies , Recurrent Auto , Clean Energy Credit Union , and more.

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Maryland Stops Treating 3-Wheeled Cars Like Motorcycles

CleanTechnica EVs

Maryland recently solved a big problem that could keep some of the most efficient vehicles off the road with the passage and signing of HB 1391. By making it easier to legally operate a 3-wheeled vehicle, more people will want to drive them. The Problem In the United States, only a single-digit percentage of households […].

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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. GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010.

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