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History of the GEM Car and a Look at Its Future

Clean Fleet Report

A Small, Slow EV That Has Found an Expanding Niche You don’t need a high-speed sports car or heavy-duty truck when driving around your neighborhood. Global Electric Motorcars (GEM) has pioneered neighborhood electric vehicles (EVs), demonstrating a prosperous past and promising future. owns GEM following a 2021 purchase from Polaris.

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UK Auto Industry Backs Diesel After Parking Surcharge In London Neighborhood

Green Car Reports

Diesel cars have dominated Europe for decades, but recently a major backlash against them has started to brew. Politicians and advocacy groups in several European countries are taking strong steps to limit or eliminate older, dirtier diesels, over concerns of negative health effects from their particulate emissions. MORE: UK Official Says.

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What Happens When a Happening Place Becomes Too Hot

Baua Electric

Earsplitting volumes in once quiet residential neighborhoods long after midnight. The ordinance, he said, was aimed at dealing with “behavior that impacts on residential neighborhoods” and with takeaway alcoholic drinks, which are seen as the main reason late-night revelers linger on certain streets and squares.

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E-quipment Highlight: Club Car Urban is the most practical electric pickup in US

Baua Electric

A small, neighborhood-legal EV that its makers says combines the practicality of a pickup truck and the efficiency of a golf cart to shuttle workers and supplies around the job site. It’s plenty of truck, in other words – more than enough to get tools, parts, plants, sod, or whatever else you need across a campus or industrial park.

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Charging/rideshare provider Revel hires former Tesla Supercharger exec – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

When Tesla’s CEO chose to disband the company’s Supercharger team, EV industry pundits predicted that many of those experts would soon be snapped up by other firms. Revel’s public fast charging hubs are designed for rideshare drivers, and are located in the neighborhoods where those drivers live and work.

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EVs and Fleet Electrification Are Reducing Noise Pollution

Clean Fleet Report

Listen to the Silent Impact of EVs Increasing the number of EVs on the road will ultimately decrease the auto industry’s environmental impact and greenhouse gas emissions. However, EVs offer more benefits that are driving the automotive industry forward. There isn’t too much to be contested there, those points are well known.

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Enterprise Rent-a-Car to offer Chevrolet Volt

Green Car Congress

The Volt vehicles will be available at the Mark Christopher Auto Center in Ontario, Calif., There are more than 5,000 Enterprise Rent-A-Car neighborhood and airport offices, including the Mark Christopher Auto Center site, located within 15 miles of 90% of the US population. along with a new charging station.

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