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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

The first of 40 replicas of the 1908 model that Waverley Electrics is manufacturing in China, the car was the talk of what turned out to be the most well-attended event in Hoosier EVA history. It’s basically just a souped-up golf cart, but Ford wouldn’t allow them to import it into the US. I had planned to sell them at first.

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InDEED, a success

Electric Auto Association

In Ventura, California, an EV movie night was headlined by ‘Who Killed the Electric Car,’ and participants in The Evie McWheely Contest were sent materials to draw the EV of their imaginations. A wide range of EVs were displayed online, from electric farm equipment in rural areas to EV school buses in Montgomery County , Maryland.

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Driving electric in an oil capital

Electric Auto Association

People are thinking ‘I’m going to get one of these cars at some point and I want to learn more about them.’” The capital is about three hours away by car and a number of our members do the trip relatively frequently.” They don’t like the Teslas because the cars come straight from Tesla, they don’t go through a dealership.

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

The first of 40 replicas of the 1908 model that Waverley Electrics is manufacturing in China, the car was the talk of what turned out to be the most well-attended event in Hoosier EVA history. It’s basically just a souped-up golf cart, but Ford wouldn’t allow them to import it into the US. I had planned to sell them at first.

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Electric Everything — Wide Variety Of Electric Vehicles On The Market Today

CleanTechnica EVs

There you have it: By land, by sea and in the air. From tiny one wheel skate boards to giant ferry boats and all kinds of aircraft and everything in between, everything is going electric.

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Proud of its roots

Electric Auto Association

Instead, his collection of electric vehicles (EVs) has included a converted Yamaha motorcycle, a converted 1971 AMC Hornet, and several electric scooters. They want to know what their car will do. I cut the frame and extended it, and then a guy from the DEVC donated a golf cart motor,” he explained. “I

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Kulongoski, Oregon as the electric-car manufacturer may be eyeing the “green” city of Portland. Think may use the former Freightliners plant site to employ over 1,000 workers that would ultimately expand to make 60,000 compact cars a year. market b y the end of 2009. The Norwegian company just last week met with Gov.