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Opinion: Hey VW, Electric Vehicles Are Not a Joke

Clean Fleet Report

One or two or sometimes more companies let their PR folks’ creative juices loose on a gag press release sent on April 1. Jeep made real news with a new EV concept. Kia showed off its coming EV6 that ups the design game for an electric crossover. Taking Volkswagen to Task for Its April Fools Prank. It happens every year.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. And with the revival of the EV, the V2G concept was reborn. The experiment seemed to prove the feasibility of the technology.

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Upcoming electric vehicles in India

Electric Vehicles India

Honda PCX electric scooter. Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) said that the company will start a feasibility test of its upcoming electric scooter with its dealerships by the end of the 2021 festive season. BMW Motorrad had last month unveiled the concept CE 02 electric minibike. Upcoming electric vehicles.

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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Written by Josie Garthwaite 9 Comments Posted March 31st, 2009 at 5:00 am in Automotive Before unveiling the concept version of its Model S sedan, an $57,400 electric car that Tesla Motors wants to build using loans from the Department of Energy, the startup said the Model S battery would be designed to handle rapid charging.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Gallery: Plugging in at home Battery swap stations are a concept often associated with Better Place , an EV infrastructure company. Forcing companies to conform to standardized batteries prevents them from designing better cars. Of course, EVs that arent designed for battery swaps wont use it, and plug-in hybrids wont need it.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year. GM says it is already looking ahead to the next generation of Volt-based vehicles — it unveiled the Cadillac Converj concept in January — and says costs will come down as the technology spreads to more models. you see that?

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