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April 2023 – Great month for the Volkswagen ID family in Germany

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The German auto market saw plugin electric vehicles take 20.5% Full electrics, however, saw increased share, though were outweighed by a halving of plugin hybrid share, a result of recent policy adjustments. April’s combined plugin result of 20.5% plugin hybrids (PHEVs). share in April, significantly down from 24.3%

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April 2023 – Plug-in car market share continues to grow in Norway

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Norway increased its plugin electric vehicle market share to 91.1% This is the first time Norway has seen 3 consecutive months with combined plugin share staying above 90% (see graph below). This is the first time Norway has seen 3 consecutive months with combined plugin share staying above 90% (see graph below). year-on-year.

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Theres a company in Guernsey (a UK island) which does conversions (the Mk1 shape), but I want a current shape model and a 60 mile range is just fine. The first one was the Zytek design you mentioned, but this is a 2nd "new and improved" design from Tesla, with more power, higher speed and greater range.

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Reply ↓ ↑ report 6 CaramelZappa 3:20AM (4/23/2009) Yea, you COULD convert a lotus for $10k but the conversion wouldnt be terribly satisfying. link] This guy has a very nice looking conversion, he managed to do it for about 25k. Not to mention the parts you most definitely could sell from the running gear. Its a Lotus.