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ecovolta electrifies a Traxter for the Swiss Alps

Green Car Congress

The background for the development of the electric vehicle was a request from Stoos Bahnen AG to the local sales partner and Can-Am dealer. Since there was no suitable offer at the Canadian Traxter manufacturer Bombardier Recreational Products or in its own market area, the idea for retrofitting the Traxter to electric operation arose.

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How to “Green” Your Car

Clean Fleet Report

The car market, including secondhand vehicles, is very expensive at the moment, so not everyone has the luxury of just getting up, going to their local dealer and buying a new EV or even a new car that isn’t a gas guzzler. But that behavior and that idea are both far from eco-friendly! It adds up, leaving a hefty carbon footprint.

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MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Micro :Electronics, Kits, Surplus, Online Catalog Cand H Sales Co.: ElectroAutomotive EVsNorth West EVParts : formerlyWilde EVolutions EVProud : Chrome "Electric" logos EV Source: Zilla controllersand Manzinta Micro chargers KTA ServicesInc. Nice folks. Battery chargers and DC/DC converters. RileyEnterprises : Electric and hybrid DIY plans.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

The check in was at 1330 hrs - and there were no unsanitized rooms available, so we decided to take an Ola to go to Kropex Motors, the Tata Motors dealer at Singasandra. It would be a good idea to retrofit this in existing Nexon's. We returned back and the dealer flagged us off at around 1515 hrs - with crackered confetti!

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We visited the OLA Future Factory: Electric Scooter Manufacturing

Plug In India

It was one of the first batches; has not given him significant maintenance issues from the time it was purchased. The original idea was three wheeler rickshaw battery swapping. The initial Idea was to have a 70-30 gender split, but then Bhavesh asked why not a 100 percent female workforce? He himself was in the market for one.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Also maintenance on these (no oil changes to speak of) etc will cost much less than an internal combution propelled car. People are scared that they’ll get stuck and have no way of charging the batteries, hey I have an idea why not build a wind turbine on the roof that way as you drive the turbine spins and charges the battery.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Establishing dealer network. When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I Toyotas Mr. Asakura expressed skepticism about the concept of a plug-in hybrid car that would run only on battery power for 40 miles, the idea central to the Chevrolet Volt concept.

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