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Feature: Should You Drive a Car or a Motorcycle?

Clean Fleet Report

If you are wondering for yourself whether you should drive a car or ride a motorcycle, there are many things that you will want to bear in mind along the way. You can go for fuel economy or even zero emissions. One of the most important things for most of us on the roads is fuel economy. Beating Traffic.

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New study of emissions and health impacts from EVs in China, including massive e-bike fleet

Green Car Congress

Assumed average passenger load factors are car: 1.5, bus: 50, motorcycle: 1, e-bike: 1. 1 , equivalent to a gasoline car with a fuel economy of 5.6 Compared to a new (Euro IV) gasoline car, average e-car emission factors are about the same for CO 2 and 19× greater for PM 2.5. Credit: ACS, Ji et al.

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An Extreme Real World EV Driving (Charging) Test

Clean Fleet Report

In 1966, Honda’s marketing slogan for its motorcycles was: “You meet the nicest people on a Honda.” Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class, which leads us to emphasize electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and diesels. All seem perfectly comfortable in the shared experience.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The breakthrough could revolutionize electric car battery technology and pave the way for ultra-fast charging electric vehicles in as little as two years. The tango (commuter cars) says they only need 50 million to become profitable. Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date. I agree with sebastian.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles Written by Jerry James Stone Published on April 19th, 2009 34 Comments Posted in Electric Cars (EVs) , Plug-in hybrid EVs Just a few hours after General Motors called for a standardized EV plug , one has been created! More on Electric Cars: It’s On!

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Who is winning the green car race? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

It also plans to introduce the CR-Z (see article ), which has been dubbed the world’s first hybrid sports car; a hybrid version of the Fit; and both the EV-N and Skydeck concepts. However, Nissan has since embraced the need to drive down emissions and placed its focus firmly on electric cars.

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MAEAA Web Links

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Lectra: Matts sweetelectric motorcycle Mazda626 : Jerry Halsteads conversion diary. Volkswagen Rabbit :Zigs Amazing Electric Vehicle VolkswagenRabbit : Bill Dubes Wild Electwik Wabbit VolkswagenRabbit : yduJ drives an electric car! BuildYour Own Electric Vehicle : By Bob Bryant. Tropica: BradWaddells gorgeous EV.