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Drako Motors unveils 2,000 HP all-electric Dragon super SUV

Electric Cars Report

The San Jose, California-based startup Drako Motors unveiled its upcoming 2,000 HP all-electric Dragon super SUV. The Dragon is Drako’s second vehicle after the GTE electric sedan.

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In San Jose area? Come join us next week!

Revenge of the Electric Car

Revenge of the Electric Car producer Jessie Deeter and Who Killed the Electric Car member and EV extraordinaire Chelsea Sexton will be at the Plug-In 2010 Conference and Exposition on Tuesday, July 27th as part of “Public Night&# for the conference.

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NextEV Launches NIO Brand; NIO EP9 fastest electric car on the Nürburgring Nordschliefe

Green Car Congress

At a launch event in London, electric car company NextEV unveiled its brand, NIO and its electric supercar, the NIO EP9, which has achieved a new lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschliefe. mile) ‘Green Hell’ in 7m 05.12s, beating the previous EV lap record held, marking it out as the fastest electric car in the world.

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SF Bay Area gets largest yet electric car deployment to municipal fleets

National Green Transportation

On Thursday, the largest municipal fleet deployment of electric cars in the U.S. took place when Mitsubishi Motors deployed 50 i-MiEV's to four Bay Area local government fleets – San Jose, Los Gatos, Campbell and Mill.'

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Why NPR Hates Electric Cars - A Greenius Expose

Creative Greenius

Frank doesn’t know too much about electric cars and didn’t do much research before doing his report. Frank doesn’t like electric cars very much and doesn’t want you to either. What’s behind Frank’s bete noir car thing with EV’s? I immediately began to wonder why.

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Smart Move

Revenge of the Electric Car

Smart will be launching a test fleet of 250 electric cars in selected areas, including: Portland, San Jose, Indianapolis, Orlando, and the Washington, D.C. Read more in the article: Smart to Launch Test Fleet of Electric Cars. Smart also is joining a growing group of auto makers betting on electric vehicles.

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Feds Offer Free Chargers

Revenge of the Electric Car

The first nine communities to participate are: Sacramento, Los Angeles the San Francisco Bay-San Jose area, New York City, Orlando, Austin, Detroit, Washington and Redmond, Wash. Read more in the article: Get in Line for 4,600 Free Electric Car Battery Chargers. Ford, General Motors and Smart are partners.

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