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Lightning Motorcycles electric bike with Remy motor cracks 200 mph

Green Car Congress

The bike was ridden by Paul Thede, principal of Race Tech and the developer of the Lightning suspension system. In addition to its commercial bikes now sold in North America, Asia and Europe, Lightning is already manufacturing their Superbikes with a Remy HVH250 motor for sale.

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Batteries included: Electric Morgan Super3 concept previews British brand’s electric dream

EV Central

Called the Morgan XP-1, the new battery-electric concept is said to preview the small British firm’s latest EV tech, rather than pave the way for a zero-emission three-wheeler Morgan. Morgan Motor Company has rolled out a new concept for an all-electric sports car based on its second-generation Morgan Super3.

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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

Cars That Think

For four years, Campbell had been using a high-tech implant in her left eye that gave her a crude kind of bionic vision, partially compensating for the genetic disease that had rendered her completely blind in her 30s. “I Now, as the company fades away, the future of high-tech vision implants seems blurrier than ever.

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Udaipur to Himachal : 923 km in an electric car

Plug In India

It was a dark desert highway, and there was cool wind in the hair. We used a constant power of 2-3 bar, did some wind-cheating and reached Jaipur in 2 hrs 45 minutes. In the meantime we chatted up with Akash, who looks after tech at Statiq. Average wh/km was 110. It’s a young and growing team. Most of them remain unpaid.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) None of the new electric cars are planning to use old-tech lead acid batteries. Wind, hydro, DC transmission lines, and smart grid electronics are also Portland strengths.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

tech industry during the 1990s. His people at MidAmerican have studied clean technologies like batteries and wind power for years because of the threat of climate change. But can this no-nonsense tech veteran come up with a plan to save Yahoo? He is, after all, a man who shunned the booming U.S. You want to meet him."

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The trouble is you then have to stop right away, which brings about some pretty strong regenerative braking action, something that Chrysler needs to work on before making the Circuit available for sale. Well need to spend some more time with the car to find out how it holds up over longer drives, but the powertrain tech obviously works.