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Miles Electric Car

Electric Cars are for Girls

Heard of the Miles electric car? From Miles Automotive, it's an electrified Daihatsu Kei car that will give Zenn a run for its money.

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Easy as A123

Plug In Partners

This module contains their current production battery cells and delivers enough usable energy for the vehicle to travel the equivalent of 40 miles on electricity, achieving as much as 150 MPG in urban driving and 100 MPG in highway driving. The payback period for the average commuter driving 11,000 miles per year would be 5.5

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Santa Monica AltFuel Expo Sets up

Plugs and Cars

ZENNs and Miles Motors and scaled down pickups and jeeps from companies I'd never heard of. Phoenix Motors AltairNano powered SUV was the other full BEV. I hope to find out more tomorrow. The production of Neighborhood Electric Vehicles and electric bicycles is picking up. A few bio-cars were there.

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

Bright Automotive says it soon release an electric car with a 100 mile per gallon plus plug-in – and the company says it will keep the car economically priced. Bright Automotive, which spun out of the Rocky Mountain Institute in January, is building a plug-in hybrid vehicle that will get 100 miles a gallon (see Green Lightpost).

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Senators take green cars for a spin

Green Cars News

One of the most impressive vehicles on display was the ZENN - which stands for Zero Emission No Noise. It can claim 280mpg according to the Canadian automaker which describes it as “the third car in the driveway&# as it is designed for short journeys with a cruising range of around 40 miles.

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MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

ev-data.com : Electric vehiclemarket research and consultancy EV EmissionAnalysis: per-mile power plant emissions for EVs. V is for Voltage: electricscooters {Returnto top of page} Misc. EVInformation Sites DarrylMcMahons EV History Page : You name it, its here. TheEV Discussion List : This is a fantastic source of information.If

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Price tag: about $25,000, made from 95% recyclable materials with a top speed of 65 miles per hour and range of 110 miles per charge. They are also useless if you ever need to drive over 100 to 200 miles in one trip. market b y the end of 2009. Think has established a U.S. headquarters and will begin sales in the U.S.