Electric Car Blogging

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, On Two Wheels, USA
Although they have yet to show off a prototype of their electrical energy storage unit (EESU) to a very curious public, the mysterious EEStor company has inked yet another deal. This time the future beneficiary of the super-duper capacitor is the Light Electric Vehicles Company (LightEVs) headed [...] [...]

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Aptera, USA

The latest newsletter from Aptera has arrived and we can now inform you of their most recent interesting updates. As expected, the company is about to begin the process of moving much of their current crowded facility to their new, close-by Vista, CA location. The new shop will contain some [...] [...]

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, GM, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, At Witz End
People are most critical of the things they least understand. – Paul W. Spoor, Bits & Pieces, September 2008.
Why is it so important to some to cast GM as a villain? To believe that the only reason we don’t have affordable, practical pure-electric vehicles today is that [...] [...]

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Volkswagen

Volkswagen is currently running a twenty strong test fleet of Twin-Drive Golfs in and around Berlin Germany and the results of this work are expected to hit the retail market around 2011. The current test models are using diesel engines but the production versions are likely to switch to gasoline when [...] [...]

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, On Two Wheels, Vectrix

Click above for more shots of the Vectrix electric scooter
Sure, Formula 1 is trying to introduce fuel-savings technologies in the coming years, starting with the KERS system that is currently being tested. Will we ever see the day when electric F1 cars are whizzing past gawking spectators across the [...] [...]

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Lightweight, UK
Officially launched at the British International Motor Show in July by NICE Car Company, MyCar was named electric vehicle of the year by GreenFleet this past Thursday in Twickenham, England. Sporting space for two occupants and born of an Italian pen, the tiny car from Hong Kong captured judges hearts by [...] [...]