Dwarfing Tesla’s and any electric vehicle will be able to use it, the company says. Ford will launch the largest electric charging network in North America and any electric car will be able to use it. Once complete, the network will nearly triple the number of Tesla charging stations currently available in the same area. […]
Posted on October 19th, 2019 by Henry
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Breaking its own record by nearly 20 seconds. Last year, electric-car startup NIO brought its 1360-hp EP9 supercar to the Nurburgring and set a blistering time of 7:05.00, making it the quickest electric car at the famous circuit. Now, NIO says the EP9 has returned to the ‘Ring and put down an astounding 6:45.90. Uh, […]
Posted on May 13th, 2017 by Henry
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The long-awaited machine has finally arrived. Sort of. Thursday night at the Tesla Design Studio in Hawthrone, CA, Elon Musk revealed the Tesla Model 3 to the world. Promised back in summer of 2014 as a $35,000 EV that would be accessible to far more drivers than could afford previous Teslas, the 3 is here. […]
Posted on April 2nd, 2016 by Henry
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Kia Naimo electric concept makes debut in Seoul Kia added to its electric vehicle concept line-up at the Seoul Motor Show today with the world premiere the Naimo electric crossover utility. Designed as a five-door, four-seater urban runabout, the Naimo is powered by an 80 kW electric motor which Kia says produces maximum torque of […]
Posted on April 4th, 2011 by Henry
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WORLD BEATING ELECTRIC MOTOR CYCLE Definitely one of the crowd favorites at last week’s Future of Electric Vehicles conference was the presentation by Eva Hakkanson and Bill Dube. The highly-entertaining couple, who design and build electric racing motorcycles out of their home garage, have set some impressive records with their KillaCycle drag bike – it […]
Posted on December 18th, 2010 by Henry
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Chip Yates prepares to race his 196-horsepower electric superbike against the gas-guzzlers Chip Yates took a very American approach when he began building an electric superbike to race in the TTXGP and FIM ePower championships. He went for horsepower. One-hundred and ninety-six horsepower, to be precise, with a massive set of battery cells to keep […]
Posted on December 17th, 2010 by Henry
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What’s the Queensland Government doing on Electric Vehicles? Presenter: Nick Weinert Office of Climate Change Listen to Presentation Nick delivered information surrounding the development of the discussion paper “Electric Vehicle Roadmap” Received & published by Henry Sapiecha
Posted on October 12th, 2010 by Henry
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Are we on the right road? Presenter: Steve Spalding RACQ Listen to Presentation Steve raised the following question: “Just how much thought are we giving to our future motoring needs?” After a hundred years or more of cars powered by internal combustion engines using mainly fossil based fuels we now seem to be seeing a […]
Posted on October 12th, 2010 by Henry
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