Electric cars
New Lamborghini Countach EV not electricity-dependant
A new concept wind and solar powered car from Lamborghini solves the problem of efficiently charging the batteries of electric cars.
High fuels prices alone provide enough reason to consider buying a hybrid electric car but then you have to consider the price of electricity to recharge your car’s batteries, which doesn’t come cheap these days.
BMW Vision - info
BMW has revealed a bit more information on their exciting Vision Efficient Dynamics concept car which will be officially unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. M3 performance with Prius fuel consumption and 50km electric only range? You betcha. Check it out after the jump.
First Joule EVs on SA roads by 2010
Optimal Energy, the Cape Town based company that unveiled a full electric multi-purpose urban passenger vehicle named Joule to the world at the Paris Autoshow in 2008, has announced industrialisation plans to mass produce the vehicle in South Africa from 2012. This announcement comes on the back of a further share issue to the Industrial […]
Tesla Model S: First Pics
Jalopnik has just released the first ever public pics of the Tesla Model S concept electric saloon, as well some fairly detailed specs. How does a 480km range and 5.5 sec 0-100km/h sprint sound? Apparently, the entire platform will be developed in-house. Head over to Jalopnik for more pics and the full scoop.
Aptera driven by Edmunds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwHm6aefGLQ
Porsche vs Tesla coming soon?
Rumour has it that Porsche is developing their own EV sportscar in-house. This makes a lot of sense for the German automaker, as it should go a long way in helping them meet Europe’s upcoming fleet-wide emissions targets.
To add credence to this rumour, Porsche has placed an order for a Tesla Roadster. Clearly then, the […]
Time Magazine’s 50 Best Inventions of the Year – including 3 electric cars!
Time Magazine, in a November 2008 special edition, celebrated what it sees as the fifty most important inventions of the year, including some green motoring items.
Credit crunch may delay Joule production plans
It seems that the global financial crisis will delay the mass production of the Optimal Energy Joule, on which GreenCars recently reported. The company is in need of some €100m (some R1.3bn) in investment to start the building of an assembly plant.
Optimal Energy CEO Kobus Meiring told Reuters: “It is unfortunate that at the same […]
Better Place heads to Australia
We’ve talked a bit about Better Place before - the brainchild of ex-SAP honcho, Shai Agassi. Not content with simply rolling out in Israel, Better Place has recently added Denmark and now Australia to their expansion program.
Green Car Congress has posted an in-depth article about the details of Better Place’s move to Aussie.
Better Place is […]
Optimal Energy Web site redesign
Optimal Energy, the people behind South African EV Joule, have just launched a completely updated Web site that provides a lot of information and goodies on the exciting vehicle. Check it out.
Update:It looks like there’s a little bit of controversy brewing on the Interwebs, as Optimal Energy’s Web site bears a very strong resemblance to […]
