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The Tesla Roadster is a car that we love to write about here at GreenCars. It’s hi-tech, fast and environmentally friendly - all good things. It’s also the product of a young and dynamic company that’s taken Silicon Valley business practices and applied them to the auto industry. The result makes for a very interesting […]

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After being launched at the New York Auto Show on Thursday 20 March, Subaru will begin real-world testing of its R1e electric vehicle in the US under care of the New York Power Authority (NYPA). The vehicles won Subaru the 2006 Commendation for Global Warming Prevention Activity award from the Japanese government.

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Popular Mechanics dot com recently did quite an in-depth video insert on the innovative new Aptera hybrid and electric three wheeler cars. This is one of the vehicles that I’m most excited about, and the video has some very interesting information on the Aptera. Well worth the watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Ke1VWhZJA

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Actual real world testing of the Tesla roadster has been quite rare since the car was announced in 2006, so it was quite a highly-anticipated affair when Tesla Motors invited a number of motoring publications to test drive a Roadster on the roads of California a couple of weeks back.
There are a lot of articles […]

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How does this sound to you: a sportscar with 0-100km/h acceleration in just over 3 seconds, a top speed of around 320km/h and fuel consumption of less than 2l/100km? Sounds amazing, right? Now what if I told you that these cars were going to be made in South Africa? Too good to be true….

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Yes, we’re back from a lengthy beer-and-braai-filled absence. Thanks for your patience everybody - I trust you all had as relaxing of a holiday as I did.
There is much to look forward to in the year ahead, especially due to the fact that a number of the vehicles that we’ve been looking forward to over […]

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A former top SAP executive, Shai Agassi, has just launched a very exciting startup company called Better Place, which is aiming to drastically altar the electric vehicle landscape in the near future.
The company has already raised $200 million to develop their plan of launching a viable recharging network to support the growth of the electric […]

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Up until now, Tesla Motors have only been able to make claims on their Roadster’s performance and range figures based on projections, so many people were skeptical about all this talk of 250 mile (400 km) range and 4 second 0-100km/h sprints. Well, official figures have now been released.

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