EV Report

Inspired by the documentary ‘Who Killed the Electric Car’ Steve Solarazza converted a Chevy S-10 Truck into silent electric sweetness! This rig’s got $2,500 in 16 batteries and $7,500 in parts invested into it. Steve’s truck gets 50 miles per charge which isn’t a whole lot but we are talking about a truck here. All [...]

Could this be the missing link? A pyramid shaped car named the ‘Zanis 1′ developed by a father and son tinkerers. At full speed this triangular head-turner tops out at 45 Mph and can be seen driving around in Kane County IL. Weighting in at 4 tons this beast of a tank has 80 batteries [...]

I guess energizer’s fuzzy little bunny can’t help with this one. Apparently all of the major car companies are looking for better battery technologies. The article at Business Week talks about how lithium ion will be on its way to the car soon but they are still very expensive and potentially hazardous.  They also briefly [...]

It looks like Los Angeles has initially approved a proposal by American Maglev Technology Inc., to build a maglev train from ports at Long Beach and Los Angeles and run through downtown Los Angeles to Ontario. Word has it that American Maglev Technology will be fronting the 26 billion to build the train line for [...]

U.S. electric car pioneer ZAP and China Youngman Automotive Group have announced they are reviving the 100-year-old electric car brand Detroit Electric for their automotive joint venture. The companies plan to introduce electric cars and electric buses in 2009. We always get excited to see american car companies get into the electric car biz. Maybe [...]

The Spanish supermarket chain Veritas has purchased electric cars – Reva (Revolutionary Electric Vehicle Alternative) – to equip its fleet for business visits in its outlets.Reva is the first full electric car in spain. Designed for metro areas this vehicle has a range of about 70 miles. The Reva costs about 12,000 euros and was [...]

Tata Motors said to be brining an Electric Vehicle to the U.S. via Chrysler. The car which is actually a truck which is based on Tata’s popular Ace mini truck. No details on price or specs yet, only that they plan to ship 10,000 by years end and ramp up production to 50,000. It looks [...]

EV Rental Cars will be supplying electric rental cars for FOX Sports. FOX employees will have the privilege of driving the most technically advanced EV hybrid electric vehicles on the road. It would be nice if they could throw in a 30 second spot for the folks over at EV Rental Cars.  The company has [...]

Two friends constructed a street legal electric geo metro from second hand parts and fork lift parts. The top speed is only 40Mph and the range is about 15-25 miles but hey its still pretty cool for a car that was probably going to end up in the junk yard anyway. View Original Article Here [...]