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The Aptera looks like it just rolled off a SciFi movie. It’s three wheeled and streamlined to squeeze every last mile out its 13-kilowatt-hour lithium ion battery. A hundred mile range is what they are guaranteeing, and that is with two adults and the AC running. Even though it has front wheel drive, I wouldn’t want to [...]
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Tesla Motors has announced their Model S sedan. This is a four door vehicle with a price tag less than half of their electric Roadster. Availability is targeted for late 2011 and has several improvements over the Roadster besides the reduced price tag and two additional doors. It has seats for five adults, a hatchback [...]
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Ford has had a hybrid SUV, but it never has done very well sales wise for a variety of reasons. They are trying again, but this time they seem to have done a bit better. Their hybrid version of their popular Fusion seden has been tested against other hybrids twice and so far has come [...]
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Telsa Motors has signed a contract with Daimler to supply the electric power train for Daimler’s Smart mini-car. A good move for Telsa, since it opens up another revnue stream.
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Jeff Soyer, who sells Toyota cars BTW, points out that Toyota owns a 60% stake in Panasonic’s battery division. A smart move, since it is that Panasonic division that makes the batteries that Toyota uses in its hybrid electric cars. Now Toyota is about to aquire Sanyo. Sanyo is the other major producer of batteries used [...]
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One of the big advantages of Lithium Batteries over nickel metal hydride is that there is more room for improvement with the Lithium models. A team in South Korea has “developed a nanoporous silicon electrode that could at least double the charge capacity of a lithium battery–essentially doubling the range of an electric vehicle. And unlike [...]
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A “technology writer” at the NY Times attacks Tesla Motors, taking more from their editorial page than the tech pages should, at least IMNSHO. Jason Calacanis disagrees also and has written a rebuttal article. He makes a few strong points: Yes Randy, the first version of technology tends to be expensive. Personal computers used to [...]
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Tesla Motors has announced that it will be using the $40 million of in convertible debt financing it just recieved to ”accelerate production” of its current roadster model. It has shipped 50 so far, but still has a back log of 1,200 orders. Tesla Motors still plans to build their headquarters and a plant in San Jose [...]
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Motor Trend has an article on using ammonia for fuel. It’s a good article, it points out pluses and minuses of using ammonia as a fuel source. One thing it doesn’t mention is that a pair of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers NCOs had a pickup truck fueled by ammonia driving around the Washington, D.C. [...]
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Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge are working to get electic cars to market. It looks like Chevy is going to beat to the market with the Volt though. These new entries are still “Concept Cars,” so I’m taking their “late 2010″ release date with a chunk of salt. Keep in mind that introducing a lot of [...]
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