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eBay Find of the Day: 1993 Elektro electric mail vehicle

Back in 1993, eBay.de member goldlady77 imported the electric car you see above from Miami to Germany. Fast forward 15 years and the car is now ready for a new home. Similar to the old CitiCar, this boxy EV was designed for mail carrier duties (hence the right hand drive) and is likely the only vehicle of its type in Germany. One ironic angle is that the owner needed to install a gas heater in the car to defrost the windows thanks to motor vehicle requirements back in the day (all of this info is taken from the item description). There are ... Read more →

Homebrew solar electric car wins fans in Utah Sebastian Blanco

Utah is a state that gets a lot of sun but not a lot of attention on these pages for their green transportation moves. Still, it does seem that the DIY crowd is strong there. Remember the homemade ...

Do not drive over 88 mph: all-electric DeLorean for sale on eBay Sebastian Blanco

Great Scott! An all-electric 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 is now up on eBay for the bargain price of $15,600. Well, it'd be a bargain if it could jump through time and wasn't under the reserve price. The ...

Zap sells $737,000 worth of electric vehicles in August Sebastian Blanco

Zap's been having a pretty good last few weeks. There was the groundbreaking at the Kentucky plant and now we hear that August electric vehicle sales set a new record. According to a new release ...

How much it will cost to run your electric car Jeremy Korzeniewski

click above for more of Eberhard and his Tesla Roadster By describing the cost to charge an electric vehicle as "squishy," Martin Eberhard begins a post on his Tesla Founders Blog on the right foot. ...

At Witz' End: GM EV1 - The Real Story, Part III 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

NOTE: If you missed them, you can read parts one and two. High tech development, market launch and retreat Because its 1,175-pound pack of 27 advanced lead-acid (PbA) batteries - 26 propulsion, one for accessories - held a mere half-gallon of gasoline-equivalent energy, the production EV1 would have ...

Electric Vehicle Rolling Showcase brings Daryl Hannah to the Daily Show 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge When Daryl Hannah sold her biodiesel El Camino on eBay earlier this year we didn't think it would herald a full-scale shift from biofuels to electric cars, but at the very least it moves her more into the hybrid zone (i.e., she supports multiple fuel alternatives, including this ...

Zap one step closer to building electric car factory in Kentucky 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

There has been a lot of noise in Kentucky recently as state elected officials work to bring a large electric car factory to the area. A month ago, Democrats and Republicans were fighting over just who could hold the earlier press conference with representatives from Zap. Then, two weeks ago, the ...

Nine new EV charging stations - Elektrobays - opening in London tomorrow 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

People who insist that cruising the streets of London should be done in an electric vehicle like the G-Wiz (pictured) can't really complain that the city isn't supporting them them with ways to power their rides (see also here and here). The latest addition to the EV charging infrastructure in ...

Want to see electric MINIs in your state? Sign the petition. 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Want an electric MINI? Click above to sign the petition online. Awesome! BMW will be converting MINI's from gas to electric drive! Oh, wait... the vehicles sill be sold only in California? And the number is capped at five-hundred regardless of how many people actually want one? Yes, and that is not ...

Bob Lutz: EV1 never coming back 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Our friend John McElroy isn't the only person out there who thinks that General Motors should dust off the old EV1 program and re-release it for public consumption again. Apparently, a passionate electric car enthusiast copied Mr. Bob Lutz himself on a letter suggesting that the EV1 needs to be ...

Continental says yes to EVs, no to diesels 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While many automakers are getting a bit bullish about diesel cars in America (see Mercedes, Nissan and VW), a board member of parts supplier Continental AG told Handelsblatt (via Thompson Financial) that an overall downturn in diesel interest in the U.S. means his company is looking more toward ...

"You say an electric car will cost me? No problem." 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

How can we figure out how much potential electric car buyers are willing to pay for their battery-powered rides? Why not just ask them? That's what Liberty Electric Cars did at the recent Eden Project 'Green' Car Show. Liberty conducted "in-depth interviews" at the show and found that green car ...

eBay Find of the Day: 1981 Ford Fairmont electric car made by NASA? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for more high-res shots Up for auction today on eBay is an extremely interesting 1981 Ford Fairmont. It's not interesting because it's a Ford Fairmont... 'cause they're not all that interesting in and of themselves, are they? What makes this one special is that it's electric. ...

VIDEO: $10,000 electric car coming this year? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Driving a Ford-branded Th!nk Neighbor (NEV) around Pasadena wasn't good enough for Bill Provence. He wanted more speed, more safety and a little more protection from the elements. So, he did what any of us would do and teamed up some engineering and manufacturing friends in Michigan and built his ...

If you see something, say something about electric car hucksters 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Remember the WIRED article exposing the, let's say, odd things that have happened at electric car company Zap? EDN's technical editor, Paul Rako, has written an article saying that EV hucksterism needs to be everybody's business. Basically, he writes, don't buy the hype. "When unknown hucksters ...

Ten Mitsubishi iMiEVs will roll around July G8 Summit in Japan 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Mitsuibshi i MiEV. Previous G8 summits have seen talk about biofuels and GEM electric vehicles. This year, the EVs are getting a bit of an upgrade, with ten Mitsubishi i MiEV electric vehicles available for officials at the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit in ...

Japan Post plans a switch to electric cars, Mitsubishi stock soars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Mitsuibshi i MiEV News comes from the Japan Post Service Co, which is the mail delivery unit of Japan Post Group, that the mail carrier plans a switch to completely electric vehicles as soon as possible. This announcement comes as record-high gasoline ...

Blind advocacy group gets a theme song for louder hybrids/EVs 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

You're probably familiar with the recent problems with quiet and silent vehicles and people with less-than-perfect sight. The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) has been on the case for a while, but there is one angle of their advocacy I didn't know about until Harper's printed the lyrics. The ...

Chrysler looking for partners on fuel efficient vehicles 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Chrysler CEO Bob Nardelli seems to recognize that the automaker he's at the helm of needs to reduce its dependence on trucks and SUVs and begin offering more fuel efficient cars. Remember that Chrysler recently made a deal with Nissan to get a new small car in exchange for a full-size truck ...

Bo Bennett revs up EVcast, the podcast for the electric car evangalist 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Need an audio guide to the electric vehicle world while you wait for the Who Killed The Electric Car sequel? Internet entrepreneur and author Bo Bennett along with his EV co-host Ryan Levesque think that their new electric car podcast - EVcast - is just what the doctor ordered. The free show is ...

University of Nebraska prof building his own range-extended EV 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Dean Patterson, a visiting professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, isn't waiting for the OEMs to make him a plug-in hybrid. Patterson and his team of researchers are building a range-extended electric car in the school lab. Patterson, who expects all cars made in ...

eBay Find of the Day: 1979 Unique Mobility Electrek 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for more shots of the Electrek electric car Good old eBay strikes again with another unusual but very interesting electric vehicle up for auction. Before seeing this auction, we were not really familiar with the Unique Mobility Electrek electric vehicle at all. As usual, the ...

eBay Find of the Day: 1980 AMC Hornet electric car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for more shots of the Solargen Electric Hornet Information about the Solargen Electric Motor Car Company and its conversion of old AMC models is pretty scarce, but we've been able to glean a few things about the company through the internet. Started in 1979 in Cortland, New York, ...

AFVI 2008: Miles, GEM and Phoenix share EV product line-ups 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge This week, at the AFVI Expo, I moderated a panel on the roll-out of electric vehicle products from Miles EV, Phoenix Motorcars and GEM. The representatives were Bryon Bliss, vice president of sales and marketing for Phoenix, Jeff Boyd, COO of Miles, and Richard Kaspar, GEM's ...

Electric vehicle company RTEV focusing on battery-powered ATVs 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

RTEV, the Ruff & Tuff Electric Vehicle company, is not the first to realize that a battery-powered ATV could be a good seller (we spoke with Electric Vehicle Systems about their ATEV last year). RTEV is now ready to expand into the electric recreational vehicles market with three models - the ...

Nissan to trial "sexy" electric cars in London and California by 2010? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Lots of Nissan electric car news today. Shortly after hearing that Nissan intends to be a global leader in affordable electric cars, news comes that the company is looking at a few cities to trial some of their new electric vehicle technology. One such city on the short-list is reportedly London. ...

Taiwan Automotive Research Consortium introduces light-electric vehicle 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

James Wang, director of the Intelligent Mobility Technology division of the Taiwan Automotive Research Consortium (TARC), believes that Taiwan is the perfect testing ground for small, low-speed electric vehicles. The fact that huge numbers of people live centered around large urban areas means that ...

Plug-ins and power: promise and problems 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A Wall Street Journal story today highlights the promise and potential problems with plug-in cars. More accurately, it highlights the problems and shoves most of the promise to the bottom. As automakers ready plug-in hybrids and electric cars for market, the sensational headline poses a clash of the ...

Top 20 most exciting green cars we wish we could buy today 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When we were brainstorming ideas for Earth Day posts, we thought about featuring the ten most exciting green cars we wish we could buy today. It turns out that there are at least twice as many green rides on the horizon that we'd really like to have today, so the list has expanded. We'd like to ...

Th!nk will launch operations in America 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge Shortly after announcements that Th!nk would be selling its wares in the U.K. and possibly Australia comes news that the Norwegian maker of small electric cars is launching operations in America. Th!nk's City electric car was designed with the American market in mind, so this news ...

World Wildlife Fund comes out in support of electric drive 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The head of the World Wildlife Fund has come out publicly in favor of the electrification of the world's transportation system. James Leape, director general of WWF International, has declared that cars need to get smaller, lighter and far more efficient. Leape also said that cars should be ...

eBay find of the day: non-electric Detroit Electric 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for more shots Here we have an electric car which is not an electric car. When the current owner got the car, is was stripped of its motor, batteries and other assorted bits. For that reason, in went a Ford 2.8 liter V6, meaning that the vehicle you see here is a Detroit Electric ...

Spark EV's Michael Papp might face more charges 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Spark-EV's Michael Papp's future might not be looking up. As you probably remember, Papp was arrested last week for not delivering 14 electric vehicles to two companies, Electric Cars of Houston and Electric Transportation of Arkansas. Penn Live has posted an article from The Express-Times that says ...

Spark EV's Michael Papp arrested in electric vehicle scam 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Thanks to our reader Mike, we have an update to share about the troubled history of Michael Papp electric vehicle company. Regular readers will remember that Papp is the man behind Spark EV, a company that has been accused more than once of shady dealings. It looks like the New Jersey law officials ...

Japanese Mitsubishi iMiEV videos hint at production versions 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/Japanese_Mitsubishi_iMiEV_videos_hint_at_production_versions'; When we drove the jellybean on wheels (the Mitsubishi i MiEV) at the New York Auto Show last month, we were pretty swept away. This is one nice EV. Maybe we weren't quite as enthralled as the ...

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