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STUDY: "Range anxiety" not based on rational thinking

Conventional wisdom would tell you that an electric car with a range of 93 miles can be driven up to about, oh, 93 miles or so before needing to be recharged. Apparently, most drivers aren't comfortable with that idea. According to a study performed a few years back by Aerovironment and Tokyo Electric Power Co., electric car operators don't often venture past half the car's available range or venture more than roughly 10 miles from the closest available charger. When asked, those same drivers said they felt confident that the vehicle's ... Read more →

Team behind Eliica EV to build electric shuttle bus for Japan Jeremy Korzeniewski

We've always been fond of the Eliica (Electric Lithium-Ion Car) eight-wheeled electric car, which was designed and built by researchers of Keio University in Japan a few years back. Seriously, how ...

Tokyo to get 200 quick-charge EV stations with plans for more Jeremy Korzeniewski

The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the largest energy firm in Japan, plans to begin installing quick-charge stations for electric vehicles. The initial roll-out calls for some 200 stations to ...

STUDY: "Range anxiety" not based on rational thinking 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Conventional wisdom would tell you that an electric car with a range of 93 miles can be driven up to about, oh, 93 miles or so before needing to be recharged. Apparently, most drivers aren't comfortable with that idea. According to a study performed a few years back by Aerovironment and Tokyo ...

Team behind Eliica EV to build electric shuttle bus for Japan 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

We've always been fond of the Eliica (Electric Lithium-Ion Car) eight-wheeled electric car, which was designed and built by researchers of Keio University in Japan a few years back. Seriously, how can you not like such an interesting machine, especially since the Eliica is capable of some ...

Tokyo to get 200 quick-charge EV stations with plans for more 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the largest energy firm in Japan, plans to begin installing quick-charge stations for electric vehicles. The initial roll-out calls for some 200 stations to be up and running by March of 2010. TEPCO doesn't plan to stop there, with 1,000 more stations ...


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