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0AltCar: Over 10,000 Aerovironment chargers installed in US; Fiat deal coming soon? 1352386020
Aerovironment has installed 10,000 residential chargers in the US. On top of these, there are many at Nissan dealers and more at BMW dealers that offered the ActiveE (around 70). Soon, possibly, there will be some at US Fiat Studios. Aerovironment's Tom Carney, director of automotive sales and EV ...
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AltCar: AltCar: ZeroTruck a big electric vehicle with bigger dreams 1351025760
Richard Serio, CEO of ZeroTruck recently told AutoblogGreen his all-electric work truck company is "on the cusp." That's because the California Energy Commission (CEC) program has approved a $2.2 million grant to get around a dozen vehicles into work fleets around the state. The grant pays for a ...
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AltCar: AltCar 2012: Firefly ESV ready to check in on parking meters 1350933060
The all-electric Firefly ESV looks exactly like the kind of vehicle that would be used to go around and hand out parking tickets. Luckily, that's exactly what it was designed to do. Good Earth Energy (maker of the ESV, which stands for Essential Services Vehicle) itself says the vehicle has an ...
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AltCar: AltCar 2011: EV Mobile Charger brings electrons to the side of the road 1317672120
Somewhat surprisingly given the early stage of the EV rollout we're in, there are already lots of ways to recharge empty electric vehicles along the side of the road, both official (see choices from AAA, Club Assist and Nation-E) and DIY. At the 2011 AltCar Expo in Santa Monica, CA, this weekend, ...
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Exclusive: AltCar 2011: Trexa Enertube is waiting for you 1317668400
The Trexa has evolved. First unveiled as a skateboard-like concept platform in 2010, the latest version of the Enertube was on display at the 2011 AltCar Expo this past weekend, along with a few ideas for how this battery-powered cylinder with wheels could be used (see gallery for those ...
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Alt Car 2010: Where plug-in vehicles are finally for sale and the drives are smooth 1286495580
Brammo Enertia at AltCar 2010 – Click above for high-res image gallery from the showAs we said, we were not able to make our annual pilgrimage to the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo last weekend. But that doesn't mean we didn't have friends there. Reader Gint Federas. was able to go for a few ... -
AltCar: See X-Prize-winning X-Tracer and more this weekend in Santa Monica 1285851660
Gov. Schwarzenegger learns about the Chevy Volt at AltCar 2009 – click above for high-res image galleryDue to an unmoveable scheduling conflict, we won't be able to be at the annual Santa Monica Alt Car Expo this weekend. It'll be the first one we've missed, and it makes us kind of sad. ... -
AltCar 2009: Dan Neil, "Some Inconvenient Questions," and GM hints it could sell Chevy Volt gliders 1255032420
On top of the test drives (Wheego Whip), test rides (Coda Sedan) and a visit to the unlimited energy booth, a highlight of the AltCar Expo last weekend was getting to hear the LA Times' premiere auto scribe Dan Neil moderate two sessions called "Some Inconvenient Questions." Neil was lucky to ...
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AltCar 2009: Riding in Green Vehicles' Triac, a prototype that is not quite ready 1254959160
Triac - Click above for high-res image galleryThe history of the Green Vehicles' Triac is a convoluted one. First surfacing in the summer of 2008, promised delivery dates in November and December 2008 were not kept, but Green Vehicles' Ehab Youssef and his team kept on pushing forward, taking ... -
AltCar 2009: EF9's "unlimited clean energy" turbine could go into cars, if it works 1254872880
EF9's "unlimited clean energy" system - Click above for high-res image galleryMark Tanner, who does R&D for EF9 Energy Systems, was pretty wiped out by the time we got to speak with him at the end of AltCar 2009 in Santa Monica last weekend. It's understandable. He'd been explaining how his ...
