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0AltCar 2011: Electric Mobile Cars is all crunked up with three fleet models 1317751200
It's been a while since an all-electric truck has been for sale in the U.S. (RIP, Ford Ranger EV), so perhaps a zero-emission crunk is just what the market is waiting for. Electric Mobile Cars will soon find out, now that it is taking orders (fleets only) for its converted E36T (pictured). EMC ...
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Exclusive: 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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Exclusive: AltCar 2011: Island Green Motors wants to scoot you to the Caribbean 1317664860
How's this for an unusual business model: take a Chinese-built vehicle, convert it to electric drive in Iowa and then export it to the Caribbean. Yeah, it doesn't make all that much sense to us, either. Perhaps this is why Island Green Motors (IGM) scrapped this original plan and is now focused ...
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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 ... -
AltCar 2009: NuTech battery swap trailer is fresh, kind of crazy 1254693720
NuTech battery swap trailer model - Click above for high-res image galleryThe most interesting electric vehicle concept product we saw at the AltCar expo in Santa Monica this weekend was the automatic battery charger and changer from NuTech Energy Solutions. Since the idea is a new one from ...
