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AltCar 2008: Prometheus' solar-powered electric motorcycle

Jim Corning had an idea. Wouldn't it be cool if you could put four solar panels on your house, and then be able to power a vehicle with the energy created with them? Corning, who founded Prometheus Solar LLC, didn't have a vehicle he could power with sunlight, but he did have a wife with a Ninja 250 that wasn't getting much use. Today, Corning has a proof-of-concept electric motorcycle. At the Santa Monica AltCar Expo, Corning was talking with curious visitors all weekend, but was happy to tell AutoblogGreen about the bike. The four ... Read more →

Honda VFR conversion to electric power now complete Sebastian Blanco

Why do so many people want to be hatin' on home electric vehicle conversions? When we featured Andrew Angellotti and his DIY Mazda pick-up truck conversion, a lot of people felt the need to criticize ...

Deus Ex Machina, an electric Yamaha-branded exoskeleton Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click on the image for more shots of the Deus Ex Machina concept Bumsuk Lim, a professor at Art Center Pasadena in California, has started a new program which aims to push the boundaries of future ...

Scrapheap Challenge motorcycles pit electricity against gasoline Jeremy Korzeniewski

We love the British show Scrapheap Challenge. Reruns of the old Junkyard Wars episodes sometimes appear on satellite TV, and we've seen all of them. The show still runs in the U.K., and the latest ...

Instructable of the day: Build a 70 mph, 72 volt electric motorcycle Sebastian Blanco

Three months and $3,000 is what it took Instructable's poster Stryker (aka Ben) to build this great electric motorcycle. Unhappy with rising gas prices and ready to learn, Ben took a 1984 Honda ...

Video: Electric E-Boxer motorcycle coming to the U.S. takes on Honda CBR 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Racing electric motorcycles is something we seem to be seeing more and more of. The race we're talking about here was a friendly three-lap affair at a track on the edge of Bangkok, Thailand that ended (*spoiler alert) in a win for the gas machine. However, if the Electric GPR-S, piloted by the ...

How to build your own electric Kawsaki 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click in the image for more pictures of the electric Kawasaki conversion Benjamin Nelson of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin thought it would awesome if he could ride to work, the grocery store, the post office and other locations nearby while using no gas at all. He used to ride an electric bike which was ...

The Whirlygig Emoto: a flame-throwing, electric-steam hybrid motorcycle 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In case you are not faimiliar with the term "steampunk", it's a part of the literary sci-fi punk genre. Need more explanation? Consult the all-knowing wiki here. Now that we're all on the same page, check out this electric-steam hybrid motorcycle, built by Tom Sepe. We think that it's pretty cool, ...

Zero Motorcycles to introduce street model, having trouble keeping up with high demand 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image able fore more pictures of the Zero X Last year, we introduced our readers to the Zero X electric off-road motorcycle, which is capable of a forty-mile range after a two-hour charge. Last year the bike was selling for just under $7 grand, and although it is now going for nearly ...

Converting a Honda VFR from gas to electric at home 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Travis Gintz from Portland, Oregon is currently working on converting a 1986 Honda VFR from gas to electric power. He's using a DC motor from Advanced DC, twelve 12-volt lead-acid batteries and other assorted electronic pieces, including a 600 amp motor controller. With this setup, he's planning on ...

Brammo's greenhouse gas calculator now in beta mode 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Brammo sent out an email to people who've registered at the Enertia bike website about the beta version of a greenhouse gas calculator. I assume this is the precursor to the technology that Brammo representatives told AutoblogGreen about in December whereby Enertia bikes will connect to the Internet ...

EVS23: A ride on the Brammo Enertia electric motorcycle? Sweet (video) 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Covering a conference like EVS23 can be a bit draining. There is so much to try and capture and post on that by the end of the event, I'm looking forwards to falling asleep in my cramped airplane seat on the way home. The last day of EVS23, though, brought with it a special treat: a chance to ...

AutoblogGreen rides the Quantya electric motorcycle 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Not too long ago, we introduced you to an electric motorcycle from a Swiss company knows as Quantya. At that time, we wished that the machine was available here in the States so that we could take a ride on one. Guess what? Our wishes have been granted! Not only is the bike available here, but we ...

EVS23: Photo gallery of T-Rex electric "motorcycles" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

I first wrote a post about the all-electric T-Rex motorcycle/three-wheeler back in February. As we said earlier then, this vehicle can go around 125 mph and has high-end range of 250 miles (125 is the low end, which shows how much of an impact a driving style can have). These Canadian-built ...

Coming soon: exciting news from Vectrix? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Two pieces of interesting Vectrix news coming your way today, you lucky readers! One, we hear that Vectrix might be debuting their long-rumored electric Superbike on November 6th in Milan. We'd be very happy if this one turns out to be true, and even happier if the bike were equipped with lithium ...

Tokyo Preview: Suzuki Crosscage and Biplane concepts 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Suzuki is planning on sending a few concept motorcycles to the Tokyo Motor Show. One of those, the Biplane, has gotten some attention over at Autoblog. We thought that the Crosscage would be better suited to our green-minded readers, as it comes equipped with a fuel cell and lithium ion batteries. ...


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