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Broome County tests EV from Vantage Vehicle

The county passenger fleet in Broome County, New York (halfway between Buffalo and NYC) used about 191,000 gallons of fuel, at a cost of $468,000, in 2006. While the county cut back and used 6,000 fewer gallons in 2007, the total cost for the fuel went up (we all know why) by $5,000. With numbers like these, it's easy to understand why county government officials were excited to see the Vantage Vehicle electric van last week. Government employees were able to test drive the Vantage and a peek at the county's 2008 numbers suggests that they're ... Read more →

eBay Find of the Day: 1993 Elektro electric mail vehicle Sebastian Blanco

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 ...

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 ...

At Witz' End: GM EV1 - The Real Story, Part III Gary Witzenburg

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cree Ltd. SAM electric three-wheeler: not bad, not too expensive 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for more images of the SAM from Cree Ltd. There is a new all electric three-wheeler in Switzerland known as the SAM, produced by Cree Ltd. Featuring a power pack made up of six individual batteries which produces 168 volts, the 15kW motor, which also produces 80Nm of torque, is capable ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Miles ZX40ST Work Truck introduced in Sacramento today 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/The_highly_anticipated_zero_emissions_work_truck'; It's been a month since we last wrote about Miles Automotive. Most of our recent coverage of the electric car company has revolved around the sounds-too-good-too-be-true XS500, a highway speed all-electric ...

Reagan's Ex-Secretary of State asks Gov. Schwarzenegger to bring back the electric car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As the California Air Resources Board meets today to vote on revisions to the ZEV Mandate, the voices calling on CARB to not kill the electric car all over again are rising. Jim Woolsey, Tesla's Ze'ev Drori, the Sierra Club and many more are telling CARB to keep the EV alive. Another voice, perhaps ...

"I Miss My EV1" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Dr. Gloria Duffy is the President and CEO of the the Commonwealth Club of California, the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum, bringing together its more than 18,000 members for over 400 annual events on topics ranging across politics, culture, society and the economy. Dr. Duffy served ...

Zap counters hype machine story with yet more press releases 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In typical fashion, Zap has responded to the critical exposé that was published Wired recently with, you guessed it, more press releases. The releases, of course, do nothing at all to address any of the issues raised in the article about the company's business practices. Zap has heavily ...

Video: GM's fuel cell E-Flex at CES 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click To Play play_blip_movie_592169(); The video above is a look at GM's fuel cell E-Flex model on display at CES 2008. The model is a "cut-away" which allows you to get a close look at E-Flex's lithium-ion battery, ...

So, you want to start an electric car company? Read this Top 10 list first 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Start_an_electric_car_company'; Starting an electric car company is the newest hobby of the super rich. Just ask Miles Rubin or Elon Musk what they do on the weekends and they will tell you it's electric. But what about cost, you say? I can only scrounge ...

2008 model of Flybo electric car will include heater 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

WJRT, a local news station, did a report about the Chinese Smart electric car clone called FlyBo recently. The WNEM local news report, we told you about earlier said it was not recommended for Winter use. Seems the reason for that warning is the lack of a heater, something that will be added to the ...

Video: LA Times test rides Aptera electric car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The LA Times recently got a test ride of the Aptera electric car recently. The Times also test drove several other three-wheelers including the Vectrix V3, TriRod F3 Adrenaline, Piaggio MP3 500, and Can-Am Spyder. The Times reporter only drove along in the passenger seat of the Aptera but she said ...

Three electric vehicle companies ready to move south out of Canada 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Tamarack Lake Electric Boat Company, Electrovaya and a "firm that is developing electric ice resurfacing machines" are three electric vehicle companies that have moved (or are planning to move) from Ontario, Canada to New York State thanks to big incentives from New York State Energy Research ...

Paris "about to launch" a cheap rental service featuring 2,000 electric cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Times reports, the Mayor of Paris is "about to launch" Bertrand Delanöe, a rental system that includes a whopping 2,000 electric cars. The system is based on Automobiles-en-Libre-Service, which allow subscribers to pick up a car, without booking, at dozens of sites and leave them anywhere ...

Videos: NY Mayor Bloomberg test drives Javlon, Popular Mechanic test drives Aptera 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The video above shows New York mayor Bloomberg speaking in China and saying he will test drive Miles Automotive's Javlon electric car. Recently, we told you early versions of the car had rolled off the production line and the company was checking them out in China. Below is a video about another ...

Mythbusters to bust myth electric cars are slow in episode next season 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Record Bee caught up with the Mythbusters (Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman) and crew at the Lake County's fairgrounds and Infineon Raceway in Sonoma Wednesday. What are the Mythbusters busting? According to the show's producer, they are filming an episode, to air next season, on busting the myth ...

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