Tag Archive for ‘electric’
Nissan Unveils Production “Leaf” BEV
A couple weeks ago, Nissan threw a big party at the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry to unveil their new Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV), to be called the “Leaf” when it hits the market in the fall of 2010. It was no accident that this event was held here in Portland, as our city [...]
Yeah Baby! Downing Street Gets Electric MINI
Holy Shagadelic, baby! The British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, recently welcomed an all-electric, zero emissions MINI Cooper E to the Government car pool in Downing Street. The MINI E will be available to her majesty’s ministers wanting to try a fully-fledged electric car in an urban environment on their official business around London.
The MINI E [...]
Leno’s Bizarre Top Gear Translation
The Jay Leno Show introduces its “Green Car Challenge” amidst much fanfare. Editor Ryan Douthit feels it’s a ridiculous Top Gear rip-off that stupefies and astounds in all the wrong ways.
Porsche Goes Back to its Roots – Electric Cars
Few people know that early in his career, Ferdinand Porsche toyed with electric car designs. Well, now it seems the Porsche brand may return to that original idea with a new sports car for the post-petrol age. And it’s already playing with hybrids and diesel. (Ed. note: a diesel Porsche – wrap your brain around [...]
Seduced by Flower Power – Part 3
In part 1 of this odyssey of automotive insanity, we learned a bit about the history and challenges of battery electric vehicles. In part 2, we covered the actual mechanics of building an electric love shack on wheels. Now we answer the imponderable question: “Hey man, like, what’s it all mean?”
The other thing we [...]
Seduced by Flower Power – Part 2
In part 1 of this odyssey of automotive insanity, we learned a bit about the history and challenges of battery electric vehicles. Now we answer the age-old question: “Dude, how did you do that?”
This Electric Van project was performed with a kit purchased through Brown’s Electro-Automotive in Santa Cruz, California. Mike Brown has been [...]
Seduced by Flower Power
This is part 1 of a three-part series
It’s hard to find anyone these days who isn’t interested in alternative energy and automobile designs that reduce or eliminate dependence on fossil fuels. That’s a good trend, and it’s long overdue. Nowhere is it carved in stone that gasoline is the only energy source that can get [...]
Nissan Unveils Their Production Electric Car
Nissan held a world-wide unveil this past weekend, showing off the production version of the 2011 Nissan LEAF. The LEAF is the first mass-produced all-electric vehicle that’s really ready for prime time, and Nissan plans to have it in dealer showrooms this time next year.
The real news here is that the LEAF is an affordable, [...]
Nissan Gets Juiced On Electrics
The car looks like a basic JDM-spec Nissan Cube – but as you turn the key, there’s no whirring of a starter, no cough as the engine catches and comes to life. Just a green light on the dash. “We’re ready to go,” says the engineer.
And that’s all there is to it. Step on the [...]
Forget the Prius, I want a Flivverette!
Recently, Google partnered with a number of magazines to offer complete back-issue catalogs online. For car fans, this collection of Popular Science is a tresure trove of automotive history. For example, way back in 1920 PopSci featured the Flivverette, the smallest electric car in the world. “It will carry you for less money than even [...]
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