Archive for the 'electric cars' Category
The VST conversions electric race car in action at the drag race in Osijek. The part where we are fixing something shows a differential swap because the diff keeps breaking – brutal electric torque 
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Chrysler recently unveiled 3 EVs:
Dodge EV
Based on the Lotus Europa
200 kW (268 hp), 650 N•m (480 lbft)
0-60 less than 5 seconds
1/4 mile 13 seconds
Top speed 120+mph
Range 150-200miles. 8hr charge on 110V, 4hr on 110V, 26kWh pack.
Seems to be a Tesla Roadster competitor.
Jeep EV
200 kW (268 horsepower)
400 N•m (295 lb.-ft.)
0-60 9.0 seconds
1/4 Mile 16.5 seconds
Top speed 90+mph
In-wheel motors
Will have a gas engine like the Chevy Volt as a backup. Like the Chevy Volt it will have 40 miles of all electric range and ~400miles in total. 27 kWh pack.
Chrysler EV
190 kW (255 horsepower)
350 N•m (258 lb.-ft.)
0-60mph 8.5 seconds
1/4 mile 16.2 seconds
Top speed 100+mph
Also has gas engine, with 40 miles all electric and 400 miles in total. 22kWh Battery.
They target to release one of them for customers in 2010 and have 100 for fleet usage in 2009.
I try to do updates since the specs are reported differently in different places.
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The Tesla Roadster will change your opinion of electric cars.
On Aug. 27, Rhode Island will have its own electric car charging station. The station, which will be in West Warwick, is being built and paid for by Arpin Renewable Energy and Cardi’s Furniture Superstores.
This will be Rhode Island’s first public charging station for drivers of plug-in electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars. The charging unit itself is being provided by Coulomb Technologies.
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Investors are banking on the plan to build public power stations along the Central Coast.
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Teams from Australia, Germany and Switzerland have set off on an around-the-world race – with a difference.
It’s called the “zero emissions race” and participants are competing in custom built electric cars.
Two drivers per car, three wheels. 30 thousand kilometres ahead of them, this is no ordinary race.
Al Jazeera’s Bhanu Bhatnagar reports.
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Watch as Wrightspeed’s X1 electric prototype zips around the race track (and blows past a Tesla Roadster).
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The rebirth of the electric car was on full display this week at the Plug In 2010 Conference in San Jose, Calif. Dozens of automakers pulled into Silicon Valley to showcase their products and discuss the future of the electric vehicles. (July 28)
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From the far-off lands of Norway comes the two-seater all-electric Th!nk City car! See what it’s like to drive this little plastic puppy around.
For more Green Overdrive, visit: http://www.earth2tech.com/green_overdrive
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Leaf, Nissan electric car, Evehicle, Sign up customers in April, ship end of 2010
“Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday that it will start signing up customers in April who want to buy its new Leaf electric car, with shipments starting by the end of the year.
Nissan has shown the five-passenger sedan, which can go 100 miles on a single charge, at cities around the country over the last three months in a push to market zero-emission technology.”
“Nissan Americas Chairman Carlos Tavares said he expects about 20,000 people to sign up to purchase the vehicle.
The Japanese automaker will announce pricing in April, but a spokesman says the price will be similar to that of a base-level Toyota Prius hybrid, which starts at $22,800.”
Read more:
http://evehicletechnology.wordpress.com
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