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E-RA Raceabout Research EV gets some upgrades [VIDEO]

The E-RA is an ongoing research project by the Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. Previously, the Electric RaceAbout (E-RA) set a new street-legal electric vehicle lap record at the...

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Venturi VBB-3 aiming to set EV World Record @ 600 km/h

Venturi and Ohio State University have teamed up to create the VBB-3 which will attempt to set a new world speed record for electric vehicles. With 3,000 HP, the 3rd generation Venturi Buckeye...

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Venturi VBB-3 aiming to set EV World Record @ 600 km/h

Venturi and Ohio State University have teamed up to create the VBB-3 which will attempt to set a new world speed record for electric vehicles. With 3,000 HP, the 3rd generation Venturi Buckeye...

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Audi e-tron based on VW up! EV due in 2015

Audi are working on an EV version of the Volkswagen up! due to go on sale in 2015 for less than € 30,000. Audi's e-tron will have 116 (85 kW) and 199 lb-ft (270 Nm) from its electric motor which...

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Tesla Model S outsells Chevy Volt & Nissan Leaf

Tesla Motors is North America’s rechargeable auto sales leader so far this year as its Model S sedan passed Chevrolet's Volt. Tesla expects to report at least 4,750 deliveries of the electric Model...

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Tesla owners get ‘no-fault’ battery warranty

Tesla Motors says that if the battery pack fails in your Model S electric sedan for any reason except deliberate abuse, you can have a replacement, free, for eight years. That warranty length...

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Renault Twizy F1 Concept

Renault has chosen the Twizy manufacturing plant in Valladolid, Spain, to present its new Twizy Renault Sport F1 concept car. This fun take on the brand’s electric urban compact features muscular...

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Toyota Unveils Wheel Motor Powered ME.WE concept EV [VIDEO]

Toyota European Design & Development (ED2) and creative designer Jean-Marie Massaud have unveiled the Toyota ME.WE concept car. The Toyota ME.WE has been conceived as an electric car with integrated...

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Chevrolet Spark Electric range estimated at 82 miles by EPA

The 2014 Chevrolet Spark EV is the industry benchmark in retail electric vehicle efficiency with a combined city/highway EPA estimated range of 82 miles when fully charged and an EPA-estimated...

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Chevrolet Spark Electric range estimated at 82 miles by EPA

The 2014 Chevrolet Spark EV is the industry benchmark in retail electric vehicle efficiency with a combined city/highway EPA estimated range of 82 miles when fully charged and an EPA-estimated...

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Dongfeng Nissan Unveil VIWA EV Concept @ Shanghai Auto Show

Today at Auto Shanghai 2013, Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company (DFL-PV), the passenger vehicle business unit of Nissan's joint venture in China, unveiled VIWA, a new electric vehicle concept,...

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Detroit Electric SP:01 makes Shanghai debut

Detroit Electric has introduced the Lotus Elise/Exige-based SP:01 this weekend at 2013 Auto Shanghai. The SP:01 comes with a mid-mounted electric motor producing 201 bhp (150 kW) and 225 Nm (166...

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Audi R8 e-tron – IRON MAN 3 – BEHIND THE SCENES [VIDEO]

The all-electric Audi R8 e-tron prototype sports car is driven by Robert Downey Jr in the film. It was shipped over especially from Germany to be displayed on a specially erected plinth alongside...

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BMW i3 priced at £35,000 to go on sale in July [VIDEO]

Order books for the production version of the new BMW i3 ‘megacity’ vehicle will open at the very end of July, according to a BMW source. Due to arrive in showrooms at the tail end of October, the...

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BMW to Launch Zinoro Branded All-Electric BMW X1 in China

BMW will launch a new Chinese brand called Zinoro in conjunction with its Chinese partner Brilliance Auto, specifically to develop and sell EVs. The first vehicle to launch will likely be a...

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