Some drivers have expressed doubts about the viability of using the vehicles, arguing that any charging break would undercut earnings.
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 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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Austin-based Community Cars hopes to begin building the Kenguru, a wheelchair-accessible single-passenger vehicle, later this year.
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WHITE MARSH, Md. – Electric cars can take a while to charge. In part, that’s because the alternating current electricity that comes from the grid has to be converted to direct current before a car’s batteries can store it, and the capacity of the electronics that make the A.C.-to-D.C. conversion is a bottleneck.
For years, Stacy Zoern, a Texas lawyer who lives alone and uses a 400-pound power wheelchair, yearned for more independence. Because of a neuromuscular condition, Ms. Zoern, 33, has never walked, and for a while drove a custom van. But the van was destroyed in a crash, and she didn’t have $80,000 to buy another.
“I was feeling frustrated and stagnant,” she said in a telephone interview from her home in Austin. “I was so sick of being dependent on others t...
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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South Korea's LG Chem aims to start production at its U.S. car battery factory in the second half of this year, two executives said on Friday, as the firm tries to revive the plant's fortunes despite...
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VW says that with its turbocharged gas-powered V-6 and two electric motors, the plug-in hybrid CrossBlue Coupé concept can hit 147 miles per hour while getting as much as 79 miles per gallon.
The new NSX is already receiving unprecedented demand, so much so that Honda (UK) has opened a pre-order bank for the hotly anticipated supercar. For a deposit of £5,000 potential owners can be among...
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