The Etiquette of Electric Car Ownership
What to do when your electric car needs a charge and all the available plugs are taken?
BMW, Hedging Bets on Electric, Stresses Fuel Efficiency
BMW, one of the most visible champions of battery power, has been hedging its bets and trying new ways to get more out of conventional gasoline and diesel motors. The iBike: Electric Motorcycle Deploys iPad Instrument and Messaging Console
Start with a vintage Norton featherbed frame, build it into a blazing fast electric motorcycle in a sheep barn in rural Virginia, and then to top it off, embed an iPad into the gas tank and plan to take on the Isle of Man TT race next year. Sound intriguing? The folks behind one of [...]
The iBike: Electric Motorcycle Deploys iPad Instrument and Messaging Console
Start with a vintage Norton featherbed frame, build it into a blazing fast electric motorcycle in a sheep barn in rural Virginia, and then to top it off, embed an iPad into the gas tank and plan to take on the Isle of Man TT race next year. Sound intriguing? The folks behind one of [...]
Gaza Gets First Electric Car: DNews Nugget
Over the course of several months, this man built an electric car with a wood frame and tires from an old wheelbarrow.
Honda Introduces an Accord Buffet in New York
At a launch event in Chelsea, Jim Motavalli gets acquainted with the redesigned midsize sedan, including its coupe and hybrid variants.
2014 Honda Accord Hybrid Plug-In a Model for Midsize Power and Efficiency
Arriving early next year, the all-new 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid Plug-In sedan will beat all comers in the arena of power and efficiency, or so the automaker says. Utilizing the next-generation Accord platform debuted recently, Honda will be offering four new powertrain choices including Hybrid and Hybrid Plug-In variants. And for the first time in [...]
2014 Honda Accord Hybrid Plug-In a Model for Midsize Power and Efficiency
Arriving early next year, the all-new 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid Plug-In sedan will beat all comers in the arena of power and efficiency, or so the automaker says. Utilizing the next-generation Accord platform debuted recently, Honda will be offering four new powertrain choices including Hybrid and Hybrid Plug-In variants. And for the first time in [...]
2014 Honda Accord Hybrid Plug-In a Model for Midsize Power and Efficiency
Arriving early next year, the all-new 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid Plug-In sedan will beat all comers in the arena of power and efficiency, or so the automaker says. Utilizing the next-generation Accord platform debuted recently, Honda will be offering four new powertrain choices including Hybrid and Hybrid Plug-In variants. And for the first time in [...]
With Jolt From Tesla, a More Electrifying Utility
The story of the 2012 Toyota RAV4 EV represents the melding of two corporate cultures — one a staid but successful Japanese behemoth, the other, Tesla, the disruptive California start-up — into a single machine.