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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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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Though they be but little, they are fierce. The most powerful batteries on the planet are only a few millimeters in size, yet they pack such a punch that a driver could use a cellphone powered by...
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Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) says cumulative global sales of its hybrid vehicles have topped five million units. The company said it took just 11 months to sell the latest million, bringing the...
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It can take a while to charge an electric vehicle with an alternating current charger, but G.M. may be able to get around that with direct current chargers.
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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Until now, electric motors and drive units – the heart and soul of electric vehicles – have been mostly imports. General Motors today commemorated becoming the first U.S.-based automaker to...
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Protean Electric will introduce its production in-wheel motor at the 2013 Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress in Detroit.
Protean’s new production motor provides a 25% increase in peak...
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Ford and BMW developed turbocharged three-bangers for the North American market. Now General Motors has entered the fray.
Solar Systems Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Silex Systems Limited (ASX:SLX), has
announced that it has commenced operation of Australia’s largest Concentrating
Photovoltaic (CPV) Solar...
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Audi began the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in World Champion’s style. The two Audi R18 e-tron quattro cars dominated the Silverstone 6 Hours and deservingly clinched a one-two...
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FIAT Brand North America is helping to make it easy for California residents to purchase or lease the all-new 2013 Fiat 500e when the electric vehicle (EV) goes on sale in the Golden State this...
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TOYOTA Racing made the perfect start to its FIA World Endurance Championship season by taking first and second on the grid for the season-opening Six Hours of Silverstone.
The #7 TS030 HYBRID of...
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Paddle shifters take on new meaning in the Cadillac ELR, the brand’s first electric vehicle with extended range capability that goes on sale in early 2014.
Unlike traditional performance vehicles...
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