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April 2009 Blog Posts (31)

Beware of the Hydrogen monster!

The hydrogen-monster is out hunting the Electric car! It is scary because it pretends to be eco-friendly, but is really eco-bad and is there mainly to support the traditional oil companies.

I am working on a poster where these hydro-aliens are getting their asses kicked by the awesome Think-bot and Tesla-bot, robots in disguise as electric cars. In other words it is gonna be a fight between the Hydro-aliens and the… Continue

Added by kapablo on April 30, 2009 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

Citroen C1 ev'ie goes on sale in the UK today

An electric version of the citroen C1 goes on sale in the UK today . The car is the first product

of the Electric Car Corporation Plc a company started by British auto industry veterans , including

former employees of Ricardo, Jaguar and Ford.

The car has retained its four seater layout and has a driving range of between 100 to 110km ,top

speed is about 100km/h and a full charge will take 6 to 7 hours from a standard domestic… Continue

Added by andrew richard rose on April 30, 2009 at 7:00am — 2 Comments

Plug-In Vehicles are a Scam

Plug-In Vehicles are a Scam . . . at least that is what the above character wants you to think. He says:

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David Hannum was right! There's a sucker born every minute and they're all waiting with bated breath for the low-cost plug-in electric vehicles that are coming soon to a dealership near you; if they're not quietly cancelled first.

It's the most insidiously appealing idea of our age: replace those nasty… Continue

Added by Speculawyer on April 29, 2009 at 12:04am — 2 Comments

Norstart & ElectricAid.org proposes production credits for the Norwegian EV makers and get positive response from politicians

It is not every day that you get the opportunity to talk with high profile politicians and to challenge them on policy. We got the opportunity this Saturday. Click on to see how it went

Together with Rune Haaland of the Norwegian EV Association (Norstart) we went down to the annual Environmental Car Exhibition in Oslo to see if a proposal to help the EV industry could bear fruit with the politicians present.

The proposal, together with the… Continue

Added by Electric Aid on April 27, 2009 at 7:00am — 9 Comments

Is conversion the way forward ?

The Australian company Energetique has just released its latest fully electric

car , the evMe which is available to buy now within the country at a price of

some 38000 euro .

Components for the car are sourced from all over the globe including the body

which is sourced from MAZDA and is a standard Mazda 2 minus all the dirty bits.

This approach to building an electric car has many benefits to both the company

building the… Continue

Added by andrew richard rose on April 26, 2009 at 7:43pm — 6 Comments

Bee One

Bee.One electric car to be tiny, cheap, and cute

by Laura June, posted Apr 21st 2009 at 10:14AM

British start-up Bee has just dropped some details on its forthcoming uber-affordable electric car, the One. This five-door affair will have a top speed of around 80 miles per hour, with a maximum range of 200 miles before needing a recharge. The car will run on two battery packs stowed under the floor, and will be easily swappable in case… Continue

Added by andrew richard rose on April 24, 2009 at 10:18am — 3 Comments

Plastic versus steel - Th!nk vs Mercedes

When two cars arrive at an intersection with no traffic lights or signs at the same time there are rules for which car should yield. For every time some hurried driver is successful in hitting my car I avoid at least 10. But this one hit me and spun my car around 180 degrees. Excuse the quality of the photos by my old cellular (mobile) phone.

Steel car: Torn off plastic piece on the bumper, bent… Continue

Added by Tom Roy on April 24, 2009 at 3:00am — 2 Comments

Norwegian Design Council presentation of Th!nk, 40 minute video

Following the 5 minute introduction Katinka von der Lippe presents Th!nk.
http://nongrata.seria.net/embed.php?id=2663
Unfortunately it's in Norwegian.

Added by Tom Roy on April 24, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments

Norwegian Government interested in SAAB ? Think is in the Mix too ?

Under great secrecy, representatives from the Norwegian government has visited the SAAB factory in Sweden to find out whether or not the Norwegian state should invest in the troubled company

The Swedish newspaper Expressen can reveal from their source within General Motors that 27 interestee´s is looking at buying SAAB, one of them is the… Continue

Added by Electric Aid on April 22, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

The E.U is getting close to a fast-charging standard for EVs

Today, when you charge an EV on public charging spots in Europe, it´s mostly done by a 230 volt 16amp single phase socket. Soon fast-charging might be introduced in the form of a 400 volt 63 Amp 3 phase connection

To have a standard is important for many reasons and the companies that has signed on for now is : Volkswagen, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Fiat, Toyota and Mitsubishi. The following energy companies is also on board:… Continue

Added by Electric Aid on April 20, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

GoCycle - "To Work and Back Again"

I know its several other electric bikes out there, and several of them may be better, but this one caught my eye. I know workout isn't what this bikes is mainly for. But with the mainstream idea that becoming lazy is cool, we desperately need to make the effort of getting ourselves up and in motion. This bike with its clean lines and well designed features are one of the tools we need for this journey.…

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Added by Ben on April 20, 2009 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

VIDEO: ZERO X puts on camo, goes hunting

Click here to see the original AutoBloggreen.com… Continue

Added by Electric Aid on April 20, 2009 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

Tesla's Elon Musk: the democratisation of electric cars is speeding up

C.E.O of Tesla motors, Elon Musk is offering the readers of The Guardian some of his thoughts on the progress of making the future of transportation electric. Read more here

Quote from the article: "The automotive industry, which for years experimented with hydrogen fuel cells, biofuels and other… Continue

Added by Electric Aid on April 17, 2009 at 3:28pm — 1 Comment

ElectricAid.org is challenging Fox News´s Bill O´Reilly in an open letter

ElectricAid.org is challenging Bill O´Reilly to sign up for the U.S Think City. Have a look at our letter and Bill O´Reilly stand-in, posing with the Think City below:

Oslo - Norway

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Dear Mr. O´Reilly

Last year during the U.S election, a premium subscription to the Radio Factor allowed me to get your voice to fill my living room for 90 minutes every weekday for 9 months. It… Continue

Added by Electric Aid on April 15, 2009 at 4:00pm — 11 Comments

Fiat 500 EV on Swedish national news

Added by Sven Forsberg on April 14, 2009 at 11:26pm — 1 Comment

Swedish EV factory will produce Fiat 500 EVs

Photography by Scanpix

A prototype of what will become Sweden's first serial produced electric car was shown today in Nödinge, where 100 cars will be produced this year, followed by 300 cars in 2010. The companies behind the project are… Continue

Added by Sven Forsberg on April 14, 2009 at 11:00pm — 3 Comments

Bolloré- Pininfarina reports 3,300 reservations for BlueCar

Pininfarina of Torino Italy have now 3,300 reservations for their new electric BlueCar.

The company started taking orders for the car at the beginning of march and the

intention is to lease the car out to customers at 330 euros per month .

The car is powered by a 50kW motor and the energy is stored in a Lithium Polymer

battery pack supplemented with two supercapacitors giving around 250 km range

from a five hour… Continue

Added by andrew richard rose on April 14, 2009 at 4:37pm — 2 Comments

Think Motorcars introduces the Think "O" Crossover

Think Motorcars has announced a crossover version that originated as a Think OX,but is now called the Think Continue

Added by Peter Hunt on April 11, 2009 at 5:55am — 2 Comments

Boris is keeping the EV ball rolling in London

Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, said yesterday that he planned to create 25,000 electric car charging spaces in the city over the next six years. He hopes that 100,000 electric cars and vans could be using the city's streets.

The proposed government grant of £2,000 would reduce the cost of a small electric car to about £7,000. Drivers could recoup the sale price in savings in little more than two years as an average electric… Continue

Added by andrew richard rose on April 10, 2009 at 10:30am — 2 Comments