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Brammo Electric Motorcycle Prices Cut $5,000 – $7,000
Brammo offers huge discounts on their electric motorcycles with an End-Of-Summer Promotion. If you are looking for an excellent electric motorcycle this would be a great time to buy. The price of a 2014 Empulse has dropped 29%, from $17,000 to $12,000, and 2014...
Tesla Battery Gigafactory May Reach Nirvana
Nirvana in this case would be $100 per kilowatt-hour battery production cost to compete with combustion engines on cost. The Tesla battery Gigafactory joint project with Panasonic is targeting a 30% cost reduction in battery production. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has often...
Classic New EV Coupe by Renovo Revealed
The Renovo Coupe from Renovo Motors on Vimeo. A new player in the all electric car market entered with a big splash at Pebble Beach where the Renovo EV Coupe was revealed. The classic part of the equation is the body/chassis supplied by Shelby America with power and...
Tesla Beats Market Analysts In 2nd Quarter Report
From CNBC: "The electric car maker posted second-quarter earnings per share of 11 cents, excluding items, compared to 20 cents a share a year ago. Revenue for the quarter came in at $858 million, against the year-ago figure of $552 million. Wall Street analysts were...
Tesla Model III Arriving in 2017 for $35,000
Tesla has just announced their new Model III will be priced at $35,000 when it comes out in 2017. That will make it about half the cost of the Model S Tesla. Less expensive battery technology produced by the planned Tesla Gigafactory. The new Model III price will...
Tesla & Hyundai Executives Dispute Public Funding Claims
Interesting exchange over whether Tesla or Hyundai uses more public funding than the other, or any at all to fund their clean energy recharging/refueling stations. Hyundai accused Tesla of funding the Supercharger stations using public money. Tesla testily replied...
Jay Leno’s Garage shows off the 2014 Cadillac ELR
Jay Leno's Garage is a wonderful place to see the multitude of cars in his collection. He has vintage cars, antiques, race cars, prototypes, famous cars, classic cars and many others. The best thing about Jay Leno's Garage is the viewer gets to see these cars in...
Formula E racing ‘makes electric cars more sexy’ – video …
Resource: The Guardian
Harley-Davidson Electric Motorcycle – Project LiveWire
It might not sound like a "Hog" blasting down the boulevard, but it will still be a Harley. Not available for sale yet, Project LiveWire will be a 2014 U.S. Tour to thirty Harley-Davidson dealerships around the country where people will have a chance to experience...
Big Daddy Don Garlits Goes Electric
That's right, the Big Daddy himself is in the driver's seat of the Swamp Rat 37 electric powered dragster. Shawn Lawless of Lawless Industries, is overseeing the electronic drive components of Don Garlit's Swamp Rat 37 dragster. Garlits has already broken the NEDRA...
Formula E – The story so far…
At times the expression history in the making may be overused, however in the case of Formula E the expression is valid. The history of racing electric cars is just beginning and Formula E is a pioneer in clean energy motorsports. The maiden race is only three months...
Oil vs. Electric
A timely article in the Huffington Post by Leilani Münter demonstrates what and who the clean energy vehicle makers are up against. Tesla is the easiest target because of their well deserved reputation for advanced technology and pretty much spotless record. There...
Tesla Opens Up Their Electric Car Technology
Elon Musk, Tesla Motors CEO, took a major step towards expanding worldwide electric car usage by allowing other manufacturers to use Tesla technology. From Tesla: "We believe that Tesla, other companies making electric cars, and the world would all benefit from a...
Toyota Plans To Bring Fuel Cell Vehicle To Market This Year
Toyota has announced plans to produce the Toyota FCV (Fuel Cell Vehicle) and begin selling their newest clean energy car by the end of this year. The official launch is planned for December even though the hydrogen refueling infrastructure in many markets is likely to...
Tesla Offers To Share Supercharger Design
Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants to share the design and technology for the Supercharger station to help create a standard for EV charging. He does want other electric vehicle manufacturers to follow the same model of free charging for life and possibly a share of cost in...
All Electric Race Series Shakedown Cars
Formula E had a successful shakedown of their all electric race cars at Donington Park in England today. This was the first chance for teams and drivers to get familiar with their Spark-Renault electric powered cars, systems and each other. The track layout used is a...
The Future Of The Motor Industry Is Electric
Electric Car Purchase – Tax Breaks & More Advantages
How would you like to take advantage of huge tax incentives by purchasing an electric vehicle and never pay for gas again? From Tesla Motors: As a resident of California, you may be eligible for substantial tax breaks and other incentives with the purchase of an...
Tesla Opens Another Supercharger Station
If you're fortunate enough to drive a Tesla in the area of Gila Bend, Arizona you have a brand new Supercharger station to get you all charged up. From Tesla: Gila Bend Supercharger Now Open! 826 W Pima Street Gila Bend, AZ 85337 Located at Carl’s Jr. - 24 hrs/day -...
SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Returns to Rocky Mountain Raceway on Memorial Day
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - SRL Media - May 20, 2014 SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Returns to Rocky Mountain Raceway on Memorial Day Monday Bakersfield, CA – For the fourth consecutive year, the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series will make its annual trip to the Rocky Mountain...