Tag Archives: electric vehicles
Toyota: 21 Hybrid Vehicles by 2015
A press conference held in Toyota City, Japan last week revealed ambitious plans for hybrid vehicle sales by Toyota Motor Corporation. This conference was designed to show the successes of Toyota’s aggressive R&D program as well as favorable market conditions for hybrid models. Toyota plans to release at least 21 hybrid vehicle models around the [...]
Romney’s Concern For Solar Power Project Developers
In the last week or so there has been a lot of media attention with regards to that secret video of Mitt Romney and the now infamous comments he made to some campaign donors about the 47%. However, what got my attention was another thing he said on that video which should give solar power project [...]
Only in China: The Umet Wooden Electric Car
One of the world’s first all-wooden cars has made its debut at the China Eurasia Expo. Dubbed the Umut, this 4 metre long, 7-seater car is composed completely of wood, made entirely by hand, and is powered by an electric motor. With an expected top speed is 60km/h, it can last about 2.5 hours or [...]
The Princeton Satellite Systems’ SunStation EV Charging Station
Solar EV charging stations are hardly new – as regular readers of SolarChargedDriving.Com surely know. But every now and then something comparatively new comes along in the world of solar EV charging. Now is one of those times, at least according to Princeton Satellite Systems, which claims it will soon be producing “the first 100 [...]
Electric Taxi Service Lands at Dutch Airport
Better Place targeted the Netherlands early in its existence due to the country’s population density and favorable transportation culture. The Netherlands joins Australia, Israel and Denmark as early adopters in Better Place’s unique approach to eco-friendly transportation. The California-based transportation firm recently announced plans for an electric taxi program stationed at Airport Schiphol. This project [...]
India Government Backs Electric Vehicle Program
The government of India has just approved a four billion dollar plan to support the development of its of electric and hybrid car industry. They have stated that this is in accordance with their goal to produce and sell six million EVs by the year 2020. While India’s EV industry is a relative newcomer to [...]
In Focus: Electric Vehicle Myths
What, with soaring gas prices and enhanced environmental awareness these days, electric cars have generated quite a bit of excitement and attention since General Motors’ modern day model premiered at the 1990 Los Angeles Auto Show. While the concept is as old as cars themselves (Robert Anderson, a Scottish inventor in the 1800s, created an [...]