Posts Tagged ‘car’
Plug In 2009: Rapid Electric Vehicles REV’s up Fleet Sales
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under EV, alternative transportation, event
During Plug In 2009 in Long Beach Calif., I was introduced to the REV™ 300 ACX electric vehicle, an OEM Ford Escape vehicle with its internal combustion engine and related drive and fuel components completely removed.
Based in Vancouver, BC, REV stands for Rapid Electric Vehicles, and founder/CEO Jay Giraud states there is no re-engineering performed [...]
Tags: auto, battery, car, Clean Energy, electric car, EV, hybrid, Lithium-Ion, Matt_Kelly, PHEV, plug-in, REV
2009 Hybridfest Green Drive Expo: Automation Tech
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under EV, alternative transportation, event
During Hybridfest Green Drive Expo in Madison, Wisc., I met Jack Chen of Automation Tech, Inc. Located in Warren, Mich., Automation Tech is the exclusive US distributor of the Enginer Prius PHEV conversion kit with Lithium Phosphate battery, manufactured in Shanghai, China.
As exclusive distributors, Jack’s mission is to bring affordable hybrid conversion kits to the [...]
Tags: auto, battery, car, EV, Hybridfest, Matt_Kelly, PHEV, plug-in, Prius
Hybridfest Green Drive Expo: Toyota
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under alternative transportation, event, hybrid
During Hybridfest Green Drive Expo, I spoke with John Dolan, sales consultant at smart Motors in Madison, Wisc.
John was quite knowledgeable about the new 2010 Toyota Prius, which I had until then as yet to be introduced to.
The new 3g Prius combines including integrated fog lamps and underbody covers for improved drag coefficient (Cd), technology [...]
Tags: auto, battery, car, GreenDriveExpo, hybrid, Hybridfest, Prius, Toyota
Day 2: Hydrogen Road Tour 2009-on the road with the CAFCP
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under EV, alternative transportation, biofuel, flight, hydrogen, infrastructure, legislation, mass transit
Day two of the 2009 Hydrogen Road Tour began an early day on the Santa Monica Pier, followed by a trip to West LA to one of the newest hydrogen stations in Southern California. This is a mixed use station where in addition to formulating the hydrogen they sell onsite, they also sell gasoline, diesel [...]
Tags: alternative fuel, auto, battery, car, electric car, electric vehicles, energy, environment, EV, GM, hydrogen
Day 1: Hydrogen Road Tour 2009-on the road with the CAFCP
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under EV, alternative transportation, infrastructure, legislation
This week I joined the 2009 Hydrogen Road Tour, or H2RT, a nine-day series of media, VIP and public events in California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia to highlight the communities where fuel cells and hydrogen stations are entering early commercial markets.
H2RT is a joint effort that involves the California Fuel Cell Partnership, California [...]
Tags: auto, battery, CAFCP, car, energy, environment, EV, fuel, fuel_cell, H2RT, hydrogen, NHA, vehicle
Citroen’s new C1 Ev’ie
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under EV, alternative transportation
The first all-electric family car went on sale in the United Kingdom recently.
Launched by Citroen and called the C1 ev’ie, the lithium ion battery-powered, all-electric mini car is classified as a car, unlike the Indian-built Reva G-Wiz, which had to be registered as a quadricycle.
It features a 30kw electric motor, is powered by 25 li-ion [...]
Tags: auto, battery, car, Citroen, energy, environment, EV, Evie, fuel, Green_Motion, G_Wiz, Li_ion, Matt_Kelly, Reva
Zipcar launches FastFleet, partners with ZimRide
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under alternative transportation, ride sharing
Have you heard of Zipcar?
Begun in Cambridge, Massachusetts nearly a decade ago, the startup pioneers the European idea of car-sharing here in the U.S.
Its concept is simple: offer self-service vehicles by the hour or day to city residents and businesses looking for an alternative to the high costs and hassles of owning a car in [...]
Tags: Adrian_Fenty, auto, car, car_sharing, Clean Energy, energy, environment, FastFleet, fleet, FlexCar, Matt_Kelly, ride_sharing, Stamford_University, Sustainability, Zimride, Zipcar
Ford’s Fabulous Fusion Hybrid
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
Alright, I admit it. I have new-car envy.
As the owner of an 18 year-old two-seat roadster, I get this way when I get behind the wheel of a brand new sedan.
Such was the case last weekend when Ford handed me the keys and invited me to drive their new Fusion Hybrid from LA to San [...]
Tags: auto, car, Chevy, concept, CPM, Edge, EV, Flex, Ford, fusion, GM, Honda, hybrid, Malibu, mpg, scanguage, Sirius, Volt
2,757 miles per gallon?
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
Sound impossible? Not if you’re an Eco Marathoner.
Congratulations go out to the student-led Alerion Supermileage team from Laval University in Quebec, Canada for achieving the fuel milestone and winning the Grand Prize during the 2009 Shell Eco-marathon Americas, a competition pitting student-built, fuel-efficient prototype vehicle achieves against each other to travel the farthest distance using [...]
Tags: Alerion, biomass, car, concept, cool, diesel, eco, fuel, fuel_cell, hydrogen, Laval, LPG, marathon, Matt_Kelly, mpg, prototype, Purdue, Shell, solar, UCLA
What’s Nu at Hyundai?
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
What has gull-wing doors, a hybrid drivetrain and Touchsense technology? The all new Hyundai Nuvis, the eleventh signature concept car to be designed at the company’s California Design Center in Irvine, Calif.
The vehicle, unveiled at this week’s New York International Auto Show (NYIAS), can be driven in gasoline-engine-only mode or all-electric mode, courtesy of its [...]
Tags: auto, battery, car, concept, cool, EV, hybrid, Hyundai, Matt Kelly, Nuvis, NYIAS