Posts Tagged ‘electric 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
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
GoinGreen: G-Wiz!
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
Keith Johnston is managing director for GoinGreen, UK distributors of the G-Wiz, an electric vehicle designed in California and manufactured in India by the Indo-Reva Electric Car Company. GoinGreen’s mission is to minimize the effects of climate change by encouraging carbon-neutral motoring. That mission has made London one of the largest electric car capitals of [...]
Tags: climate change, electric car, EV, G-Wiz, GoinGreen, Indo-Reva, Keith Johnston, Reva
RIDE AND DRIVE: Zap!
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
During the Alternative Fuels & Vehicle Expo in Anaheim, we hitched a ride with Alex Campbell in the Zebra Zero truck, a solar electric truck from Zap, a Santa Rosa, Calif.-based company providing advanced transportation for land, air and water. A Neighborhood Electric Vehicle, the Zero is manufactured in China, capable of speeds upwards of [...]
Tags: Alex Campbell, electric car, EV, LSV, NEV, Zap
Miles Automotive Did It!
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
A five-door, five-passenger, high-speed lithium-ion-powered vehicle capable of traveling 150 miles at 85mph from the Miles Automotive Group will be available to the masses within 18-24 months — for less than $30k. If I were GM, Toyota, or any of the other major automotive brands, I’d be looking in my rear view mirror and watching [...]
Tags: electric car, I. Zion Enos, Javlon, Miles Automotive, Pininfarina
Dynasty: It’s Electric!
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
Nick Banks is general manager of Dynasty Electric Car Corporation, a Canadian company near Vancouver, building all electric, zero-emission LSVs. The company has four models to choose from and produces 100 cars per year and is looking to expand production. I spoke with Nick during the Alternative Fuels and Vehicles National Convention and Expo, in [...]
Tags: Dynasty, electric car, LSV, NEV, Nick Banks
Pluggin In with Carl Lawrence of Hybrids-Plus
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
“Plug In. Charge up. Drive On.” That’s the slogan of Carl Lawrence and his team at Hybrids Plus, a Boulder, Colo.-based group dedicated to converting Hybrid Electric Vehicles into Plug In Hybrid Electric Vehicles and minimizing the impact of transportation on the environment. In September 2006, they launched their first prototype conversion of a Prius [...]
Tags: Battery Electric Vehicle, Carl Lawrence, conversion, electric car, hybrid, Hybrids Plus, plug-in, Prius, V2G, Xcel Energy
The Defiant Predator
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
One of my newest heroes is John Q. McMillan, a gentleman from Tennessee, who, along with his business partner Xander Carey and a group of Canadian investors, has designed a “purpose-built” electric car, the Predator, an efficient, three passenger, electric car built by their company, Shockwave Motors. It’s a personal transportation vehicle that is an [...]
Tags: Defiant, electric car, EV, John Q. McMillan, Predator, Shockwave Motors, Xander Carey
Author Sherry Boshert Speaks
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
My thanks to Sherry Boshert for fitting me into her busy schedule of speaking engagements, and meeting me for lunch to talk about her new book. Author of Plug-In Hybrids, The Cars That Will Re-Charge America, Sherry is known as Miss Plug-In for her tireless efforts on behalf of plug-in electric vehicles (PHEV’s). She was [...]
Tags: CalCars, electric car, EV, Miss Plug-In, plug-in, Plug-In America, Sherry Boshert, V2G
Engineering the Volt
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
This interview at the Chicago Auto Show happened by chance. I was standing next to the Chevy Volt and began a conversation with a gentleman who turned out to be Rich Lannen, one of the lead engineers of the this concept car being developed by GM. What followed was an illuminating discusssion about the challeneges [...]
Tags: Chevy Volt, E-Flex, electric car, Rich Lannen