Monthly Archives: February 2009

Nissan Promises EV for 2010

February 26, 2009 – 4:09 pm

Nissan is a first tier OEM building a pure EV in the U.S. – for sale to regular folks.
They’re going to hit the market next fall, but will target Tennessee (where they will be made) and Oregon and Sonoma County, initially. (Carlos Ghosn must like the wine up that way or something.)
Regardless, once the $7,500 [...]

By Paul Scott | Posted in Inside Track, Production News | Tagged , | Comments (5)

Announcing EV Driven

February 26, 2009 – 3:15 pm

We want you to know about a new website and community for people who are passionate about Electric Vehicles. We’re excited to be a part of: EV Driven.
EV Driven aggregates the latest content from all these electric car blogs:
* Creative Greenius
* DIY Electric Car
* Electric Car Blog
* Electric Cars are for Girls
* Green Car [...]

By Lisa Rein | Posted in Partner Sites | Comments (3)

ElectricAid.org Test Drives The Think City Electric Car

February 9, 2009 – 12:30 am

Last week Norway’s ElectricAid.org uploaded a very entertaining and artistic video test drive review of the Think City electric car.  Watch the video in High Definition by clicking here.  If you enjoy Top Gear you’ll love the humor and creative editing in this video short.

ElectricAid.org video Test Drive of the Think City Electric Car.
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By Stefano Paris | Posted in Inside Track, Video Reviews | Tagged , | Comments (3)

Aptera 2e makes public debut

February 5, 2009 – 11:21 pm

We have TWO reports from guest bloggers who attended the Aptera in the Wild EVent Thursday night at Smooth’s Sports Grille in Long Beach, CA.  Also embedded below is a recent Aptera 2e demo ride video (with founder Steve Fambro) from the 2009 TED conference (held in Long Beach, CA) recently uploaded by Aptera forum member [...]

By Stefano Paris | Posted in Events, Guest Bloggers | Tagged | Comments (0)

Video of Plug In America’s Inaugural EV Parade West

February 5, 2009 – 10:51 pm

Regular readers of this blog will know all about Plug in America’s triumphant Inaugural EV Parade West in Santa Monica, CA a few weeks back.   Now here’s a chance to enjoy some video from the event.
A final count of 77 electric vehicles and over 250 people participated in the rally and subsequent parade. All types of [...]

By Stefano Paris | Posted in Events | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Photo Gallery Of Pictures From Inaugural Parade

February 5, 2009 – 1:36 pm

These were all taken by our production photographer, Todd Westphal, during last month’s Plug-In America Inagural Parade.

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By P.G. Morgan | Posted in Events, Photo Galleries | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Even Tugboats Are Going Electric

February 4, 2009 – 12:41 pm

Remember the Balqon container truck I wrote about a while back, the Port of Long Beach truck that can haul 60,000 lbs and that’s starting to  replace diesel spewing internal combustion trucks? Well add another link in the chain to clean our ports with a PHEV tug.
Built by a company called Foss, this tug is [...]

By Paul Scott | Posted in Inside Track | Tagged , , | Comments (0)