Other electric cars and trucks

Electric shuffle for Detroit automakers is some recent coverage from C|NET about electric cars.

Hmm... GM shows Chevy plug-in concept describes a concept car shown by GM. It's a hybrid electric vehicle built in a different configuration than the previous hybrid cars. In this one the motor is used only as a generator to charge the battery pack. The drive motor is an electric drivetrain.

They're claiming a 40 mile range without recharging ... on suburban streets. So that range is not highway range, but at 35 miles/hr or so.

The electric motor runs at 121 kilowatts.

There are now 750 Reva (also called the G-Wiz) electric cars in the UK. They are now switching to a AC motor. I'm very excited about this. To see a production EV be improved in this manner gives me hope that we may be gaining a bit of steam. A lot of compaines say they are going to build this or that but they never get more than one or two made. Here's a company that has put 750 EVs on the road and is now improving their product. Cool!

http://www.goingreen.co.uk/store/content/gwiz

Electric Vehicles UK
April, 2005
Branson's blue sky brainwave? No - MG Rover were already planning hybrids!

- Richard Branson's "radical" and "original" idea? That MG Rover should produce hybrids!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6954321544637851263&q=type%3Ago

I didn't know much about the Tango electric car but this video shed quite a bit of light on it for me.

Mark Higley

This is my friends REVA electric car. It's nice to see the Queen supporting EVs.

This thing looks like sooo much fun. This is my friends Mini El in the UK.

I plugged V V today on my video blog.

This is my video blog at http://www.xebraworld.com

Hey all! Great to be back! While we were away I got my ZAP Xebra truck. I have also added video via YouTube to my Xebra site at http://www.xebraworld.com . There are very detailed pictures there as well as schematics for the vehicles. It's got it's issues but I'm lovin' my truck!

Great to be back!

Mark Higley

I found some interesting videos today on YouTube ... about the Tesla Roadster, the Xebra and the EV-1. I've linked all of them on my 7gen.com site.

Tesla EV Unveiling

Electric Car documentary from PBS

Tom Hanks being interviewed by Dave Letterman about the EV-1

An EV-1 Experience

GM's EV-1 Advertising