Other electric cars and trucks

I got to see and drive the Via Motors VTRUX yesterday. This is a Chevy Silverado which the company converts, with the cooperation of GM, into a plug-in hybrid truck. The one I drove had a four wheel drive system. The truck had awesome pickup (was able to get it to 60 miles/hr within a short distance in a parking lot), and when in four wheel drive it had awesome pulling capability. Plus, as you see in this video, it has power export capability with both 120v and 240v power outlets.

There are some news articles going around that Toyota is planning to design/build/manufacture an electric sports car that would rival one from Tesla. I don't know about that - but they did recently build an electric sports car, and took it to the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

The car is a Toyota 2000GT SEV. The 2000GT was a 1960's era sports car made by Toyota. Some engineers from Toyota restored one, and built a fantastic electric conversion of it.

A co-worker sent me a link about Vision Motor Cars 'Hopper' two passenger plug-in EV (http://visionmotorcars.com/?page_id=606). I'd never heard of the company or the car before, and I don't see much information on the web about them. They claim it can go up to 100MPH, has a 100 mile range, and can cost as little as $10,000 after rebates (http://visionmotorcars.com/?page_id=579 .

Tesla delivers first Model S's to customer at an event at the former-NUMMI plant in Fremont CA
http://www.torquenews.com/1075/tesla-delivers-first-model-s-customers-ushering-more-come

The car received EPA certification for a 265 mile driving range
http://www.torquenews.com/1075/tesla-model-s-has-265-miles-electric-range-89-mpge-official-epa-ratings

Im sure everybody is familiar with the EV1 electric motor and im hoping i can get some comparative input as to how to power it, OR a comparable hp motor with a specific amount of batteries. What i want, is to find a motor that produces around 200hp constantly for 11 hours ... if 200hp is unachievable, then 100hp? How many batteries would i need to achieve 200/100hp if i was using the BEST of the BEST batteries available on the market. Also, to even complicate things even MORE ... i want to RECHARGE the batteries, WHILE the motor is working.

At the Tesla Motors shareholders meeting a couple days ago, Elon Musk talked at length about the business projections for the company, as well as the charging system on the Model S, and even potential for integrating solar power with the super charger system. You can view the video below, and two articles I wrote up on the meeting.

Deliveries of the Tesla Model S Signature Series is slated to begin on June 22 (in about 2 weeks). However, the Founder Series cars are already being delivered, with the first going to Steve Jurvetson yesterday in a ceremony at Tesla's HQ in Palo Alto.

Hi there,

My name is Rafael and I am very excited to announce that I plan on starting a trip around the world; the first ever trip of this kind, done with an electric vehicle, a Tesla Roadster. I plan on leaving Barcelona, going north through Europe, crossing the Atlantic into the U.S.A. and then all the way to China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, France and back to Spain.
You can find more details about the trip and updated information on the links below.
Thanks for sharing:

350Green is building networks of fast charging stations in Chicago and the SF Bay Area

http://www.torquenews.com/1075/sf-bay-area-getting-25-electric-car-fast-charging-stations-350green

http://www.torquenews.com/1075/electric-vehicle-fast-charging-stations-coming-chicago-350green

In this discussion thread about CuMoCo's digital dashboard we have a few people saying they don't appreciate the personal privacy implications of a vehicle company collecting data, GPS data, etc, from the vehicles they sell.
http://visforvoltage.org/forum/12243-new-digital-dashboard#comment-65052