Blogs

Liberty E-bike - This is a video of a Liberty 48 volt city electric bicycle. (LINK)

This bike appears to be using a "brushed" hub motor. And it appears that brushed motors tend to make a humming sound. Most "brushless" motors seems to be far quieter. (Also, see the Liberty Electric Mountain bicycle) [Cycle Santa Monica (blog)]

Tesla opening a new tech center in MI to work on a CUV? - Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla MotorsTesla Motors has already made clear their intentions to expand their product line beyond the Lotu

Listen to Alec Brooks' presentation at the California Air Resources Board ZEV Technology Conference - Filed under: EV/Plug-in, GM

Phoenix Motorcars Takes First Fleet Pre-Sales Orders for Its All ... - Business Wire (press release) -

China BAK Battery to Develop and Manufacture New Li-Ion Cells for Vehicles - China BAK Battery, Inc. (BAK) plans to construct a new facility that will focus on product development and manufacture of an advanced lithium-ion battery cell product line.

This is a thread on the Zappy list about the original manufacturer of the E-Max .. the chinese company that made the E-Max is in business and visible on the Web at http://www.topmotorx.com ... ZAP is planning to import and sell it as the Zapino.

Ford Announces Hydrogen-Electric Plug-in Hybrid Drive and Airstream Concept -

The Ford Airstream Concept.

Forecast: 2007 Likely To Be the Warmest Year Yet on Record -

GM has awarded advanced battery development contracts to two suppliers to design and test lithium-ion batteries for use in the Saturn Vue Green Line plug-in hybrid SUV. One contract goes to the recently announced A123Systems-Cobasys partnership, the other to Johnson Controls–Saft Advanced Power Solutions, LLC, a joint venture between Tier 1 automotive supplier Johnson Controls and Saft.

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Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. has received a $1-million purchase order for NanoSafe 35 kWh lithium-ion battery pack systems from California-based Phoenix Motorcars for delivery in February and March 2007.

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