Biggest Truck On Earth Has Electric All-Wheel Drive: BELAZ 75710
18 Nov 2014, 17:35 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / You might think that electric cars are for girls, like it happened back in the day they were invented and females preferred them because of simplicity and less things to break. But you’d be wr...
Advanced Lead-Carbon Batteries to Spawn a New Generation of 48V Super Hybrid Vehicles
18 Nov 2014, 17:04 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In case eco-friendly motoring isn’t your cup of tea, the segment is focused these days on extending the range of hybrid or electric vehicles. To earn those valuable extra kilometers, you need ...
Electric Ford F-150 SVT Raptor Hitting the... Golf Course
17 Nov 2014, 12:27 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Pickup truck lovers gather around and check out the first Ford SVT Raptor with a full electric powertrain being ready to go ride hard on... the grass of a golf course. Yeah, it’s a golf cart,...
World Fastest Golf Cart Looks Terribly Unsafe at 118 MPH
14 Nov 2014, 17:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Those around here that have also been golfing a couple of times know that a golf cart is probably the most unexciting ride ever. It looks odd, you sit too up straight, has a tiny electric motor and ...
Jaguar EV-Type Trademark Applied, Watch Out Tesla!
14 Nov 2014, 16:28 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Checking out trademark applications on the US Patent and Trademark Office website is like fishing - you never know when the lake monster is going to bite. Today it did, as we found that Jaguar took ...
Toyota Could Lose $100K On Every FCV
14 Nov 2014, 11:10 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The move towards using hydrogen fuel cell cars will be tough, very though. That’s mostly because there is no such infrastructure to sustain these vehicles, but also because the technology is s...
Toyota FCV Tops Popular Science’s 2014 Best of What’s New
13 Nov 2014, 10:15 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The electrification of the auto industry is gaining more and more attention from “tech-heads” all over the world. And fuel cell vehicles are no exception, with Toyota’s FCV model b...
Compact Entry Level 3-Door Tesla? Yes, Please
12 Nov 2014, 10:48 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / It all started with the Roadster model in 2008, Tesla Motors’ first production car, an all-electric lithium-ion battery-powered roadster that could go over 200 miles (320 km) per charge. In ea...
Get Behind the Scenes of OneRepublic’s New Video: I Lived
11 Nov 2014, 14:15 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / After OneRepublic’s “I Lived” video featuring Mercedes-Benz’ latest B-Class Electric Drive model experienced such a great success, the Germans have recently released the maki...
Kia Soul EV Gets Priced for the UK
11 Nov 2014, 10:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Without beating around the bush, the first ever all-electric Kia model to be sold globally costs £24,995 in the UK after the £5,000 Plug-In Car Grant. For comparison’s sake, the Ni...
Tesla Model S Tuning by Unplugged Performance - Carbon Fiber Extravaganza
10 Nov 2014, 16:09 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Picture this: you're the proud owner of a Tesla Model S, the best electric vehicle around. A few months have passed since you took delivery of the luxurious sedan, and you're thinking abou...
Two-Speed eAxle From GKN is the First of Its Kind, Used by the BMW i8
10 Nov 2014, 15:23 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Truth be told, the next big thing for EVs is improving the capacity of battery packs all while keeping production costs as low as possible. Many companies, including the Panasonic and Tesla Motors j...
Tesla Model S P85D Price Drops, Powertrain Options Simplified
10 Nov 2014, 09:28 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's been a little over a month since the Dual Motor all-wheel drive Model S P85D made its official debut, yet a lot has happened at Tesla during this time. First deliveries of the&nbs...
Tesla Model X Availability Pushed Back to Late 2015
8 Nov 2014, 13:51 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / You know how General Motors vehicles and cars fitted with Takata airbags were recalled in the millions due to half-assed research and development? Well, Tesla Motors is playing the safe card, inform...
Elon Musk Targets Internet Satellites Plans, Could Be Launched by SpaceX
8 Nov 2014, 12:37 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / He keeps changing the rules and there is nothing that will stop him from changing the world. Elon Musk’s plans on the electric vehicle industry have proved to be surprisingly smart and functio...
Sunstar Solar-Powered Planes To Replace Expensive Satellites?
7 Nov 2014, 13:28 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Our world is now dependent on communication, be it an e-mail, a voice call, an SMS or a message over your favorite messenger app. And all these rely on expensive satellites placed on the orbit, whic...
Drone-Carrier Delivery Trucks for Improved Same-Day Shipping
6 Nov 2014, 14:14 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Yeah, as we’ve discussed before, drones might soon be part of our daily activities and big delivery companies are eager for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to give the green light fo...
Student-Built EV Breaks Acceleration Record: 0-100 KM/H in 1.7 Seconds
5 Nov 2014, 16:53 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If the team of high-school students that managed to build the most efficient budget electric vehicle amazed you, wait until you see what these college students created - the fastest accelerating ele...
You Can Build a 1,500 MPGe Plug-in Electric Vehicle for Under $2,000
5 Nov 2014, 16:20 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Beat that Tesla! The electric vehicle here won’t actually offer the comfort of a normal passenger car, but it can be built for under 2 grand and achieve over 1,500 mpge. Don’t believe it...
Electric Morgan 3-Wheeler? The Company Is Considering One
5 Nov 2014, 10:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Morgan is known for it’s classic, hand-made cars, designed to offer the best oldschool driving experience for clients that don’t quite get along with parking sensors, electrically-assist...