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Netherlands To Ban Non Electric Cars By 2025 |
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Various sources are reporting that the Dutch lawmakers passed a motion this Monday that will ban the sale of non-electric cars, including petrol and diesel ones, by the year 2025. Netherlands aims to make all the cars on their roads electric within the next decade. This could include even hybrid vehicles.... More » |
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Exagon Furtive eGT French Electric Supercar |
| Exagon Motors, a new French car manufacturer, revealed their first supercar, which is called the Furtive eGT. The Exagon Furtive eGT is an electric supercar, which is powered by two electric motors developed by Siemens. Each motor powers one of the axles and each one develops 400 hp. According to Exagon,... More » |
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Volar e Spanish Electric Supercar |
| Volar-e is a Spanish electric supercar, which was developed by a company called Applus+ IDIADA on behalf of the European Commission. According to its manufacturer, the Volar-e is the world's most powerful prototype electric sports car. The Volar-e had its world premiere today at the Circuit de Catalunya... More » |
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Electric Land Rover Defender |
| Land Rover revealed today an electric version of the Defender, which they plan to premiere next week at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. The electric Land Rover Defender is currently just a research vehicle, which is able to keep all of the SUV's off-road abilities while having zero emissions. The power of... More » |
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Cigarette AMG Electric Drive Boat Concept |
| Mercedes revealed today the Cigarette AMG Electric Drive boat concept, which is inspired by the electric version of the SLS coupe. The world debut of the Cigarette AMG Electric Drive is going to take place at the Miami International Boat Show (14-18 February 2013). Mercedes says that many components... More » |
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Mercedes B Class Electric Drive Concept |
| Mercedes unveiled today in Paris an electric B Class, which is currently in a concept form. The Mercedes B Class Electric Drive is powered by an electric motor, which puts out 100 kW and 310 Nm of torque. This powertrain can take the electric B Class from nought to 62 mph (100 km/h) in less than 10 seconds... More » |
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Mercedes SLS AMG Electric |
| Mercedes revealed today the SLS AMG Electric Drive at this year's edition of the Paris motor show. Mercedes SLS AMG Electric Drive is probably the world's most powerful electric production at the moment. The power the electric SLS AMG, Mercedes uses four synchronous electric motors, which have a combined... More » |
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ECOmove QBEAK Electric Car |
| ECOmove, a Danish company, revealed this month the QBEAK electric car, which can offer between one and six individual seats. The ECOmove QBEAK measures 3 meters in length, 1.75 m in width and 1.63 m in height. The QBEAK weighs just 450 kg, without the energy modules, which have the potential of increasing... More » |
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Toyota Attacks Pikes Peak with Electric Radical |
| TOYOTA Motorsport GmbH (Germany) announced today that they're going to race in this year's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with an electric car based on a Radical chassis. Dubbed the TMG EV P002, Toyota's electric Radical is expected to reach a top speed of 240km/h, thanks to its 350kW output. The... More » |
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Brabus Smart ForTwo Electric and eBike |
| Brabus will display two new projects at this year's Geneva auto show: their Smart ForTwo Electric and eBike versions. With an output of 60 kW and 135 Nm of torque, the Brabus Smart ForTwo Electric Drive is a fun way of travelling around the city. Thanks to a sport suspension and a 10-mm lowered ride... More » |
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Infiniti Electric Sports Car Concept |
| Infiniti released today two teaser images of a new electric sports car concept, which will be premiered at the 2012 Geneva Auto Show. So far, the company did not disclose the name of their new electric sports car, but we'll find out in March next year. Infiniti says that their new concept is meant to... More » |
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Chevrolet Spark EV |
| The electric Chevrolet Spark EV was announced today by General Motors, which says it will start selling it from 2013. Apparently, Chevrolet will focus its marketing efforts for the electric Spark on California. Chevy's electric Spark is designed for short urban trips, and all-electric commutes. So far,... More » |
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Toyota Prius Plug in Hybrid Price |
| Toyota announced today the Prius Plug-in Hybrid price list for the British market, together with the fact that the new electric vehicle will go on sale across Europe from the first half of 2012. The Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid has some impressive efficiency figures. It's has an electric-only range of... More » |
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Brabus Electric Mercedes E Class |
| After revealing a hybrid version of the E Class, the Mercedes specialists from Brabus also revealed today at the 2011 IAA Frankfurt auto show an electric version of the same model. Not only that it's electric, the new Brabus E Class is also equipped with a 4WD (four-wheel-drive) system. The new electric... More » |
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EVCUP iRACER |
| EVCUP is one of the world's few circuit racing series, designed especially for zero-emission electric vehicles. EVCUP announced today that they will unveil the new iRACER at the EcoVelocity festival next month. The iRACER is an electric race car, especially developed for the track, which will compete... More » |
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Electric Morgan Aero Supersports Announced |
| Morgan Motor Company, together with a consortium of British technology specialists, is developing the +E program, which will spawn tow new concept vehicles in early 2012. One of them will be based on the Morgan Aero Supersports which, instead of the 4.8 liter BMW V8, will be powered by a high power-density... More » |
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2012 Smart ForTwo Electric Drive |
| Smart released today the details and images of the updated 2012 ForTwo Electric Drive, which will go on sale next spring. The 2012 version of the electric ForTwo is Smart's third generation of the model, which will go into production in Hambach, France. Smart is planning to sell the 2012 electric ForTwo... More » |
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Quimera AEGT |
| Quimera released the first video of one of the most powerful electric vehicles, the AEGT, or All-Electric GT. The AEGT is the first chassis, power-train and prototype developed by Quimera, with help from Altran. The AEGT Quimera is powered by an electric motor which is capable of outputting between 450... More » |
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Toyota Prius Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicle |
| Toyota announced today that it will debut the Prius Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle, or PHEV, at the Frankfurt Motor Show on 15th September, 2011. Toyota's Plug-in Hybrid Prius features a revised, and more compact, lithium-ion battery, which is able to offer an extended electric power only range. Toyota... More » |
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Porsche Boxster E Specs |
| Porsche revealed today the complete specs list of their electric Boxster E, just as the prototype makes its appearance at the Michelin Challenge Bibendum in Berlin. Porsche's electric Boxster has a mid-engine architecture and comes in rear and four wheel-drive variants. The Porsche Boxster E RWD is... More » |
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