Claims to seat two. I was going to inquire about the indoor version, but then realized that this would be a waste of time, since I prefer outdoor cars to their indoor counterparts anyway.
Category: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
Free Public Transportation in Luxembourg
This translates (literally) as “As the first country in the world: Luxembourg makes bus and train free.” If you’re serious about reducing VMT (vehicle miles traveled), this is certainly one weapon in your arsenal. I’m sure it makes people reconsider …
German Startup Aims to Sell “Self-Charging” Electric Car Covered in Solar Panels
From GreenTech Media: After raising nearly $60 million in a recent 50-day crowdfunding campaign, Munich-based Sono Motors expects its €25,500 ($27,600) electric car, the Sion, to benefit from a range extension from about 2 miles per day to as much …
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Solar-Powered Car Looks Awesome
It’s hard to look at this and not say to yourself, “Now that’s cool.” Let’s look at some numbers: Looks like ~20 square meters = 20kW of incident sunshine times 25% efficiency = 5kW = 7 HP. That’s not a …
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Solar-Powered Yacht
I often point out that solar-powered vehicles are impractical in the extreme, but here, I have to say yowza. I’m going to guess that there are 600 solar panels here, times 400 Watts is 240 kW or 322 HP.
Is ExxonMobil Taking a Haircut? Actually, It’s More Like a Good “Shearing”
It seems like progressives are right, at least in part, when they claim agency in the economic collapse of companies like ExxonMobil, whose market cap has plummeted to the tune of $184 billion (40%) over the last six years.
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Worlds’ Buses Moving Away from Fossil Petroleum
My colleague Jon LeSage serves as Editor and Publisher of Green Auto Market, which tracks the business of green cars, fuels, and technologies. As shown in the bar chart below, pure diesel buses now account for less than half of …
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On the EV Adoption Curve
Here’s a fabulous article that nails the seven most important reasons that the adoption curve of electric vehicles has been so unexciting. A point I found interesting is “lack of clear superiority” (in terms of performance).
Oil Industry Death Spiral
Obviously, we shouldn’t expect what’s pictured here to be the norm, if for no other reason than even fast charging takes longer that anyone would want to stand around in what used to be a gas station. Yet at the …
Aptera EV Concept Car
When I first became interested in electric transportation in 2008, the Aptera was already on the scene, and, as I recall, hunting around for potential investors.
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