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The 100% Electric QUAD

ElectroVelocity — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:53:07 +0000

Quad bikes are usually not associated with the eco friendly ethos, they’re loud, they spew carbon and they tear up otherwise pristine natural habitats. This all electric quad hopes to change that, designed by Facundo Elias and simply named “QUAD” the four-wheeler runs on lithium-ion batteries and should be capable of 3 hours of run time [...]

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Toyota Reaches 3 Million Hybrids Sold

ElectroVelocity — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:13:11 +0000

Toyota is by far and away the biggest hybrid maker on the world market, the unstoppable and genre defining Prius has been a best seller since it’s release in 1997 and in times of soaring oil prices its sale streak doesn’t look set to slow down. Toyota has now sold 3.03 million hybrids between 1997 and [...]

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The Soloist – Meet The Electric Wheel

ElectroVelocity — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 07:58:04 +0000

This is one of those electric vehicles that falls into the “Other” pile, it’s hard to explain what the Soloist actually is. Sort of a unicycle version of the Segway that’s far more compact and an order of magnitude less obvious. The Soloist is currently available for $1,500 USD from Inventist, the wheel has a [...]

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Gas Prices – County By County In The USA

ElectroVelocity — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 07:29:13 +0000

Gas prices have shot up faster in the last 2 weeks than they have at any point in US history. The continuing Mid-East turmoil doesn’t look set to be resolved anytime soon either, this fantastic gas price heat map is currently being hosted by Brammo, head over to their site to check it out. Enter [...]

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The Stunningly Beautiful Rolls-Royce 102EX

ElectroVelocity — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 07:05:50 +0000

Rolls-Royce have unveiled their new concept car, the 102EX, at the Geneva Motorshow and the initial reception and reviews have been remarkably heartening. The 102EX was built at Rolls-Royce’s Goodwood factory and uses twin water cooled electric motors powered by a 98-cell lithium-ion battery, it can jump from 0-60 in under 8 seconds and looks [...]

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