Archive : Electric Vehicles

Even if you live in a metro like Delhi, you are familiar with the consequences of the fuel needle dropping below “E” and the engine working as if its towing a truck. With this kind of a situation, you either need to rush to a fuel station with a canister or call the roadside assistance team to provide you some fuel.  Now think of a dead battery on an EV, and you are left with no options, [...]

Cars are just like humans. Very few cars get to star in a movie. And extremely few cars become superstars and go down the memory lane. One such car is the DeLorean DMC-12 from Back to the Future. Designed by Italians, engineered by Brits and marketed by an Americans, this car was really a summation of all 3 motoring cultures of the world. Now, Wired Italia has made a replica of the car for a cross-country [...]

Green doesn’t have to mean a Toyota Prius or a G-wiz. Green can be Mean (pun intended) too as proved by a Volvo in their new racing truck – Mean Green, that redefines what a truck is and proves why green can also be used in the same line having mean. Volvo Mean Green Why is it Green? It is green because it is hybrid of a Diesel and Electric engine. It gets 200 horsepower and 1100 Newton meters [...]

Range anxiety is surely among the leading reasons why people don’t buy electric vehicles. Fear of driving their electric vehicles far away from their homes only to discover that they’ve run out of charge and cannot make it back has warded off thousands buyers. People also fear of getting stuck in traffic on an electric vehicle. Run the air conditioner for long and you’d be left stranded. For [...]

ÖkoGlobe’s first prize for ‘ground-breaking innovations in concept and small vehicles’ (yes, that’s how big the category was) went to Xenova’s Terryman, a lightweight, fully electric powered van that can, so to say, ‘save the environment.’ With ‘Eco-friendly’ being the buzz word of the 21st century, we see a lot of these eco cars at motor shows regularly. So what makes this van [...]

Zeroshift, a UK based transmission company has made a significant breakthrough that could change the way we drive electric vehicles. They have developed a clutchless multi speed gearbox that uses dampers inside the gear hubs along with the electronic control of the motor for changing gears. This is a seamless operation. There is no interruption whatsoever in torque allowing the motor to run at a higher [...]

For all of those who thought electric vehicles were only meant for inter-city transport and grocery store runs, think again. Nissan will send the Land Glider Concept into production by using the Leaf EV’s platform. The Nissan Leaf EV sports coupe will be available in the United States in the next three to five years according to reports. The Nissan Land Glider concept has four wheels, but it [...]

With a zero-emission powerplant, this Airport luggage carrying trolley is designed by Anupam Singh Parihar who hails from India. Anupam’s “Togian” is a compact load hauler which can move up to 3 tons of weight. The vehicle’s focus is transporting maximum possible load and hence there’s not much room for the operator. With a tiny cockpit built for a single person and his [...]

Here’s another graphic representation of the much awaited 2012 Audi A2 MPV. According to latest reports the next generation A2 (shown here) will come with an electric powertrain. The car will be pitted against the likes of the Mercedes Benz B-class and the new range of BMW Megacity electric cars which reach the markets globally in 2013. Audi is looking to resurrect the A2 using the low-cost [...]

The biggest challenge auto manufacturers are facing today with electric vehicles is it takes far too long to replenish the batteries giving EVs an unattractive image. What JFE Engineering has innovated can potentially eliminate that problem completely. The Japanese engineering firm has developed an electric charger that plugs into your EV and provides up to 70% charge in a matter of 5 minutes! If [...]