- Thursday, May 3, 2012, 11:32
- Boats, EV Industry Updates
- 458 views
The multi-hulled solar-powered super yacht named Planetsolar completes an around-the-world record-breaking tour.
PlanetSolar is the world's largest boat which is powered solely by solar energy. The solar catamaran and crew have completed their journey with little or no fanfare from the world's corporate news media even though this type of record-breaking technical ...
- Thursday, September 8, 2011, 14:48
- EV Industry Updates, Light Commercial, Trucks
- 1,324 views
DHL Express is now using a fleet of thirty American-made, battery-electric vans and 50 hybrid trucks in New York City that will cut down fossil fuel use and in combination reduce CO2 emissions by more than 50 percent each year in comparison to conventional vehicles.
The ...
- Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 16:52
- Featured EV, Toyota RAV4 EV
- 6,269 views
Toyota RAV4 EV is the result of a Toyota-Tesla Motors joint venture and is the 2nd generation fully electric version of the RAV4 (due to be released in 2012). The electric SUV made its debut at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show and will be powered by a Tesla electric powertrain.
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- Sunday, August 14, 2011, 1:22
- Boats, Green Global News
- 940 views
PlanetSolar's Turanor makes a habit of breaking world records and continues to do so by adding to longest distance ever covered by a solar electric vehicle.
The yacht is the world’s largest solar powered fully electric boat and has already completed more than 3/4 of the planned trans-global ...
- Saturday, August 13, 2011, 17:35
- EV Aircraft, EV Industry Updates
- 837 views
The Solar Impulse has returned to Payerne, Switzerland after successful touring flights to Brussels and Paris. It proved to be a popular favorite at this years International 2011 Paris Air Show.
The Solar Impulse is a large electric airplane with the wingspan equal to large commercial aircraft (Boeing 747, Airbus 380). ...
- Thursday, August 4, 2011, 1:31
- EV Industry Updates, Featured EV
- 4,112 views
Sumitomo Electric Industries Japan’s largest producer of wire and cable and that has more than 200 subsidiaries and affiliates around the globe becomes a key player in the lithium-ion battery game.
The company (SEI) has developed and already started up a small-scale production line in Osaka to produce Aluminum-Celmet, which is their patented porous ...
