Archive for the ‘EV World Records’ Category

Ken Burridge the founder and majority owner of EV.com, said that "GE's attempt to kick-start the electric vehicle industry will certainly help accelerate the adoption of EVs and help put to rest any doubts that a paradigm shift away from fossil fuel transportation is actually happening.".

Nissan stops taking pre-orders for the LEAF due to overwhelming demand.

"This historical event certainly provides hope that it's possible to eventually break our dependence on fossil fuels as the chief source of energy for the planet."

World's Largest Solar-powered EV Boat Set To Start Transglobal Trek. PlanetSolar's Türanor catamaran, plans to circumnavigate the globe using only solar power. Raphaël Domjan (the man that started the project), and Gérard d’Aboville (famous for being the 1st man to row across the Atlantic and the Pacific) will ...

Back in 1999 Bertrand Piccard, along with Brian Jones, was the first to set off on a non-stop balloon flight around the globe and now he wants to do it again, but this time the plan is to circumnavigate the globe using an EV airplane powered only by solar power! The first test flight of the new EV ...

An American-built Tesla Roadster as part of the Global Green Challenge an electric sports car owned by Simon Hackett (the managing director of Australia's national broadband company Internode) along with co-driver Emilis Prelgauskas set the world record distance for electric cars between charges by 71km to 501km (313 miles)....

EVs continue to improve their speed with the latest world record holder hitting over 300 MPH!