Archive for January 4th, 2009

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, European Union, UK
India’s most famous electric car maker, Reva, is now giving prospective buyers in Europe the opportunity of turning their new REVAi into a REVA L-ion by offering a lithium-ion power source for the 2+2 city car. The modern battery gives the little EV increased performance while reducing charging time and… »

Filed under: Honda

The smallest Honda we can currently get here in North America is the B-segment Fit. Back in Japan however, Honda has always offered smaller A-segment and the even smaller 660cc Kei-class cars. These have not been available outside of Japan but that could soon change. Honda will apparently be introducing an A-segment model… »

Filed under: Hybrid, Tata

Tata Motors made a big splash when it announced the Nano, billed as the world’s cheapest automobile. Could the Indian automaker follow that car up with the world’s cheapest hybrid? Well, that really depends on your definition of hybrid, as Tata is said to be working on a more eco-friendly version of… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in

To those of who grew up in northern climes during the last four decades and spent any significant amount of time on the ice, or for anyone who watched Hockey Night in Canada, the Zamboni is a familiar sight. Every hour during open skating sessions or in between periods of a hockey game,… »

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Ford, USA

The temporary home of many one-of-a-kind cars, eBay has been giving shelter to this factory-converted 1982 Ford Exp EV for some time now. Currently having one bid of $8,000, it’s reserve unmet and only hours to go before the auction ends, we thought we’d give our readers a heads-up on this… »

An F-150 saved an Atlanta area gas station and convenience store from an almost certain fiery death at the hands of a diabetes-afflicted Jeep driver on New Year’s Day. Yowza. Video below.
[wsbtv via CNN]

Original post by Ray Wert… »

Filed under: Hybrid, India
Letting engines idle away needlessly while a vehicle is at rest is a practice that’s definitely on its way out. Some refer to the technology that ends this behavior automatically as stop/start, while others prefer the term micro hybrid. Whatever the case, the underlining technology is the same. The trick lies in… »