PLEASE NOTE: This account will no longer be updated. Visit us at http://www.youtube.com/ConnectedLife http://connectedlife.wm.wizzard.tv/rss
Ian Clifford — founder of Toronto-based, Zenn Motors — has taken a lead role in the production of Canadian electric cars. The Zenn — or Zero-Emission-No-Noise car — is a 100% electric vehicle that travels at a regulated maximum speed of 40 km/hr — and can travel about 60 kilometers on a single charge.
It has an energy consumption equivalent to 245 mpg — and is 80% recharged in only 4 hours. Using a ZENN instead of a conventional car could eliminate over 6 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere each year.
The car uses a plug that fits into a regular wall socket and each charge adds only about 35 cents to the average electricity bill.
But, even though the car is for sale in over 40 US States, bureaucratic hurdles continue to prevent its approval for sale in Canada.
At $14,000 - the Zenn could be exactly what Enviro-conscious consumers have been looking for.
Recently, Al Gore lent his support to the company. Hopefully, legislation will change so that these cars can be sold in Canada.
Connected Life Connectedlife
dave chalk bradley Shende
Duration : 0:1:11
Read the rest of this entry »
Technorati Tags: Al, bradley, canada, car, chalk, connected, connectedlife, Dave, electric, Gore, life, Motors, shende, tesla, ZENN
Japans Mitsubishi Motors has just unveiled its new i-MiEV electric car. The vehicle is priced at just over 47,000 U.S. dollars, less than other rival electric cars but still a hefty price compared to popular hybrid combined gas-electric vehicles.
Plug it in, charge it up and drive it away. The new age of EVs, or electric vehicles, has come along and Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors hopes the new I-MiEV will energize the otherwise slow electric car business.
Mass production has already begun with over 2,000 on order. With Mitsubishi Motors’ president saying output will hit 30,000 over the next few years.
The president is also sending a strong message that electric cars are not only more economic to run, but also have less effects on the environment.
[Osamu Masuko, President, Mistubishi Motors]:
“We believe that EVs are the ultimate solution to atmospheric pollution, global warming and the end of oil. Introducing the 100 percent - electric i-MiEV onto the market will both test the pinnacle of current technology and lead the way to a new era.”
The I-MiEV, which gets 160 kilometers on a 30-minute quick charge, will be sold at about $47,600 U.S. dollars.
The I-MiEV takes about seven hours to charge on a 200-volt outlet, and will soon be ready to roll onto roads in both Japan and abroad.
Duration : 0:1:33
Read the rest of this entry »
Technorati Tags: atmospheric, car, electric, gas-electric, global, hybrid, i-MiEV, Japan, Mitsubishi, Motors, news, Ntd, NTDTV, pollution, Vehicle
Learn more about EVs
http://electric-vehicles-cars-bikes.blogspot.com/
Volvo Electric Car ReCharge Concept hybrid In-Wheel Motor EV
Only about 15% of the energy from the fuel you put in your tank gets used to move your car down the road or run useful accessories, such as air conditioning. The rest of the energy is lost to engine and drive line inefficiencies and idling. Therefore, the potential to improve fuel efficiency with advanced technologies is enormous. With an Electric Car it costs just $2.00 per 100kms with MUCH more performance than with petrol at $20.00 per 100kms.
Volvo ReCharge Concept hybrid EV with 4 wheel motors Electric Car vehicle. Electric motors are rated for 100,000 hours or 6 MILLION Kms before they need servicing.
Duration : 0:1:15
Read the rest of this entry »
Technorati Tags: car, Concept, electric, EV, hybrid, in-wheel, motor, Motors, recharge, Vehicle, Volvo, wheel, with, WRC
“Who Killed The Electric Car?” explores the creation, limited commercialization, and subsequent destruction of the battery electric vehicle in the United States, specifically the General Motors EV1 of the 1990s. The film explores the roles of automobile manufacturers, the oil industry, the US government, the Californian government, batteries, hydrogen vehicles, and consumers in limiting the development and adoption of this technology.
Duration : 0:8:46
Read the rest of this entry »
Technorati Tags: Arnold, auto, Bill, bmw, california, canada, car, carro, Clinton, CO2, confort, conspiracy, corporations, electric, electricity, energie, energies, engine, EV-1, EV1, failure, ford, fuel, funeral, gas, General, GM, house, hybrid, hydrogen, innovation, institutions, kilometers, machine, mega, megavolts, miles, money, motor, Motors, oil, opel, panels, politics, polution, price, profit, project, RAV4, recharge, renewable, revolution, second, solar, speed, Swasneger, tecnology, Toyota, transport, turbo, usa, Vehicle, Volt, wheel, wheels, white
|