Tuesday, September 22, 2009

American Made Reva


I've been on an EV kick lately for some reason... Reva, an Indian company that builds the more well know G-Wiz, is planning to build and sell the NXG in the states.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Nice VW EV on the way

The Green Autoblog has a nice writeup on the VW E-Up. I can't wait to see this rolling around town. Maybe by 2015 I'll be ready to trade in the Jetta.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Peugeot on the EV Bandwagon

It's nice to see more and more of these making it to mainstream. Makes me wonder why the Volt is such big news. I guess anything close to revolutionary coming from Detroit is big news.

Japanese Electric Car Has a French Cousin
We now have confirmation of a deal that we reported on 9 months ago; PSA Peugeot Citroën will be selling a version of the Mitsubishi i MiEV electric car in Europe. It will be called iOn (the name is a slight improvement on the original). Peugeot targets the end of 2010 for a launch, though the question is: will they only lease them to fleet operators, or to private citizens too?...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Monday, September 7, 2009

Elegant Solar Chargers

DesignBoom has a great story on a very elegant and functional solar charger for your electronic devices. It's called a Sunny Flower and comes from designer Fandi Meng.