Two German inventors have created an electric vehicle that recharges the battery through a wind turbine carried in the car. To test the vehicle, the duo recently completed a 3,100-mile trek across Australia.
It is almost like German adventurers Dirk Gion and Stefan Simmerer saw the latest models of electric cars, and decided to see if they could go out and make the manufacturers feel bad. In a move that will have green aficionados cheering … Details
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There are electric motorcycles, and then there is Chip Yates and the Swigz Racing team. Yates’ electric motorcycle isn’t like other electric bikes you’ve seen. The difference? Yates’ bike is unbelievably fast. Yates and the Swigz Racing team just came within 1.4 seconds of the qualifying time for the AMA Pro Daytona Sportbike series.
To qualify for the Daytona Sportbike series, Yates would have to set a lap time of 1:35.88. Yates was almost able to hit that time this weekend during a two day test at the Auto Club Speedway. Yates ended the test with … Details
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The news coming out of the Santa Cruz area today is that there’s been a management shake-up at Zero Motorcycles, as multiple people at the top of the company’s leadership have been given pink slips, including company Founder & CTO Neal Saiki. Recently talking to PlugBike.com‘s John Adamo, Zero Motorcycles CEO Gene Banman denied that Saiki had been let go from the company, saying that Saiki’s absence at the company was due to his child’s recent birth and Saiki’s desire to spend time with his newborn.
However multiple sources close to the company have confirmed to Asphalt & Rubber that Neal Saiki was a part of a larger management shake-up that was precipitated by  … More
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Luxury carmaker Porsche has introduced an electric version of its Boxster roadster as part of an e-mobility pilot programme in the southwestern German city of Stuttgart.
The three fully electric prototypes of the small sports car are intended to be “rolling laboratories†that will help engineers gauge the practicality of electric vehicles’ everyday use.
“Electric mobility will be one of Porsche’s central challenges in the coming years, and our engineers are ready to  … Details
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