Gordon Murray’s T25 city car could spawn an electric sibling if everything goes to plan.
Although nobody has any discernible details about his T25 range yet, Murray has raised €10 million in funding for his electric T25 test project.
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With Fiat now at the helm, Chrysler has officially disbanded its Envi electric vehicle program. Established in 2007 under Cerberus Capital Management, Chrysler’s Envi team was tasked with bringing viable electric and hybrid vehicles to market by 2010.
Chrysler’s Envi program had been propped by more than $70 million in government funding, but the advanced vehicle research department will now be absorbed by Chrysler’s normal vehicle operations. “Envi is … Details
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Time Trial eXtreme Grand Prix and Infineon Raceway have announced an alliance that will see the Sonoma road course serve as host site of the first-ever zero carbon motorcycle race in the United States.
Building on the success of the TTXGP Zero Carbon Clean Emission event for electric motorcycles held at the Isle of Man TT in Europe in June, Infineon Raceway will make history as the host of the first TTXGP race on American soil…Â Details
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Zero MX wins French off-road race
An electric Zero MX beat a field of 40 combustion motorcycles in an off-road race in France.
The Oct. 18 event in Gironville, France, was a hare scramble-style race on a grassy field organized by the French Federation of Motorcycles (FFM). The event featured 250 riders, most on 250cc or 450cc motorcycles and five electric motorcycles taking part in a series of races as part of …Â Details
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