The thing that’s always kept me from wanting a hybrid car is that they aren’t all that fast. And the ones that are fast cost too much money. That might change with Toyota’s MR2 Hybrid…. Details and Pictures
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If the Tesla Roadster is sex on wheels, the Aptera 2e is like making out with the cute woman down the hall: It’s a lot of fun and you want to do it again soon.
Tooling around New York in the funky three-wheeled EV is an odd experience where everything on the road slows down to check you out, when cab drivers not only obey traffic laws, they let you violate them at their expense, and New Yorkers — who pride themselves on being nonchalant about everything — stop dead in their tracks and ask, “Does it fly?”…Â Details
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Nissan is partnering with San Diego Gas & Electric to sell its new all-electric car here next year.
The automaker will show off a prototype of the car to people who manage fleets for large companies, universities and municipalities at the Broadway Pier in downtown San Diego today, though the company insists the way it drives is more important than the way it looks.
“This is not a test and demonstration, but a true market introduction,†said Mark Perry, Nissan’s director of product planning and strategy.
The five-passenger compact is expected to go 100 miles on a four-hour charge of its lithium-ion batteries, he said…Â Details
Take a sports car, add a dollop of Bruce Wayne and a generous helping of James Bond, and you might have an idea what it’s like to drive the Tesla Roadster.
The $109,000 electric car, unveiled in 2006, is impressive by any conventional measure. Years later, the two-seater is still one of just a handful of electric vehicles on the road that can hold its own alongside any gas-powered challenger, and it is by far the flashiest of the bunch. …
…The road has not been easy. Tesla’s Roadsters carry a steep base price of $109,000, limiting the car’s appeal. The company said it has delivered more than 250 of the cars and has about 1,000 customers on its waiting list, all of whom have put down deposits. The company expects the Model S to cost less than $50,000, after accounting for a $7,500 federal tax credit for electric vehicles…. Details