Archive for the ‘Electric Car New News’ Category
Why Electric Cars Will Fail… And Have Already Triumphed
To press the “accelerator” on a Tesla Roadster 2.5 is to get an intimation of life as a race car driver. In perhaps the signature display of an electric car’s appeal to gearheads, the Roadster instantly applies more than 300 amps of electric current to deliver 288 horsepower worth of acceleration–it’s called instant torque, 273 pound-feet of it to be specific, and it’s something that fossil …
Published May 20, 2011.
Read more: Scientific American
Nissan’s new Leaf is an all-out race car
When Nissan unveiled the Leaf, it said the car would be the first in a series of all-electric vehicles the automaker planned to produce. But who would have expected that the second in that series would be all-out, purpose-built racing cars?
Published May 19, 2011.
Read more: Detroit News
Solar power, wind energy shine at expo
TIMONIUM – The exhibition hall at the Timonium Fairgrounds has been transformed into an energy saver’s paradise. Rows of solar panels and wind turbines line the 38,000-square-foot building. There are electric cars and Segways, along with car-charging stations and free seminars on sustainable living. It’s all part of the second Solar and Wind Expo, which began Friday morning and continues through …
Published May 14, 2011.
Read more: The Capital