Its based on the same driving principles as a skateboard. It looks like a phone booth, or perhaps a baby stroller. But despite the unconventional nature of this vehicle, General Motors says a two-seat, two-wheel ride called PUMA could be a solution to loosen congestion in crowded urban areas.
The acronym stands for Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility, and on Tuesday GM is announcing a partnership with small vehicle company Read more…
Tesla Motors, the California start-up behind the high-performance, all-electric Tesla Roadster, has unveiled its next product: a luxurious four-door electric sedan available for half the Roadster’s price.
Edmunds Inside Line reports, “The Model S will seat up to seven people, will accelerate from zero to 60 in 5.5 seconds with a top speed of 135 mph, and will have a driving range of up to 300 miles,” according to Read more…
Think, the Norwegian electric-car maker, says it plans to build an assembly plant and a technical center in the United States.
After financing failed in the wake of the collapse of credit markets in late 2008, the company entered Norway’s debt-settlement process (the equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy), and production of its recently redesigned Think city car was halted. It continues operating under a $6 million interim funding measure Read more…
A team of scientists working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are claiming a significant breakthrough in recharging times for lithium-ion batteries.
According to findings published in the scientific journal Nature, MIT researchers Byoungwoo Kang and Gerbrand Ceder have unlocked the potential of lithium-ion batteries by patenting a unique process which is claimed to allow a typical laptop power pack to be fully Read more…
Tesla motors, the California start-up that brought us the absurdly fast, zero-emissions electric Tesla Roadster, has a four-door car up its sleeve. The company also claims to have Department of Energy funding. Or maybe it doesn’t.
Jalopnik explains, “Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk sent an announcement-filled email to customers today, including a March 26th date for the Tesla Model S reveal, a profitability promise, new Read more…
Tesla founder and chairman Elon Musk took the occasion of his companys first Detroit show appearance to announce that Tesla will provide components for the Smart Electric.
Musk said Daimler gave him permission to reveal Jan. 13 that the German automaker has been working with his firm for the nearly a year and half. Tesla will provide the battery pack and charging systems, initially for 1,000 units. This will allow us to accelerate the Read more…
