(Phys.org) —A team of UNSW students has broken a 26-year-old world speed record*, potentially establishing their Sunswift car as the fastest electric vehicle over a distance of 500 kilometers, on a single battery charge.
Posts from ‘August, 2014’
6 Electric Vehicles Posting Surprising U.S. Sales in 2014
Here are six electric vehicles that posted surprising sales numbers in July and throughout the rest of 2014.
Seattle's SEVA club pitches the thrill of electric vehicles – NWautos
Johnsen, president of the Seattle Electric Vehicle Association (SEVA), says the grin stems from the unexpectedly bracing properties of an EV: “It's silent and smooth, and there's no shifting … it just slingshots you off.” Over the …
Fuel Fix » Electric cars eventually could tie up grid traffic
Utility companies and automakers are looking ahead to a time when electric cars , still scarce on the nation's roadways, become common enough to put a strain on the electric grid.