400 MPH on an electric motorcycle Her husband created the Killacycle, the quickest EV on Earth. Her father is a mechanical genius and championship-winning designer and rider in the 1960’s. Introducing Eva Håkansson – who became immersed in the world of business and environmental science at Malardalen University in Sweden. Electric motorcycles are the quickest,...

Korea's KAIST bus-train is an EV with a twist The Korea Advanced Institute of Technology (KAIST) has developed an On Line Electric Vehicle (OLEV) which draws current through non-contact magnetic strips embedded in the road at an amusement park in Gwacheon, Korea. The train-looking bus sucks power from strips during about 400 meters of the total 1.4 mile route (18-20%...

The sad thing about cars is that they never grow out of their ugly duckling phase. That’s a real shame for the Protoscar Lampo2 concept headed to the Geneva Motor Show, because beneath that unconventional skin sits some very excellent bones. Protoscar started with the General Motors Kappa platform – you know, the chassis responsible for cars like the Pontiac Solstice...

With nearly every manufacturer on the planet at least dipping a pinky toe into greener waters, Jaguar’s lack of anything with a hybrid drivetrain sticks out like a sore thumb. It looks like our favorite leaping cap may be taking a long hard look at jumping into the EV game along with Land Rover. Whispers are beginning to dust up that both companies are interested in...

The 2010 Tokyo Motor Show turned out to be a hot spot for green machines with a pulse. Even Toyota, a company known more for the bran-flake Prius than its sporting intentions, showed off some lean hardware. Chief among those was a collaboration with Gazoo Racing called the MR2 Sport Hybrid. Based on the last generation MR2 roadster – you know, the one that went out...

Endurance driving has long been the litmus of mechanical reliability. It’s why races like the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Paris-Dakar rally raid are such lightening rods for manufacturer R&D. Unfortunately for EVs, range woes tend to put aspirations for long-distance travel in the same category as running a car on water – ain’t gonna happen. That is unless you’re...

TTXGP can mark up another victory against the rival electric motorcycle racing series by FIM. A team by the name of 666 Road Racing has cast its lot with the TTXGP crew, lending even more credence to the smaller sanctioning body. If you’ve spent any time at all following two-wheeled motorsports, 666 Road Racing likely sounds familiar. The company spends its time and...

This year’s North American International Auto Show has already proven itself to be a candyland of green racers. Carmakers from Ford to BMW are displaying their latest fuel saving or skipping hardware, and most of them look like they would be more than capable on our favorite track. The star of the show has to be Audi’s latest take on its E-Tron EV. The company unveiled...

New Focus Revealed Today Ford revealed the new 2011 Ford Focus today in Detroit. The next-generation Ford Focus compact is finally going to be released around the world as roughly the same car. Until 3 years ago, we were still driving the MK1 Focus here in the states while Europe got a new design. The Focus has been one of the best handling cars in its class for a while,...

Last week, BMW’s EV work hit a stumbling block when MINI E testers started noting a drastic loss of range. With winter temperatures setting in all across the country, some drivers saw range drop by as much as 50 percent. Ouch. That’s bad news for BMW and EV hopefuls everywhere, but the German carmaker says its learning volumes from the MINI E program in general, and...