Electric Vehicles

Focus Designs is selling the SBU V3, an electric unicycle which is self balancing, has a low learning threshold and can get up to 15 MPH. It also costs nearly $1,800.

The Tesla Motors Model S electric vehicle wins Motor Trend car of the year, noting the car is “a quintessentially American automobile.”

Toyota unveils global all time sales of its hybrids since 1997 have now topped 4.6 million, with the primary Prius design being the workhorse of the fleet.

Designer Bharani Catna envisions what an ideal electric vehicle might be like for a car sharing service in his Design for Urban Drive Cycle concept.

Free electric car chargers are being offered in London as part of a long term trial to study impacts of EV charging on the local power grid.

Toyota is testing out an urban transportation system that combines mass transit and electric car use intelligently networked to get you from door to door.

A report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance suggests lofty goals set by the Chinese government for EV sales won’t hit their intended targets for several reasons.

New York State Police are among the first police in the nation to learn how to address the special issues which can arise in green car related accidents.

Toyota is bringing an electric version of the Scion IQ to the United States, but it will only be available in car sharing programs in campus and urban environments.

The Scorpion fs 26 S-Pedelec from HP Velotechnik is a new electric pedal assist touring trike that is expensive, but may well be worth the price for what it can do.

Zero Motorcycles has unveiled its 2013 electric motorcycle line up, offering up, among other things, the world’s longest range production electric motorcycle and a quick, quick charge function.

The WattPeople app aims to help people discover the surprising affordability of using solar power to charge their electric vehicle

Toyota has unveiled the Smart INSECT, an electric vehicle that envisions a communications-linked concept using information technology services to support its driver’s lifestyle and activities.