i know what you are thinking. didn’t we saw this featured here sometime late last year? yes, you are right but the BMW i3 Electric Car was then a concept, and now it is officially an electric car that you purchase this November if you have €39,450 to spare ($41,350 in the US).
Nissan has taken the wrap of the Nissan ZEOD RC Le Mans Prototype, an electric racer that will be enrolling into the 2014 24 hours of Le Mans under the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO, the organizing entity behind Le Mans)’s “Garage 56” category, a special category reserves for vehicles with new and innovative technology. btw, the ZEOD is not a typo
if there’s ever a car that sits between a Formula 1 race car and a fun EV, the Twizy Renault Sport F1 Concept Car would be it. born as a concept, the Twizy Renault is the French automaker’s fun take on the firm’s electric urban compact Twizy. this blend of cute car with aggressive styling looks more like a Mario go-kart on steroid, but of course
we have little doubt that electric cars could be fast, but what matters to us, or the rest of the eager eco-conscious car lovers, is mileage. however, that doesn’t stop Detroit Electric from making its SP:01 Electric Sports Car go fast (and also making it looking very Lotus-pretty at the same time). driving the car’s rear wheels is a 150 kW
by now, you must be already shaking your head thinking that 65 grand is a little too much to be paying for a ride with one less wheel, has no roof, and seats only two, but seriously, how can you deny that the TORQ Electric Three-Wheel Roadster is a not beauty? unlike most three-wheeler that looks immediately like, well, a three-wheeled ride, the TORQ Roadster looks exceedingly like a regular car from the front
you may not have heard of Denmark-based ECOmove but their QBEAK III electric car is actually its third prototype already and is look set to roll into the market sometime in 2014. apart from performance rides, there’s a little known fact that we also have a penchant for adorable cars and the QBEAK III’s super cute form did managed to capture our hearts…
a collaboration between an auto maker and a star designer usually result in a car with nothing but materials and color schemes as chosen by the designer but that’s not the case with the smart forjeremy Electric Car. with the forjeremy, smart scores as the first automotive marque to actually allow its collaborating designer, in this case, Jeremy Scott, to make changes to the…
the BMW i3 Concept Coupe you see here, though named so, is more like a compact hatch with its three-door configuration with a somewhat ‘cute’ appearance. if you think this concept look vaguely familiar, then you are right cos’ this Coupe is technically the i3 Concept with a slew of tweaks, inside and out. the i3 Coupe features a carbon fiber body and is propelled by a BMW-…
German automobile maker smart is usually viewed as a cute car maker – thanks in part to its popular ultra compact urban car, fortwo but it might just break that stereotype with the smart forstars, a bold concept that is anything but cute. in fact, it extrude a sense of manliness with its SUV-like ruggedness, presented in a futuristically designed package and…
what are your impressions of the current electric cars? short range, lack of power and most importantly of all, they are more of a daily commute vehicle than a sports car as you might…
if you feel completely overwhelmed and intimidated by the technologies that goes into today’s car, then perhaps it is time to look back and ask yourself: do we really need such a complex vehicle? probably no. thankfully, there are good folks out there who are more than…