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Honda has announced that it will begin selling hybrid motorcycles by 2010, following them with smaller electric-only scooters by 2011. The car giant has finally recognized the huge and untapped market for those who want a greener, environmentally friendlier motorcycle.
Honda’s hybrid motorcycles will use small hybrid engines between 200 and 1,000cc, offering fuel efficiency 50% [...]

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When Warren Buffett buys stuff, people pay attention. Mr. Buffett, one of the richest men in the world, has the ability to move markets with his huge purchases - and it looks like he’s poised to influence another market - batteries for electric cars.
Mr. Buffett announced on Monday that he had agreed to [...]

Read More: Warren Buffett Invests in Chinese Battery Manufacturer

And here’s another company announcing plans for an electric car. Range Rover, maker of luxury off-road vehicles, has announced it’s own electric car, and it’s not going to be cheap - $200,000 - but you will of course get all the primo luxury features of a Range Rover in this vehicle.
The car [...]

Read More: Range Rover to Enter Electric Car Race

Hyundai is set to become the latest in a string of car manufacturers to offer electric cars on their lineup. However, instead of 2010 like the other guys, the Huyndai electric car becomes available in November. the new hyundai electric car, based on the Getz will be, Hyundai says, initially sold in New [...]

Read More: Hyundai to Release Electric Car in November - and New Zealand Gets it First

This has got to be one of the coolest electric motorcycles / electric bicycles / electric whatevers that I’ve ever seen. It’s an electric motorcycle, but instead of controlling the throttle via the handgrip, you PEDAL to make the motorcycle go faster. And it recharges the motor while you pedal.
Invented by an Austrian Stefan [...]

Read More: Half Electric Motorcycle, Half Bicycle - Fully Awesome

You knew it was going to happen sooner or later - with Chrysler, GM, and other manufacturers making announcements about electric vehicles, it was only a matter of time before someone threw an electric SUV in the mix - and here it is, the Jeep EV electric vehicle.
Jeep EV is an REV (Range Extended Vehicle) [...]

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SEPT. 25, 2008 - Electric bicycle manufacturer Ultra Motor announced their new A2B electric bike today, along with the results of it’s first Smart Annual survey. The survey results strongly suggest that alternative transportation methods such as electric bikes, smartcars, and hybrids are the transportation technology of the future. From the survey:
“Overall, 80 percent of [...]

Read More: Ultra Motor’s new A2B Electric Bike Debuts at Interbike

BERTRAND MAROTTE
globeandmail.com
MONTREAL — Dorel Industries Inc. is betting that fear of soaring gas prices and a new battery technology will propel its latest electric bicycle further into the transportation mainstream.
It’s counting on a cutting-edge lithium-ion battery from Toshiba Corp. to make its e-bike - the Schwinn Tailwind - the breakthrough product that will truly crack [...]

Read More: Dorel hoping e-bike rides into the mainstream

By JOSH KERNS
MYNorthwest.com
Many people who turned to their bikes because of gas prices have gotten a geography lesson the hard way. There are a lot of really steep hills around Seattle.
Like a lot of folks, I dug the old bike out of the basement this summer in hopes of riding to work. Those hopes [...]

Read More: Seattle hills are no match for electric bikes

by Kerry Fehr-Snyder - Sept. 25, 2008 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic
Baby Boomers are fueling demand for bicycles with gasoline or electric engines, even though some cities aren’t sure whether they should be allowed on the street.
The vehicles, with top speeds of 20 mph, get about 150 miles to the gallon. Kits to retrofit bicycles with [...]

Read More: Riders love motorized bikes; cities aren’t so sure