
Built in France by Lumeneo, the SMERA is a tiny electric car that sells for about 24,500 Euros ($33,000USD). The little EV debuted at the Geneva Motor Show in 2008 and has made some touring around Europe. The car is now available in France and will soon be available throughout the European Union.
Read More: Lumeneo SMERA EV Now on Sale in France, Soon to Hit All of EU
May 26
Written by: Aaron Turpen
Published on May 26th, 2009 in Other Vehicles

The folks at Eco Watercraft have made an all-electric jetski that runs up to 50mph for up to 3 hours. All quietly, on electric power, with no oil or fuel leaks like traditional units.
Read More: Video: ECO Jetski is All-Electric Watercraft Fun!
May 17
Written by: Aaron Turpen
Published on May 17th, 2009 in Electric Cars

We first caught sight of this electric bus back in February. At that time, the Proterra was cruising through California hoping to get some interest from public officials. Burbank took the bait and is trying them, by the way.
Read More: Proterra Electric Bus Getting 20mpg(e) in Tests
May 13
Written by: Aaron Turpen
Published on May 13th, 2009 in Electric Cars

The Royal College of Art has been at the forefront of futuristic and sustainable transport design in academic teaching for a long time. Every year, their students come up with new and innovative ideas for transportation.
Read More: Mobility 2050: The Royal College of Arts Students Envision Future Transportation

Located in Natchez, Mississippi is a little company called Bad Boy Buggies and they make some serious 4wd all-terrain vehicles (ATV) models. And they’re all-electric!
Read More: Bad Boy Buggies: Electric 4×4 Vehicles, Made in Mississippi
Apr 14
Written by: Aaron Turpen
Published on April 14th, 2009 in Electric Cars

It appears that if the State of Oregon has their way, they’ll become the nation’s electric vehicle capital. Three huge announcements have propelled this recently, though the state seems to be overlooking it’s current EV base.
Read More: Oregon Wants To Be Electric Vehicle Capital of the USA
Apr 8
Written by: Aaron Turpen
Published on April 8th, 2009 in Electric Cars

This is a great little video (about 1 minute long) from america.gov featuring many of the electric vehicles available right now, including the Tesla Roadster, the Aptera 2e, and more.
Read More: VIDEO: Tomorrow’s Transportation from America.gov
Mar 31
Written by: Sebastian Schepis
Published on March 31st, 2009 in Electric Cars

Optare PLC, a UK-based company, has just announced their new Solo EV battery electric bus. The Solo EV electric bus comes in several sizes, and is a new addition to their already-existing Solo line of buses.
Read More: Optare Introduces Solo EV Electric Bus
Mar 27
Written by: Aaron Turpen
Published on March 27th, 2009 in Other Vehicles

The Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, California, will be hosting the Electric Aircraft Symposium on April 24th. It’s an all-day affair featuring speakers like Dr. Yi Cui (nanowire batteries), Sebastian Thrun (autonomous vehicles and AI) and others in various fields relating to EVs–especially airborne ones.
Read More: Electric Flight Symposium Coming in April

If you’re a regular reader of Zoomi Life, there’s a couple of very useful EV websites that you might want to add to your bookmarks or RSS feed. I personally find these websites extremely useful in my own research when I write my articles or look for new content to write about. Normally I’d just put them in our links page and leave it at that, but these websites are so useful that I think everyone who is an EV buff should know about them.
Read More: Bookmark These EV Websites