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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

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

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

Balqon Corporation has begun production of 30-ton all-electric, heavy duty drayage trucks for San Pedro Bay, California’s port complex. The truck, called the Nautilus E30, is a short-haul container mover (commonly called “Goats” or “Hostlers”) capable of moving 30-ton (60,000 pound) cargo containers at speeds up to 40mph with a 30-60 mile range per charge (depending on average haul).

Read More: Balqon Begins Production of New Electric “Goats” (Port Drayage Trucks) For San Pedro Ports

Public transportation doesn’t get much in the way of headlines unless it involves sexy “bullet trains” or gripes about long waits for buses. Well, all-electric buses are now on the market, with two being announced this month.

Read More: Electric Buses Coming Soon to a Road Near You

There’s so much news happening in the EV and Green Car industry that we can’t keep up. Not for lack of trying, mind you - we spend every single day online searching out the best stories, up and coming manufacturers to feature, and other exciting tidbits of information that relate to the world of electric vehicles.

Read More: ZoomiLife 1st Weekly Green Car Blog RoundUp

Looking to build your own electric vehicle, but don’t want to convert a car (too expensive) and aren’t interested in just a bicycle? Maybe the BugEV is what you’re after. It’s small, covered, and has sit-down, 3-wheeled stability. Cool paint job too.

Read More: The BugEV - A Futuristic, DIY Electric Vehicle Kit

OK, only half of that is true. This garbage truck in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England has no Flux Capacitor (or 1.21 GIGAWATTS!), but it is powered by garbage. Not directly, of course, but still literally.

Read More: Garbage Truck Powered by Garbage… and Flux Capacitor

Express transportation giant FedEx Corp. and electric vehicle manufacturer Modec have announced a new fleet electric delivery vehicle that they plan to roll out for use in the United Kingdom over the next several months. Modec is due to deliver an initial 10 vehicles for trial in the UK, which will initially operate in the London metro area.

Read More: FedEx Express and Modec Unveil New Fleet Electric Vehicle