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Like the Smart Fortwo, the Reva is unusual, distinctive and a trendsetter that needs to be marketed as one. Reva is designed to be distinctive and stands out as a legitimate city car. The Reva is world's most successful electric vehicle and has captured our imagination and car buyers across the globe. A Reva is a four seater and electric car powered by an electric motor not a gasoline one. The cars motor gets power from a controller, which regulates the amount of energy—based on the driver’s use of the pedal. All electric vehicles use energy stored in their rechargeable batteries, which can be recharged by common household outlets. Buying a sedan like this is something people have wanted for years.
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With the blitz of EV concepts and announcements coming out daily, you’d think the Internal Combustion motor was a thing of the past and whole world is about to buy electric car. What does the “Cash for Clunker” program mean for electric vehicles, EV and hybrids, HEV? At this point, the Cash for Clunker program has been good to fuel economic cars, mostly compacts and hybrids. As far as electric cars go (EV) there are no numbers yet showing us how many guzzlers have been traded in for a pure electric drive.
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The Aptera is an electric vehicle that is a two-seater, and comes with a very futuristic design. It looks a little bit like an egg and has gotten plenty of press as of late. It reminds us of what George Jetson drove in a 1960s cartoon and TV show. Aptera Motors the manufacture is a privately-held company from California, which designs efficient commuter vehicles and has introduced their new Aptera-2e this year.
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For years the American driving public has been blessed with inexpensive fuel prices. And a love for the big bold and fast car. There‘s no single explanation, and unfortunately the internal-combustion engine will continue to dominate our roads for many years to come. Nevertheless, there’s hope on the horizon. Many say it's the automotive manufacturers, politics, oil companies, Wall Street or us, the American car buying public. We believe it’s a combination of all of these! Most placed blame squarely on the auto manufacturer's shoulders and only a few years ago everybody were demanding to locate and jail the killer of (“Who killed the electric car”) the (EV) electric car.
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A recent article on d-silence.com asked "when is a Smart not the same as a Smart car?" The article, goes on to compare gas mileage stats from the European models and his thoughts on the US Smart's lower mpg. We agree, however what should really be asked is this - why won't Daimler supply the US market with the most up-to-date Smart car automotive technologies? Why does Daimler think the American driving public and the US market are not ready for their most distinguished and economical models? We are referring to the new Daimler and Smart GmbH 2009 Smart Mild Hybrid Drive (MHD) model.
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Toyota's doing it again. Their innovative and all new car, called the iQ, may perhaps outwit the Smart Fortwo. The Toyota iQ for 2009, is a kind of a four-passenger Smart For Four. But again government hurdles will lengthen the cars arrival. The iQ needs to be significantly modified, just like the Smart was for American safety standards. Even though it has been confirmed the Toyota iQ minicar will go on sale in Japan and Europe. The Toyota iQ requires improved rear end strengthening. Some suggest eliminating the cars rear seat, making it a two-seater like the Smart ForTwo. We believe keeping the four-seat design will give those who are not fond of the Smart ForTwo's limited seating.
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Volkswagen hopes to launch their Electric Car by 2010. An electric car is a type of alternative fuel car that utilizes electric motors and motor controllers instead of an internal combustion engine The electric power is usually derived from battery packs in the vehicle. An electric car is a rechargeable battery electric vehicle. Electric vehicles EV's include automobiles, light trucks, and neighborhood electric vehicles.
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Larger automotive manufacturers are making ineffective attempts to go greener and become more fuel efficient. One of the latest to the arena is Renault. Renault is a French automaker who announced they too are working on an EV city car. Reports are they hope to have their city car on the road by 2012 and their goal is to have their electric car ready for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Renault also, announced they anticipated having their electric vehicles in Israel by 2011.
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Smart Car of America has tried to be on the cutting edge of all intelligent types of transportation. In 2005, we were in discussions with the Th!nk group, and sang the praises of the Th!nk car. At the time, we believed this car could be part of the solution to what we believed was ahead of us all - $4.00-a-gallon gas. Th!nk Global says their cars are coming to America and we hope this will be the case. For years, all of us have confronted the inconvenient truth about our crude oil reserves. Fortunately, our electric transportation requirements never faded away, as the oil moguls had wished.
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Mitsubishi will be testing our response to their all-electric car at the up coming International Auto Show in New York. Mitsubishi has been researching their iMiEV since 2005. The four-door Mitsubishi iMiEV can travel over 80 miles on a full charge. The iMiEV is smaller than a subcompact, about the size of a four-door Smart car.
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Toyota has unveiled a production version of its iQ micro city car at the Geneva Motor Show. The Toyota iQ will be called the iQ 3+1. It was designed in southern France by Toyota's design studio. The design is intended to place emphasis on low fuel consumption, maneuverability and environmental friendliness.
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