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The guys from Optimal Energy has returned from the Geneva show back home to South Africa with bags of positive emotions. European journalists and experts liked the car. A few days ago the again-updated Joule was shown to the South African government for the first time. They must be proud that such a high-tech electric car is being developed locally, especially as South Africa is still a bit far from their green energy targets. Too much electricity is generated in coal plants. Meanwhile
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The famous satnav manufacturer TomTom has compiled a list of the busiest European cities. They know a thing or two about traffic jams because they’ve got a wealth of data at the very fingertips. According to TomTom the “jammiest” city in Europe is Brussels. Congratulations! Electric-Car-News would like to offer Brussels another prize for having the highest number of bureaucrats per-capita. The biggest surprise for me is Poland who has managed to secure two positions in the
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The Norwegian electric car guru Think (also known as Th!nk) has confirmed that it is executing a huge North American expansion plan. As much as $40 million has been raised to ensure that electric car production can start in their Elkhart, Indiana motor plant in spring 2011. However, that doesn’t mean Americans will have to wait a whole year in order to buy a Think car. It is likely that Think will start exporting the cars built in the Valmet plant in Finland as early as autumn this year.
Imagine how …
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Renault’s electric car advert has been banned from the French newspapers after French Electricity pointed out that their statistic figures have been misused. Renault claimed that “the well-to-wheel efficiency of a Renault Fluence Z.E. will help reduce CO2 emissions by at least
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The master of outsourcing - Fisker Automotive - have signed up the Californian company Quantum Technologies to supply drivetrain and control system components for their forthcoming luxury plug-in hybrid sedan Fisker Karma.
There are very few in-house developed components on the Karma. Almost everything, down to
