Styling The two-seat Smart ForTwo is one of the smallest cars on American roads. Measuring just over 106 inches from tip to tail, and a shade under 62 inches tall and wide, the electric version is small enough to occupy the smallest of spaces, from gaps in busy rush-hour traffic to overcrowded parking lots. When the diminutive Smart ForTwo was first introduced in…
Tyre manufacturer Goodyear has announced the winner of its first ThinkGoodMobility challenge, a competition which asked millennials to develop innovative ideas to revolutionise future mobility . The challenge was won by Artur Ząbczyk, a student at the Silesian University of Technology in Poland, who created a two-part system called the Management and Recovery System…
It has probably happened to you before.You go to turn your ignition, and nothing happens. Maybe you hear a few clicks. Another dead car battery? You need to fix this and get your vehicle back on the road - fast. If you are prepared, you already have a good set of jumper cables in your car. Now all you need to do is to learn how to jump start a car battery. Choosing…
Fastned is one of the fastest growing independent electric vehicle charging network in Europe. After covering the Netherlands, the company is now expanding to London and Germany with new fast-charging stations “that are suited to charge the next generation of EVs at power levels of 150 kW to 350 kW”. Transport for London (TfL) is aiming to have 300 rapid charging…
Driving an electric car has a lot of upsides: A quiet, smooth ride. Tons of torque for great acceleration. No gas to buy, access to the HOV lane, and that warm, fuzzy feeling you get knowing you aren’t burning fossil fuels. But charging the damn thing sure can be a pain. If you want to plug in anywhere but your garage, you’ve got to there’s a charger wherever you’re…
Story highlights Public stations provide some drivers their only means of charging a car Some stations are free, while others charge about $1 to $2 an hour Drivers say they spend more money at businesses with plug-in stations But the network of public chargers isn t large enough, drivers say Sometimes gawkers stare from the sidewalk. Other times they walk right up…
The project was delivered with corporate partners GE and ERM, giving drivers with electric cars access to a charging station in the King George Square car park. Two parking bays located next to the toll booths at the Roma Street exit of Brisbane City Council’s King George Square car park are fitted out with electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, supplied by GE…
It’s a tale as old as mobile technology time: buy a new phone or gadget, buy a new 12v car charger for it, repeat again next year. We’re here to give you some simple advice. Stop it. The days of device specific car chargers are over. Read on as we outline why you should switch and what products we recommend. Device Specific Chargers Are an Expensive Waste If you’ve…
We don’t need to tell you that buying a new a set of wheels can be stressful endeavor. Throw in a monkey wrench like buying a car powered by an unconventional power source you’re unfamiliar with — electricity for example — and you’ve got an ordeal you could probably do without. But with gas prices at or near the $4.00 mark nationwide, now might be the right time to…
State to spend $4.8M to install electric car charging stations A Ford Focus electric car from Metro Ford of Albany is plugged into a charging station during an unveiling of new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at Woodlake Apartments on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 in Albany, NY. The charging stations are part of a joint effort between NYSERDA and a federal and state…
LYNWOOD > Alma Martinez stood proudly in a City Hall parking lot Thursday as Southern California Edison workers installed eight new charging ports for electric cars. The Lynwood city manager said the city will be first among the lower-income gateway cities hugging the polluted 710 Freeway corridor to invest in electrified transportation. “We are so outside…
While various factors make it difficult to set the benchmark price for home charging, we can point to a national average price for a kilowatt-hour of household electricity, as documented by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. For April 2014, the EIA shows an average retail price of $0.1231 per kilowatt-hour (kWh). Of course, your price—depending on where you…
Remember that time you saw a tesla zooming down Juan B. Justo and Santa Fe? Exactly. You probably haven’t. Although precise figures on exactly how many electric cars there are in Buenos Aires are not available, the number is pretty low compared to countries like Norway where the market share for electric cars is a whopping 37 percent. Apparently those Nordic overachievers…
Your parking lot is the first thing people will see when they arrive at your property. It will affect the first impression they will have of your business so you need to make sure it is a good one. Most parking lots are paved with asphalt because it is durable and cost-effective. When maintained properly, asphalt driveways will look wonderful and last for decades…
