Tag: ELECTRIC

At first glance, BMW's new scooter prototype, the Mini Scooter E, seems like just another electric scooter. Unlike others, though, the Mini will never ask its drivers to waste time looking for specific charging points -- or, for that matter, their keys. As Fast Company reports, the Mini is set to be unveiled at next month's Paris Motor Show, where it's unique electrical design will surely get ...

Say what you will about General Motors (okay, so maybe you should say it under your breath), but there's no denying the brilliance of this idea. On the company's FastLane blog, one Gery Kissel explains that engineers and suits will be meeting up next week to discuss the standardization of common components that will hopefully be installed in forthcoming electric vehicles. Notably, the SAE J1772 ...

Electric bikes are nothing new; in fact, we've covered quite a few (even a 'trike) over the years. However, they're far from commonplace, generally hampered by crummy range and, often, a lack of a roof. The concept Cycle Sol tackles both of those problems in a bright yellow package that might just keep you from getting run over by inattentive drivers. Designer Miroslav Miljevic has imagined ...

Check it, Cooper fans -- that electric MINI we've been sporadically hearing about is for real, and we've seen the spy shots that prove it. Car has hosted up a slew of non-blurry (gasp!) snaps of the eco-friendly whip cruising around Munich, and just in case the complete absence of an exhaust pipe wasn't evidence enough, maybe the "Hybrid Test Vehicle" decals will make you a believer. Also of ...

Back before Atari and Nintendo, when kids had to use their darn imaginations to play a game of football (we say while holding our canes outstretched), there was a game called vibrating (or "electric") football. All you older kids will be glad (or horrified) to learn that a company called Excalibur is bringing back the electric, buzzing table-top game, complete with an NFL license. For you ...

For those of us who have yet to kick our nicotine habits, fulfilling our smoky urges is progressively more difficult as we're banned from lighting up virtually everywhere outside of our bedrooms. There are a few ways to get your nicotine fix sans smoke, but most of us just don't get the same satisfaction from terrible tasting chewing gum at $70 a pop. Crown 7, in an effort to cash in on us ...

Leave it to a couple of Canadian teenagers to take the Segway concept and improve upon it. Two Ontario teens have created the Tango, an odd unicycle-like vehicle that runs on a souped-up electric wheelchair engine. The vehicle resembles a motorcycle folded in half. Two wheels sit side by side, creating a single (but wide) surface that contacts the ground. The included accelerometer picks up the ...

In a somewhat surprising move, Ford Motor Company is creating an alliance with utility company Southern California Edison to pledge a partnership to research and produce both plug-in hybrid and fully electric autos. The company is pledging to produce cars of both types in much greater numbers than it does today, with only a single hybrid product, the Escape SUV, currently in its lineup. The basic ...

This summer, when the inevitable power blackouts cripple California, it just might be a Toyota Prius coming to your rescue instead of a traditional gas-powered generator. Pacific Gas & Electric is showing off a new hack that allows you to plug a Prius into the wall socket and throw the juice in reverse to kick-start your home's appliances. But hold your environmentally-friendly horses: At ...