Eco-Thinker

It takes little sense to see just how non green the traditional combustion engine fossil fuel driven lawn mowers are. So those are obviously the lamest of all lawn care tools. And, the eco-friendlier reel mowers are too labor intensive for most large yards, try your hand at a solar charged electric lawn mower. This was an engineering project put together with step by assembly instructions including pictures.

Mitsubishi Motors, Mitsubishi Corporation and battery supplier GS Yuasa Corporation have been planning a joint venture company to get the ball rolling on much needed large format and fast recharge lithium-ion batteries with an electric car application in mind.
On December 12, 2007 they formally solidified the deal into Lithium Energy Japan. This is phenomenal news for the EV car industry.

Some might argue, but I think this vehicle looks awesome. The all electric version has a range of 120 miles and a low charge time of 2 to 4 hours. While I couldn’t find a hard number for the range of the PHEV, the website did have this: “after 350-400 miles it eventually plummets to [...]

When an electric car producing company successfully introduces an electric vehicle to the market, painstakingly hurdling over the barriers of monopolistic financial interests such as oil and steel as two majors in this case, we should all take notice and know that one day soon humanity will absolutely witness the end of oil dependence. At least for the use of fuel.

From : AutoBlogGreen
Dodge’s entry in the 2008 Detroit Auto Show concept sweeps is the new ZEO, a concept that is perhaps the polar opposite of the Viper. The four-door, four-seat sport-wagon has the typical Dodge aggression but, like its partners this year, big eight- and ten-cylinder engines are out the picture. The ZEO is a battery EV with a claimed 250-mile range courtesy of a lithium ion battery pack. It will be interesting to see if this one is a runner like most Chrysler concepts or just a mock-up. We’ll be watching this one very closely.

RechargeIT.org or Google.org Project was launched to expedite public awareness and commercialization of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and all-electric vehicles with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities that allows the cars’ owners to sell power back to the grid during peak load hours. To fund development, adoption and commercialization, Google.org has awarded $1 million in grants already and announced plans for a $10 million request for proposals (RFP) this summer.

Ok, I know I am going EV crazy here on the posts, but there has been an abnormally refreshing amount of coverage on electric cars, batteries, and electric drive systems as of late.

A lead sales representative from Phoenix Motorcars tells us about the Nanosafe lithium nano titanate battery that powers the Phoenix SUV.

In 2003, AC Propulsions redesigned its rather impractical lead acid battery powered EV called “tzero”, with lithium-ion batteries. 6,800 to be exact. (Much like the Tesla Roadster) Removing the rather impractical and environmentally unfriendly NiMH battery resulted in four times the power and 500 fewer pounds. Tzero can travel 300 miles on a charge and accelerate 0-60 mph in 3.6 seconds.