Car Throttle

In an alternate universe/ distopian world, Jeremy Clarkson would be punished for his excesses by being forced to drive one of these. Say 'hello!' to the Re-Volt (no, really, that's its honest to God name). It used be called SAM, but now they've resurrected it, and are building it in Poland, calling it the Re-Volt and will actually be trying to sell it. You know, I've got nothing against electric vehicles, conceptually speaking. I don't care how I get down the road, just as long as I can do it quickly, with as much style as doesn't get in the way. Gasoline fueled or EV, don't make that much difference to me. But honestly guys, if you green car makers, EV proponents et al want to be

Have you ever heard of Lightning Motor Company? If you haven't, let me give you a little history. Lightning is a British company working to bring to market a high-performance GT sports car. They have followed Tesla's business plan for bringing electric vehicles to market very similarly; produce an expensive, high-end sports car first and then follow with other models later.  Before now though, we never were sure of the company's exact intention for the future though. With a name like Lightning, you might think they intended to remain a sports car-only company. Not so! While the actual car hasn't gone into production, in many ways they have moved at a quicker pace than Tesla. Tesla has been around for a few years and seen quite a

Toshiba is an advanced technology manufacturer, making everything from laptops to power plants that power those laptops. The company had invested considerably into battery technology, which it currently sells primarily to electric bicycle manufacturers. Now the company wants to get into the automotive battery game, and Toshiba announced last-year their intention to manufacture 3 million cells per month by 2010. The company has developed a quick-charge technology that promises a lot for the future of electric vehicles. As recently as a few months ago, Toshiba was able to recharge their SCiB lithium batteries (Toshiba's name) to 90% capacity in as little as 5 minutes. Now, they've announced their ability to reduce that time to an incredible 90 seconds. 90% in 90 seconds. To me that seems just