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more about #electriccars more comments → egoods: Who would've thought you could make a prius more pretentious. Adding in fake V12 sounds is like icing on the cake. more » Alfisted: If a Prius travels through the forest and there is no one to hear it, is the driver still smug? more » Jeb_Hoge: Bastards, now I want one. But they HAVE to come up with a Jetsons car sound and maybe the sound of a team of horses clopping along as well. more » pres: A baseball card in the spokes would be SO much cheaper and somehow cooler. Plus, the development time has already been taken care of. more » HoonThatFerrari: Just what I needed... a $25,000 Theremin. more » Elhigh: (Reverse) Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep! "I barely made it through med school Somehow I made it through..." Thanks, Weird Al. I want the George Jetson ... more » Ash78, cube farmer: External: Thus Spake Zarathustra Horn: Dixie External: Ride of the Valkyries Horn: La Cucaracha External: Jaws Theme Horn: Ah-ooooooga more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Can I get that in a Cosworth DFV with a Hewland box? more » Mr_Sives_Remotoc: Obvious decision since electric cars are not in the plans of Fiat. BTW has anybody seen a Lotus Europa around? Me never. I'd like to know how many of ... more » GreenN_Gold: I'll grant you that this significantly changes the stated ambition and direction of Chrysler's EV program, but it reads more like a merger of the two ... more » LS1RX7owen: bummer, that was an interesting concept and could have taken the spot left open by the Sky/Solstice death. #chryslerenvi more » brandegee: Desperation can breed good ideas. This Circuit, with the exception of the decidedly old-school red Viper taillights, is the best looking Dodge I've se... more » günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi: you've got to be kidding me, wes... first i lose all that money on my pre-ordered tesla... and now on this too?? i guess it's time to move the money t... more » ChiefPontiaxe: In memoriam, here's a little vid I took inside the 200C on the turntable at the 2009 DC Auto Show in January#chryslerenvi more » DieselDutchman: I'm reminded of a SNL skit where Will Ferrell says, "You do not talk to me like that!! I work too hard to deal with this stuff!! I work too hard!! I'm... more » -
#ifeelgassy
How To Make A Prius Sound Like a Spaceship
Using Lotus’s Halosonic noise control system, pedestrians used to being freaked out by silent hybrids can now be freaked out by intergalactic buzzing. More » -
#ifeelgassy
Chrysler Kills ENVI Electric Car Program, Shocks No One
Remember the fake electric car program Chrysler showed off earlier this year in a transparent attempt to get bailout money? Fiat just canceled the entire ENVI program. So predictable. Frankly, we're more shocked Chrysler still exists. More » -
#newcars
Gordon Murray Announces T.27 Before T.25 Even Built
Gordon Murray's busy hiding the T.25 City Car from view, but he's unveiled plans for his next project, the T.27. It'll supposedly be the most efficient all-electric vehicle in the world with aims at ditching everything we think about EV's. More » -
#tokyomotorshow
Toyota FT-EV II Concept: Weirdo Electric Daily Driver
The iQ-based Toyota FT-EV has been given a truly bizarre styling tweak for its second generation, set to debut later this month at the Tokyo Motor Show, resulting in a cabin that looks like a Narnian spaceship. More » -
#downonthestreet
1976 Sebring-Vanguard Citicar
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. 500+ vehicles into this series, we've finally got an electric car! More » -
#jalopsa
REMINDER: Do Not Put Gasoline In Your Electric Car!
MINI's added a special sticker to the charger ports on their MINI E reminding drivers not to put fuel in it. Perfect time for a JaloPSA to remind everyone that electric cars and gasoline do not mix.
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#adwatch
VIDEO: Drew Barrymore In Jay Leno's Reasonably-Priced Electric Ford Focus "Race Car"
Jay Leno, in a bout of what we've gotta believe is advertiser capitulation, described the prototype electric Ford Focus to his first celeb-driver, Drew Barrymore, as an "electric Ford Focus race car." On what planet is this a race car? More » -
#frankfurtmotorshow
Plugging In Electric Cars: Frankfurt Promotes Latest Fetish
Germans (not pictured) are notorious fetishists, which is why it's no surprise that they should be a part of the latest and most eco-friendly kink: plugging-in electric cars. The gallery below is only NSFW if you work at Radio Shack. More » -
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#frankfurtmotorshow
Toyota: Electric Cars 'Too Expensive' For Mainstream Consumers
The Frankfurt Motor Show has seen the debut of numerous electric cars, but Toyota execs went out of their way to critique electric cars as too pricey for the average buyer. More » -
#conceptcars
Styletto EV Concept Surprisingly Lacking In Style
Designer Cornelis Steenstra of design firm ForeSee is passing around these renderings of the Styletto EV — a 200 MPH+ all-electric supercar with a design straight out of 1999. More » -
#ifeelgassy
Honda President claims the automaker will introduce a battery electric vehicle by 2015. [GreenCarCongress]
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#electriccars
Electric El Camino Our New Favorite Electric Car
Move over, Tesla. This home-brew Electric El Camino may only achieve a top speed of 85 MPH with its 100 HP motor but it's still the coolest electric car we've ever seen. More » -
#customcars
Homemade Tilting Electric Car Built For $500
The homemade Balanced-Over-Batteries car works like a skateboard tilting its chassis when it steers. The electric car's batteries are slung underneath the cockpit as counterweights and the whole thing leans 45 degrees. Oh, and it was built for only $500. More » -
#overthebackfence
Dodge Circuit EV Not Yet Dead?
Car and Driver's reporting the Lotus Europa-based Dodge Circuit EV electric car may not be dead after all, proven by multiple sightings of test mules at Chrysler's various testing facilities. More » -
#ifeelgassy
T3 Motion CT3: Three-Wheeled Electric-Fauxmino
Okay, it's not a real car yet, but the T3 Motion CT3's an all-electric city car with a top speed of 45 MPH and designed to compete for the Progressive Automotive X-Prize. It also sports a funky semi-El-Camino rear end. More » -
#spyphotos
Pre-Production Chevy Volt Plugged In, Testing In Real World
The first pre-production Chevy Volt "Integration Vehicle" was completed this week ahead of schedule. Looks like GM's putative four-wheeled electrified savior is getting closer to reality. More » -
#electriccars
Maya 300: The Electric Car ExxonMobil Wants You To Drive
The Maya 300 is an all-electric five door hatch built in Mississauga, Ontario with either a 60- or 120-mile range and a top speed of 30 MPH. The interesting part is it's packing ExxonMobil technology. More » -
#conceptcars
Peugeot Metromorph: An Un-Car For People Who Don't Like Cars Anyway
Can’t stand these future-of-the-car capsules, correct? They’re not for you! But give them to the people who knit sweaters while driving Camrys and us car geeks will have more space and more petrol. More » -
#newcars
Production All-Electric Mitsubishi i-MiEV Gets Eye-Popping $47K Price
The long-brewing, all-electric Mitsubishi i-MiEV has finally gotten the production green-light and a sale price. It's a rather bracing $47,000 for the Japanese market. Spendy, but no gasoline necessary is a pretty killer feature, right? More » -
#electriccars
No Chevys For Old Men: Lutz Vs. Letterman
After Tesla fan-boy Dave Letterman brought Tesla's Elon Musk on the Late Show and both of them ripped into GM, CBS called Letterman, saying, "Hey, jackass, don't you know GM advertises with us?" The result: outgoing product czar Bob Lutz brought the Chevy Volt to last night's show. Blow-by-blow below. More »
