Tagged Articles ‘electric vehicle’

The Japanese electric vehicle fight for dominant design

The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the largest energy firm in Japan, plans to begin installing quick-charge stations for electric vehicles. This plan is not about a small pilot. No, it is about the initial roll-out for some 200 stations to be up and running by March of 2010. And TEPCO doesn’t plan to stop there. 1,000 more stations are planned within three years. No coincidence, this will happen at the same time that Mitsubishi will launch its ‘iMiev’. TEPCO and Mitsubishi have been testing the last few years, but also EVs from Subaru and Nissan as well. According to some sources, these stations will [...]  Meer...

Smart’s dump car name!

The small car company made a smart move to name their car ‘smart’ in the first place. Everybody ‘knows’ that small cars are mainly produced for people who can’t parallel park. That’s why I was so confused to hear about their new electric car’s name. ED – A (not so) brilliant campaign Yes, they called the car ‘ED’. It brings us back to faults like the MR2, in French pronounced as ‘mèrde’, or the Nova which in Spanish countries is know as ‘No vas’ (No go). For those who don’t know what the fuzz is about, while within Smart ED stands for ‘Electric Drive’, in the [...]  Meer...