By abandoning its patent policy, electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors will try to de-electrify the patent climate and prevent the progress of electric cars from being held hostage. Is this the beginning of the end of the patent wars? Steve Jobs is probably turning in his grave at this thought, while Nikola Tesla is sleeping a little more peacefully after a long time.
Electric mobility
Not only the top motorcycle racers come from Spain, but also the motorcycles themselves. The legendary manufacturer Bultaco is returning. The Barcelona-Madrid manufacturer decided to make quite bold moves right after his return, in the style of Marc Marquez. One of them is certainly the new electric, but no less sporty white Rapitan motorcycle, which looks more like its 'ancestors' than today's 'youth'.
A well-known web blogger and editor of the popular web portal Jalopnik.com tested the new BMW electric sports car and described it as extremely exciting.
In 2015, Yamaha will join the list of electric motorcycle providers with the extremely light and agile PES1 and PED1.
Austria's Johammer presented the first J1 electric motor with a longer range than 200 kilometers. You will pay at least 23 thousand euros for a modern "chopper".
The American company produced the Tesla S with a sliding roof and already received the first 100 orders for it. However, they plan to produce as many as 5,000 examples "without the top".
Giant wind turbines rising from the ground are a thing of the past. The future of alternative energy is in floating balloons. Altaeros Energies has announced the unveiling of a project in Alaska that will break the world record for the tallest wind turbine. It's a real power plant floating in the air!
The legendary BBC's TOPGear made an incredible comparison between the petrol-powered monster Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and its electric-powered SLS AMG electirc drive concept. This is how an unusual car test was created, which once again proves to us how much the future is written for electric vehicles (EV).
After testing more than 260 vehicles, Consumer Reports published its selection of the best in the world - Top Picks, in several categories. The electric Tesla S was chosen as the best all-round vehicle, which achieved a score of 99/100.
Volkswagen has announced the immediate start of sales of the electric version of its flagship - the Golf. Only this one is on sale in Germany from 34,900 euros. Due to the various tax benefits, the possibility of favorable low-interest eco-financing (subsidies) and low maintenance costs, the Volkswagen experiment will be extremely interesting.
The International Innovation Fair CES 2014 brings an interesting concept to the electric car market. The new C-MAX Solar Energi Concept is a hybrid vehicle that can be charged via solar cells on the roof.
Mission R is a milestone of what is possible in electric vehicle technologies. An engine that accelerates from 0 km/h to 100 km/h in a mere 3 seconds is otherwise nothing special. Everything else on this engine is revolutionary.