At the end of October, Kia will present the electric Soul to the Slovenian public, which is also the first electric model of this brand available on the old continent. Despite the fact that it has a range of 200 hp and a price below 30 thousand, the importer will not market it yet, as they are waiting for the arrival of competition and the development of the infrastructure. We were the first to drive him through the streets of Ljubljana.
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The Italian company Tecnicar is preparing an electric sports coupe powered by an electric motor with 800 HP, and in terms of performance, it should be at the level of real super sportsmen. The maximum speed is said to be 300 km/h, and the acceleration to 100 km/h takes just 3.5 seconds. At the same time, it would not emit a single gram of CO2 into the atmosphere while driving.
Just as Henry Ford transformed the automobile industry in the 20th century, Local Motors plans to revolutionize the car manufacturing process with its first 3D-engineered car. The Strati was supposed to represent a milestone in the vehicle production process and indicate the direction of production development in the automotive industry.
Ford is preparing a real small offensive of more environmentally friendly models. The first to hit the roads is the hybrid Mondeo, which we can expect on the roads in May, which means less than half a year behind the other versions. The second will be the plug and hybrid C-max, which is already sold on the other side of the Atlantic, and the same applies to the third in the queue, which is also already on sale in certain EU markets, and it is a fully electric Focus.
Renault continues the offensive of ecological passenger vehicles, with the hybrid eolab, which presents a number of advanced innovations, thanks to which it boasts an average consumption of only 1.0 liters and 22 grams of CO2 emissions per km. This is ensured by the combination of an electric and gasoline engine, which enables driving on electricity up to 120 km/h and a distance of up to 60 km.
"Gee, it's so pretty, but is it electric?" "Where can you buy it?" "Jst bi ga kr mela..." these are just some of the questions and statements we received while driving the electric ZOE through the streets of our capital, where young and old turned to follow it. Partly because they didn't know which Renault model it was, partly because they didn't hear him whizzing by...
If you are one of the many parents who, when your child is growing up, have already faced endless nagging to buy them a scooter, then carefully read the following lines. In the spring, Renault will offer a four-wheeled twizziy for seven thousand, which will eliminate most of the safety concerns and inconveniences.
Photographer Patrick Hall from South Carolina came up with an idea that some of us might consider a bit cruel: he put people in front of his lens who were shocked by their friends with an electric stun gun that has 300,000 volts. A series of portraits and time-lapses, "The Taser Photoshoot," was created that reveals thousands of different facial reactions of people who have been electrocuted.
Sunswift eVe is the name of the electric vehicle developed entirely by Australian students, which set a new world record for the highest average speed of an electric vehicle on a single battery charge. The record was literally torn from the hands of the famous Elon Musk and his Tesla S.
The renowned manufacturer of American "muscle cars", the company Saleen, has taken up the conversion of the Tesla S, which was given additional pepper both in terms of design and performance. It is still an electric vehicle, which produces absolutely no harmful emissions on the road, at least when the range extender in the form of a petrol engine is not working.
Oto electric bicycles are a mixture of ancient and modern, a hybrid between a regular bicycle and a motorcycle, with which we can draw many parallels. But their appearance is deceiving, as these are not some well-preserved relics, but rather fresh, hand-made examples from Barcelona, which skillfully hide modernity behind a retro look from the 50s.
They have just delivered you a perfect new BMW i3, shining in all its eco-philosophy in your backyard. And yet, with this, you have done practically nothing for the environment, because electricity in Slovenia still comes from power plants where coal is burned for the purpose of producing electricity. How to act differently? Imagine a garage that is as green as the conceptual product of the design studio DesignworksUSA and thus leave a green footprint.