Kobot V Electric car (weird cars)

Kobot V Kowa, a company that engages in medical and optoelectronic business, and Tmsuk Co. Ltd., a robot development manufacturer, joined forces to create three attention-grabbing electric-powered prototypes under the Kobot brand name. The Kobot V has been unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show along with the Kobot B (with the green finish) both mix elements from cars, motorcycles and trikes, and the relatively more conventional Kobot P  with four wheels and an enclosed cabin for the driver. The...

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CCrab (Cuba Crab) concept electric car (Future Cars

Juha-Pekka Rautio’s Citroen CCrab Juha-Pekka Rautio’s Citroen CCrab concept takes inspiration from the animal kingdom and its small Cuba Crab. The CCrab concept was designed in conjunction with French automaker Citroen as part of a program that takes designers and provides them with feedback and access to various resources for their design concepts. For its part, Citroen is able to work closely with designers to help create and foster new designs for electric vehicles. Although very much...

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Nissan Shows Off Pivo 3 EV Concept

Nissan is showing off a new electric vehicle concept that makes its current Leaf look like an oversized vehicle. The diminutive Pivo 3 is Nissan’s concept for an urban runabout for the future. Nissan Pivo 3 EV Concept This little EV, which was unveiled ahead of the Tokyo Motor Show, looks quite odd and may actually see production in the future according to Autoblog Green. The Pivo 3 takes a page out of the McLaren F1 design book on inside with a tiny centrally mounted driver seat and two equally...

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Suzuki's Toy-Like Q-Concept Electric Mini Car

For those of you that found the Suzuki Regina that we showed earlier today, a bit too down to earth for a Tokyo Motor Show concept, the Japanese automaker has another study up its sleeve. Of course, there's the argument that the Q-Concept looks more like a toy than a real car, but that's another story. Q-Concept Electric Mini Car interior Suzuki's second concept for this year's edition of the Tokyo motorshow is a tiny city car that measures just 2,500mm long, 1,300mm wide and 1,650mm tall. The...

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Eco-friendly futuristic fold-out camper van

ECCO Despite the state of the art design, the driver must give up the most important human freedom: driving without pants. The 4.62-meter-long electric vehicle, which is set to go on sale as early as 2014, can sleep up to five people and sports a quaint little kitchen, bathroom and lounge area. Soon the trailer park will no longer connotate beer cans and shot guns. Round up a couple of these bad boys and you've got a neighbourhood fit for The Jetsons. ECCO-ii Inspired by the most famous...

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Tesla Model S Sedan Makes First Public Appearance

Electric carmaker Tesla Motors threw open its factory doors to customers who have preordered its forthcoming Model S Sedan on Saturday evening. The company is now putting the finishing touches on its Model S electric sedan, which is currently in beta testing. The beta is the phase of vehicle development before it reaches production. The press was allowed to watch while interested potential customers received brief rides around the parking lot. We need your help, Elon Musk, CEO and founder of...

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Student-built electric car sets world land speed record of 155.8 mph

Brigham Young University (BYU) students are celebrating after setting a new land speed record for an electric car in the "E1" (under 1,100 lbs/499 kg) class. The record of 155.8 mph (250.7 km/h) set by the "Electric Blue" streamliner at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah was averaged over the two required qualifying runs, one of which saw the car reach a speed of 175 mph (281.6 km/h). The record marks the end of a seven year quest by BYU students led by Perry Carter who, having just retired as...

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Morgan and Zytek team up to build high performance EV

The Morgan Aero SuperSports is a pretty impressive automobile, even in its standard form. It has a lightweight aluminum body, a hardwood and leather cockpit and a top speed of 170 mph (273 km/h). It also has a 4.8 liter BMW V8 engine, although in a project currently being undertaken by the British automaker and Zytek Automotive, that power plant will be replaced with a 70kW electric motor. The result will be known as the Electric Morgan +E. Although only two of them will be made, the company...

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BMW's Electric and Plug-In Cars Revealed

BMW revealed two new electric, hybrid, and range-extended models -- the BMW i3 electric car and the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid -- at a special press conference in Frankfurt earlier today. GreenCarReports editor John Voelcker is there, and he's managed to snap some up-close shots of the "Drive" powertrains of these vehicles, along with their advanced "Life" carbon-fiber bodies, which would have the most extensive use of carbon fiber in a mainstream, relatively affordable vehicle yet. BMW...

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