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This new style of electric tuk-tuk makes me want to drive a taxi in India

Baua Electric

But whatever it’s called, these three-wheeled taxis have used their half-bike, half-wagon design to shuttle folks around cities for decades. And now, a new era of rickshaws is seeing electric drives enabling interesting new designs. Got some kids you need to shuttle down the neighborhood to a friend’s house? Throw ’em in!

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

New ideas like Tesloop keep popping up. Where it used to be Hertz or Avis–or a taxi–the choices now are much more complex. Meanwhile, the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in car sharing services could be one way for automakers to promote this technology that is still struggling for traction in the marketplace.

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In the Caribbean, EVs leave ICE vehicles behind

Electric Auto Association

Like nearly everyone else with an electric vehicle (EV) on Saint Thomas, Doug White, co-founder of Virgin Islands Electric Vehicle Association , drives a Nissan LEAF. I was at a trade fair and I saw this little neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV). An EAA member sets the Virgin Islands example.

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Car News: 2024 Consumer Electronics Show

Clean Fleet Report

The O Series, pronounced ‘zero,’ are all-electric vehicles launching in 2026. Kia introduced three very cool-looking and futuristic commercial vehicles to CES 2024, with some of them entering production as soon as 2025. The platforms can be mounted with a pickup or van body, and even a passenger design for a taxi.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) CTO Efficient Drivetrains Inc.

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