Florida
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If you're the type of person that stays at home listening for the UPS truck to arrive as you wait for a delivery, we have bad news for you: that just got a lot more difficult. UPS has launched its first silent electric delivery trike along Las Olas Boulevard and the surrounding neighborhoods of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. UPS is deploying the trike to support the the city’s Green Your Routine program and Vision Zero Fort Lauderdale initiative. DON'T MISS: UPS to spend $90 million more on natural-gas vehicles, fueling stations “Fort Lauderdale is proud to collaborate with UPS to...
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How to pay most of a million bucks to use the carpool lane in Florida
Some people will do anything to avoid a little traffic. Like many other states, Florida offers drivers of greener cars solo access to its high-occupancy vehicle lanes, also known as carpool lanes. That privilege is extended to hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and battery-electric cars. DON'T MISS: Porsche...
Stephen Edelstein -
Life With Tesla Model S: NY-FL Supercharger Road Trip, Returning
Last week, in the middle of a prolonged and depressing stretch of winter weather in New York's Hudson Valley, I decided I had to get the hell out. Time for a road trip to a warm place. It was a perfect opportunity to test out Tesla's new East Coast Supercharger Highway, the just-completed string of...
David Noland -
New Effort: Electric-Car Rentals And Charging For Orlando, Florida
What's the best way to persuade people that electric cars are a viable alternative to gasoline cars? Get "butts in seats." And what's one of the largest car-rental markets in the United States? That woud be Orlando, Florida. Now a new initiative, Drive Electric Orlando (DEO), is coordinating rental...
John Voelcker -
Renault Twizy Electric Minicar On eBay: What You Need To Know
We've written about the Renault Twizy electric minicar on several occasions in the past. After driving it in Ibiza we later tested it in the UK, and while flawed, it really does have appeal for those living in tight, crowded cities. By European standards, most cities in Florida aren't too crowded...
Antony Ingram -
Dear Floridians: Golf Carts Are NOT Electric Cars
Electric car enthusiasts have struggled for years with "golf cart" jibes and only recently with cars like the 2011 Tesla Roadster and 2012 Nissan Leaf has the "ugly and slow" image started to disappear. In Florida, there's a different problem - people who believe their golf carts are actual cars...
Antony Ingram -
It's human nature to take on challenges, and for many in the electric car industry that means embarking upon huge road trips in cars not known for their long ranges. We've seen trips from Alaska to Mexico in an electric race car and 25,000 miles in a Tesla Roadster, amongst others. Minddrive's idea of an electric car road trip is taking their efficient EV prototype from San Diego, CA to Jacksonville, FL. The Kansas City-based non-profit organisation is working with groups of at-risk students to construct a streamlined electric vehicle that will be driven coast-to-coast next March. The car is...
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The Father Of 'Christine' Likes His Chevy Volt Electric Car
Who knew? Stephen King, creator of perhaps the most malevolent car ever envisioned--Christine, the homicidal 1958 Plymouth Fury of both novel and movie fame--is an electric car fan. In particular, he loves the family's 2011 Chevrolet Volt, the range-extended electric vehicle that plugs in to...
John Voelcker -
Florida’s Avera Motors Teases New High-Efficiency Vehicle
It seems these days that a new ultra-high mileage vehicle is announced almost every month and this month will be no different. The latest is from Florida’s Avera Motors, which has announced plans for a new high-efficiency vehicle as well as release this teaser of the upcoming car. According...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran