by Jim Motavalli for EMagazine.com, Sept/Oct 2010 issue
As electric vehicle rollout begins, there will be styles and models to suit nearly every car buyer—from affordable, compact economy cars to high-powered sports cars heavy on sex appeal.
ECONOMY CARS
This is a relative term with EVs, [...]
Full article →by Jim Motavalli for EMagazine.com, September/October 2010 issue
The narrow and sometimes cobbled streets of Brooklyn made a good testing ground for the electric version of the Smart car. It wasn’t long ago that auto engineers were so nervous about their temperamental electric vehicles (EVs) that they went along for the ride, but now [...]
Full article →by Lexi Salazar for BU Daily Free Press, September 16, 2010
Green organizations from Boston University, among dozens of others, promoted sustainable living and reducing carbon footprints in an all-day, open-air event on Wednesday.
At Carbon Day, a green event founded in 1990, the BU Center for Energy and Environmental Studies showcased environmentally friendly [...]
Full article →Sunpluggers.com, Compiled by Yuanyuan Liu and Jian Wen in Nanjing, Sept. 13, 2010
Chassis used in the pure-electric Noble vehicles manufactured by Shuanghuan Auto, based in Hebei province, are being exported to the United States.
The U.S. company Wheego Electric Cars entered into a supply agreement with Shuanghuan Auto last [...]
Full article →September 7, 2010
Wheego CEO Mike McQuary was interviewed live on Fox Business. Watch the interview here.
August 26, 2010
Jim Ellis Autos donated the use of a Wheego to UGA’s Athletic Department. WNEG-TV’s Rachel Garrett covered the event:
McClatchy-Tribune Regional News – by Kimberly Yuen, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser, August 15, 2010
The movement to make Hawaii’s roads greener passed a milestone yesterday.
The first high-voltage electric car that supports the 240-volt international charging standard J-1772, the Wheego, and its dedicated charging station were unveiled at the Green Energy Outlet’s location in Kakaako. [...]
Full article →published on LiveThriveAtlanta, August 8, 2010
Wheego Electric Cars is a small company with a big, green vision. Wheego hopes to be the first car company in the U.S. to offer an affordable, all-electric car across the country. President Obama has committed to buying the first 100 cars off the assembly line from any [...]
Full article →Auto-Mobi.info, July 22, 2010
While customers can already test drive the low-speed Wheego Whip at the Jim Ellis Saab Atlanta location at 5862 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Jim Ellis Automotive Group is taking greater strides to provide low-emission, fuel efficient vehicles to the greater Atlanta area.
As the sole dealer of the [...]
Full article →by Pamela Coyle, Coyle on Cars, Sunpluggers.com, July 17, 2010
We all remember parental warnings about mixing electricity and water. Those cautions are reinforced, at least in my case, by watching entirely too many accidental or homicidal death scenes on television that involve a small electric appliance and a [...]
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