A year ago, EcoModder forum member Ben Nelson got an old, non-running motorcycle and converted it to electric drive. He’d never had a motorcycle before and wasn’t an expert with electric vehicles, but in true DIY nature, he learned as he went along.
The bike was never designed to be a fast, flashy race bike, […]

[Read more →]

image: Mr. Thomas
A few months ago Daimler reported that they were testing 100 electric versions of its Smart car in London, and that if all went well they would work on putting the car into production for the general population to buy. Well, now Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche has said that all did go well. […]

[Read more →]

Just the other day, we told you about a Toyota Rav4 EV that had sold for a ridiculous $89,200 on Ebay. Even though the listing makes it look like all is well and good with the sale, it seems that the bid was retracted.
Here is the story in the words of Chip Gribben, from the […]

[Read more →]

At first I thought the world had gone a little mad with people coughing up $100k for the electric Telsa Roaster, but now I guess I’ve seen it all. One inquisitive forum member recently checked the prices on used Honda Insights, which are going for about twice what they were a few years ago, and […]

[Read more →]

It may seem a little silly, but in this coming age of expensive gasoline, every trip we make to buy something is going to have to be a decision about whether or not it’s really worth it. That $10 book at the book store could easy become $15 if your car isn’t very efficient and […]

[Read more →]

What would you do if the company you work for says you can have - for free - a worn out battery powered forklift that’s collecting dust in the corner of a warehouse? If you’re Russ Gries you’d say, “dirt cheap, home-built electric motorcycle, here I come!”
Well, that’s exactly what happened to Gries, so […]

[Read more →]

digg_url = \\\\\\\’http://digg.com/environment/Two_Canadian_Friends_Build_672_Electric_Car\\\\\\\’;
What do you get when you cross a Geo Metro with an electric forklift, a golf cart, and a bunch of used batteries? You get a ridiculously inexpensive, home-built, street-legal electric car.
This battery powered grocery getter was built by Darin Cosgrove and Ivan Limburg, of Brockville, Ontario. The friends […]

[Read more →]

digg_url = \\\\\\\\\\\’http://ecomodder.com/blog/2008/01/26/16-year-old-builds-electric-pickup-truck/;
(See also: Two Canadian friends build a $672 street legal electric car )
We all know the major manufacturers are saying it can’t be done, so I guess it’s up to the youth!
Andrew Angelloti, an Ecomodder forum member, converted his very own 1988 Mazda pickup to run on electricity last year, […]

[Read more →]