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Rise of the electric – MIT / SYM / GM’s electric origami

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Mr. Mystery scooper (as well as S.A., and even my wife) pointed out this bit from MIT. These are from their “Smart Cities” project. MIT’s dream is that by 2020 you’ll be able to rent one of these electric scooters (built by SYM?) on the street to get you around town. Expect to see even […]

Rise of the electric – iMobility LEV

Saturday, December 1, 2007

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(Wow! Very spacy design. Looks like it was drawn up by Honda.) Again, my masked scooper pointed us toward some EICMA Milan 2007 coverage. This time from CyberScooter.it (title link), we see the iMobility Light Electric Vehicle. This fully enclosed, three-wheeled +1 (1 in the front, 2 on the sides and 1 in the back), […]

Subcompact, Mini, Microcar get’s reviewed on BBC’s Top Gear!

Friday, November 16, 2007

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Awww man! Big shout out to Jo Borras for scooping up this baby. This video comes from a link found on AutoblogGreen (click on the title link if you don’t mind the annoying, growing NEC projector ad). This is definitely the cheekiest video to ever come from Jeremy Clarkson. It shows the 6′ 4″ giant […]

Mini Subcompact Microcar makes SMART look huge

Friday, November 9, 2007

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I don’t know what this is. The only marking I see is “classic” on the side. Looks like a single passenger car with scooter handlebars. It’s smaller than a SMART and probably about as safe as a Honda Spree. It’s cute though… and that’s good for… looking cute and stuff. Thanks to buypurina2000 for sharing! […]

We’re getting closer to the SMART arrival date

Thursday, November 8, 2007

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(William Dudley poses with his cute little micro. SOURCE) Got a little news on the SMART straight from their communications director, Ken Kettenbeil (no, not Kittenball or Kitten Ball). The completely recyclable microcar, available in 6 fantastic flavors… er… colors is expected to start selling in January. That’s right, at the up coming LA Auto […]

Smart – Dubai edition (I’m kidding)

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

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Aving.net had posted some images of what appears to be a gold plated SMART car. As a matter of fact, anywhere you see the image you’ll see someone refer to it as the gold plated SMART. Further research shows that they used a SLC (no, not Salt Lake City) “Surface Like Chrome” process. The German […]