The Eternal Cycle: Speed Fights With Volts And WattsSpeed records with electric vehicles tumble every year, and even with volts and watts it is getting faster and faster. Although this data is not usable, as the record-breaking vehicles have little in common with today's electric production vehicles, the races nevertheless help to improve components, motors and batteries and ... above all, they also give the electric vehicle the flair of speed, the emotions that come from the gut, which we in the world of automobiles, especially when they are environmentally friendly now, always need. That was already the case before!The first automobile to break through the dreaded speed of 100 km/h was an electric vehicle. And this already in 1899!…28 March 2020 / V. Christian Manz
The Eternal Cycle: Electric Taxis, Then And NowAs early as 1896, electric taxis were humming through the streets of London, the hummingbirds, as they were affectionately called by the inhabitants, did not smoke and did not leave dung on the asphalt. And they were also quiet.The drivers could pay some dividends to the London Electric Cab Company, owner of most of these taxis. The basic model was from Bersey, with an American Lundell engine, and a patented battery changing system - the batteries slid out in their box with small wheels and a new box with fresh units slid back in. The E.P.S. lead batteries with 170 ampere hours lasted up to 80 kilometres. Of course there were problems, where not, and later gasoline-powered taxis were…01 March 2020 / V. Christian Manz
Electric Vehicles Comes Back As Taxis - Elektrofahrzeuge Zurück Als TaxisEnglish company Dynamo has just introduced the electric taxi in London by preparing a Nissan e-NV200 Evalia - manufactured in Barcelona - as a public…07 November 2019
HysetCo, Electric Mobility With HidrogenAir Liquide, Idex, Société du Taxi Électrique Parisien (STEP) and Toyota have joined forces to promote the development of hydrogen-based mobility…26 February 2019
Electric Vehicles, A Bridge From The Past To Present And FutureIt's official, at least on paper: the electric car will replace the gasoline car. This is what the Spanish executive says, make it 2040 when you can no longer sell cars that are not electric, and make it 2050 when the circulation of any vehicle that pollutes is prohibited. In this report I will…10 December 2018 / V. Christian Manz
With The Driver Behind: The Electric HansomThe peculiar Hansom bodywork was conceived by the British architect Joseph Aloysius Hansom in 1834. In a horse-drawn carriage, the driver took the…27 November 2018
Electric Vehicle History - It Is Time To Write The TruthWe are now completely involved in a new electric era, it seems to be the definitive attempt for a new environmental way to drive cars, trucks and…14 November 2018
Major Anniversaries Of Electric Cars / Jubiläen Der ElektrofahrzeugeEvery year international newspapers and magazines publish reports about the different brands and models that will celebrate an anniversary ... but…02 October 2018
AeroMobil Presents Electric Flying CarThe advanced engineering company AeroMobil from Bratislava (Slovakia) announced the extension of its planned product range with the launch of the…22 March 2018
London Taxis Have To Be ElectricThe most advanced electric black taxis in the world are already on the streets of London so that all new license taxis have to have zero emission…14 February 2018
The Most Advanced Electric Taxis For LondonThe world’s most advanced electric black cabs will appear on the streets of London as they enter the final phase of testing ahead of the January…19 October 2017
DID YOU KNOW: The Hansom Body - With The Driver BehindMany electric taxis back in the nineteenth to the twentieth century carried the Hansom body, in which the driver took a seat in the back. It was…06 October 2017
HISTORY OF ELECTRIC CARDid you know that Ferdinand Porsche invented in 1899 the electric motor located in the hub of the wheel? That the first car that reviewed the…03 June 2017
Historias Del Coche Eléctrico LOS PIONEROS 1870/1906Already on sale the first book of a new collection called "Car Stories", the first dedicated to the true history of the electric car.As the author, I point out that 120 years ago we had the possibility of having non-polluting and silent electric cars everywhere, as private vehicle, taxi, van, truck, bus, etc ... but we missed this opportunity to walk towards a pollutant transport currently very complicated. We invite our readers to enjoy this series of books, soft but forceful, and full of images and photographs - more than 300 per book. At this moment only available in Spanish language, others will follow.…01 June 2017 / V. Christian Manz
