Neil Young’s Electric Car and Other Electric Vehicles

Posted by Pixelhead

Electric Car News

Have you heard about Neil Young’s Electric Car? I just read the blog post on The Huffington Post blog about the making of Neil’s electric car. How cool would that have been to here Neil creating some new songs or playing something from his Harvest album while you were working on his car. Neil also has some advice about saving the the automobile industry. Check out these posts as well as any of Neil’s other Huffington Post articles.

While we are on the subject of the auto industry bailout, check out the post Auto Bailout-Green Economy Opportunity.

How about this video about a skateboard car…coolness…hydrogen cell no gas needed.

From TreeHugger.com

A $19,000 electric car similar to the smart car is to be released in the US in 2009. This electric car is only to be a low speed vehicle(LSV) so nothing for those of you with a lead foot. Links in this article then lead me to several other electric car articles:

China release the First Plug-In Electric Car
17 Electric cars, an overview of electric cars from 2005-2008.
And somehow I ended up on an old Wired Blog post about BMW’S Electric Minis…electric minis sound fun.

From Plurk

UPS is makes some deliveries on bikes…for every 3 cycles brown will save 38,000 in repair and fuel costs.

From Mixx

I discovered the Mixx profile for Zoomi and found his blog ZoomLife.com, which is a blog that is dedicated to Electric Cars. If you are at all interested in electric cars, as I am as you can tell from the resources in this post, then stop in and check out any of his electric car articles such a post about a new Electric Super Bike.

Also I found out that Israel is going to Pioneer the first Electric car Network. This involves the company that I discussed in the post about a Wired Electric Car Article involving Shai Agassi and the Better Place organization.

Miscellaneous Environment

For the those business owners out there, check out 50 Ways to Make Your Startup EcoFriendly.

From Kimberly, I got this Digg about Self-Powered Electronics Devices. Now how cool would it be to not have to worry about charging your cell phone.

Here is another interesting Treehugger post about a Spanish Cemetery That Goes Solar…hmm…not sure what to think about using this holy ground to generate electricity.

My bro stumbled upon this Earth Friendly Shelter, which he thought would make a good art studio for my wife. Looks like a major project to me, however, it would make good use of our hill of a yard.

So that is the Environmental Resources Post for November. Got any other environment links for me?

Written by Pixelhead on December 9th, 2008 with 30 comments.
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Adam TSteel
#1. December 9th, 2008, at 5:15 PM.

Nice info there. You’ve got to imagine that they’re not too far away from making the electric car a more viable and commercial solution. It has been worked on by leading scientists for a couple of decades now.

I think biofuel is a more likely short term solution despite the cost.

Cynthia Wunsch
#2. December 9th, 2008, at 5:26 PM.

Thanks for the wonderful links! BTW, every business with a web site should have a statement on there about green policies (as I added a month ago). One of the things I started in my business was a recycling tradeoff policy. Different suburbs have different recycling policies, and I can recycle everything but 6 plastics conveniently, so I started accepting recycling from my clients and trading off the 6 plastics to someone who could recycle them in exchange for their 5 plastics they couldn’t recycle. So now my clients drop off (sorted) what they can’t recycle in their own communities, and take the stuff they can.

Paul
#3. December 9th, 2008, at 5:31 PM.

That video is crazy. I like where our technology is headed.

Pixelhead
#4. December 9th, 2008, at 6:49 PM.

Cynthia, that sounds like a pretty creative way to increase your recycling ability.

Zoomi
#5. December 9th, 2008, at 11:13 PM.

Hey Pixelhead thanks a bunch for the link back to my blog! I’m happy you like it, and thanks again for your blog visit and your kind words.

Jon Provisi
#6. December 10th, 2008, at 9:38 AM.

Thanks for the video, it is really great and very futuristic. Let’s home it will become our reality soon!

Nicole Price
#7. December 10th, 2008, at 4:00 PM.

The skateboard concept is mind blowing. Thank you.

Yes, a very interesting link for you: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/opinion/10friedman.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Ba Zi Chinese Astrology
#8. December 14th, 2008, at 1:00 AM.

If you have noticed the electricity pricing of PG&E ($.41 per kwh incremental), you would very much agree that they are trying very hard to discourage electric cars!

Arnold
#9. December 14th, 2008, at 11:22 PM.

I don’t think Exxonmobil and Shell like the Electric cars…. I am sorry, but this stuff won’t make a chance.

Niall
#10. December 15th, 2008, at 9:58 AM.

Cool vid and good info, there are definetly some exciting things in the pipeline for electric cars

Uptake Suz
#11. December 15th, 2008, at 4:27 PM.

I’ve been drooling over the Tesla for several years now- if only I had 100K to spend on a car!

Jon
#12. December 15th, 2008, at 9:40 PM.

Whoa, sweet video. That’s crazy stuff. Too bad only rich people can afford that right now.

DeSantis
#13. December 16th, 2008, at 2:19 AM.

That is the future, but unfortunately the economic interests are too many and oil is a problem for these projects!

Srednarb
#14. December 16th, 2008, at 4:07 PM.

eco-friendly yet still expensive, here is our country we do also have an electric cars being used as public utility vehicle

Jill Hin
#15. December 16th, 2008, at 6:04 PM.

these links are relly great…after launching of electric car in the commercial market i think oil crisis can decrease a bit

Blog Tips
#16. December 16th, 2008, at 9:44 PM.

I just saw something about the Volt on TV last week .. they were saying they hoped it took off otherwise it was going to break them.

HID Lights Girl
#17. December 17th, 2008, at 4:18 AM.

Woooah! Awesome video~! I’ve also read somewhere about the emergence of electric cars. It is eco-friendly, though it might take some time until everyone adapts it. I, for one, can’t really think of going for electric cars when i can’t afford to buy the car of my choice.

Richard Carlsen
#18. December 18th, 2008, at 7:05 AM.

In your blog you have said very well about the Electric cars and electrical vechicals and i love it very much with a less amount we can run this vechicles. Thank u of posting.

Atniz
#19. December 23rd, 2008, at 8:17 AM.

Everyone is looking ways to save more money. I can see that everyone is preparing for bigger recession period next year. Happy new Year!

Randy Alkson
#20. December 29th, 2008, at 11:47 PM.

Finally the future is catching up to us. I hope this technology catches on, especially to those people down at Ford and Shell. Great video!

Singapore Hotel
#21. December 30th, 2008, at 3:49 AM.

This car is cool. If we have more of these the oil tycoons can say goodbye to oil manipulation.

Tess of Woga Gartenpavillon
#22. January 3rd, 2009, at 11:01 AM.

These electric vehicles are really good for the environment. well, I guess this technology have not brushed on Ford and Shell yet, but Toyota is making a step to solving problems in global warming. First with their Prius hybrid car, and they’re now developing a solar powered car.

arabam
#23. January 16th, 2009, at 12:07 AM.

This sure is an amazing ride! I would do anything to own this car! With it’s super design and performance, it is the first on my list! Thanks for the post.

Self Sufficient
#24. January 17th, 2009, at 7:19 PM.

oh and another thing – that was a good set of links and a good article to expand on, may get on to that and link back to you! Thanks once again

diymyride
#25. April 25th, 2009, at 9:26 AM.

Great article man. I always wanted a skateboard car but never had the budget to buy one.

Long board skateboard shop Australia
#26. May 22nd, 2009, at 6:58 PM.

SirNicolaus
#27. June 24th, 2009, at 12:01 AM.

I always wanted to make my own EV but batteries always stopped me the prices at the time were nutty but there coming down… but now there are more vehicles being produced that suite that need

car picture
#28. August 5th, 2009, at 7:58 AM.

An art car is a vehicle that has its appearance modified as an act of personal artistic expression. Art car artists usually drive and own their own work. They are sometimes referred to as “Cartists”. (car pictures) Art car artists or owners often dress in a matching motif when displaying their cars. Art cars and car artists come from all walks of life, uphold a wide range of personal philosophies and beliefs and come from all political groups.

build own solar panel
#29. August 10th, 2009, at 6:57 PM.

What car is good for converting to an electric car?
I’m interested in a car that is lightweight, has a manual transmission, and has room for batteries. I’m trying to convert a gas car to an electric car, and I need one that is light, has manual transmission, room for batteries, etc, etc. Has anyone done that and has advice/know a good car for it? I have a limited price range, and I need a relatively cheap car for it. Any suggestions?build own solar panel

Galileo thermometers
#30. January 6th, 2010, at 10:53 PM.

What they dont tell people is that the environmental cost of producing the hydrogen in large quantites creates more greenhouse emissions then using a combustion engine. Also, the cost of a fuel cell will never go down since it mainly consists of precious metals such as gold, which if anything is getting more expensive.

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