So you've got your great looking electric vehicle. Now, it's time to trick it out with all the accessories that make your golf cart ride an enviable experience. Electric vehicle TVs and DVD players are a popular add-on. If you're using your NEV as a parking lot shuttle, church shuttle, school shuttle, event shuttle or other similar use, our flip-down TVs with built-in DVD players add an entertainment factor for passengers. And parents of young children love them. The kids have fun watching their favorite videos while Mom and Dad run errands or visit with neighbors and friends. Electric vehicle backup cameras are a top safety feature for NEVs used as parking and event shuttles, touring vehicles and delivery vehicles. For any neighborhood electric vehicle operated in area where children...

April 22 is Earth Day! Celebrate by taking a thorough look at your lifestyle. We bet you can find numerous ways to reduce your impact on the environment. Of course, we've got one great idea that tops them all - a neighborhood electric vehicle. They're catching on in neighborhoods nationwide for those quick trips to the nearby corner store, library, park or friend's home. Here are three ways that NEVs help make every day Earth Day: They save on fossil fuel consumption. Because neighborhood electric vehicles run on electricity rather than gasoline, their growing popularity will help to put a dent in America's fossil fuel consumption. Of course, NEVs aren't practical for longer drives and aren't fast enough for major roadway usage. But if a high percentage of your day-to-day activities...

EMS Paramedic Buddy 3 Passenger Low Speed Vehicle Full-size police cars, EMS trucks and security vehicles are great for city streets and neighborhood roads. But for areas with limited access, electric emergency service vehicles can be a godsend. School and college campuses, stadiums, athletic fields, parks and campgrounds all are examples of facilities where an electric emergency service vehicle could be a potentially lifesaving asset. Moto Electric Vehicles offers top quality police, EMS and security vehicles in compact, low-speed, electric models that can be customized for any facility's particular needs. Our EMS Paramedic Buddy 3 Passenger Low Speed Vehicle, for instance, has provisions designed specifically for medics on the run including Whelen flashing lights, PA...

Neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) aren't just for the golf course. When you think of neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs), visions of golf courses probably cross your mind. After all, it was on America’s golf ranges that electric carts got their start. But as the economy tightens, concern for the environment grows and more people opt for a quieter, friendlier, back-to-the-basics lifestyle, the neighborhood electric vehicle becomes an increasingly mainstream option. To that end, communities designed for NEV living are popping up nationwide – and they’re not just retirement communities. Take North Carolina’s Bald Head Island, for example. This exclusive community offers 10,000 acres of beach, marsh and maritime forest preserves located on the eastern...

While many countries, including the US, are planning huge rollouts of charging stations for electric vehicles, and arguing about where and how to deploy them, a New Zealand company has launched the first wireless electric car charging system. So, can electric cars be charged wirelessly? The Voxy website announced on October 29, 2010 that HaloIPT has created a new, IPT (Inductive Power Transfer) charging system, capable of charging vehicles whether they are parked or moving. The wireless electric car charger system can be configured to power all types of road-based vehicles from cars to delivery trucks and buses. Vehicles are fitted with receiver pads that automatically charge the vehicle whenever they are parked over or drive over transmitter pads located in the ground. ...

Electricity, by its very nature, is difficult to manage and store.  When it is created, it must be moved immediately to the location where it can be used.  When we need it, we expect it to be immediately available.  There is, as yet, no foolproof way to store it for future use. Because of its instability, scientists and engineers have been searching for a long time for a way to “stockpile” electricity against a time when it may be needed.  And even as this research progresses, the need for this type of technology grows.  The applications for reliable electricity storage abound. It all comes down to the need for a better battery.  In the case of electric vehicles, the lack of a “better” battery simply limits their range....

As if electric-powered vehicles aren’t futuristic enough, now comes word from GOOD, in a web article dated October 30, 2010, that two electric vans have just completed an 8,000 mile trip from Italy to China – without drivers! Using a system called the Generic Obstacle and Lane Detector (GOLD), the two vans pretty much drove themselves across two continents.  A system of laser scanners and video cameras worked together to make sure that the vehicles didn’t cause accidents, but in heavy traffic or at tollbooths, researchers had to step in for safety reasons. Will this technology be available to the general public soon?  Not likely.  Each vehicle had to be charged for 8 hours when it ran out of power, and they averaged just 38 miles per hour, taking...