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After some confusion over how much it will cost, here are some good news about the XS500 electric car, the first highway-capable (80+ mph top speed, 120+ miles range) EV by Miles Electric Vehicles: The company has raised $15 million and the money is earmarked for further development of the XS500.

Last we’ve heard from Miles, the 2009 XS500 model is still projected to sell for “$30,000 to $35,000″ in the United States. Lets hope they can pull it off. For more info on the car, see our previous post about it:

Staff and students at the University of South Australia have designed and built a prototype of what they reckon might be the future commuter car for Australian cities. Trev sounds rather impressive. He goes from 0 to 100kph in 10 secs, has a top speed of 120 km/h, with a travel range of 150+km between charges of his 7kWh 44kg lithium ion polymer battery.

When charged from mains power he costs you $1 AUD per 100km to run, using what is said to be 1/5th of the energy of conventional car. Not that there is anything conventional about Trev.

Shai Agassi has electrified the Israeli government and also the world. The entrepreneur has proposed that Israel – and everyone else (no less) – adopt his new vision: marketing electric cars like cellular phones.

Instead of investing big bucks in a new car, Agassi has developed a business plan and company (Project Better Place) modeled after the cellular phone business – where the more an owner uses a car (measured by hours at a recharging station) the less the vehicle will cost to buy.
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