Virtual drive in electric car

Virtual drive in electric car

OSAKA, Japan - A woman takes a virtual drive in a mockup of Tommykaira ZZ, an electric vehicle remodeled from a popular sports car in the 1990s by a venture firm in Kyoto, western Japan, as shown in this file photo taken in April 2014.

Green Lord Motors electric car

Green Lord Motors electric car

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyasu Koma, president of Green Lord Motors Co., stands by its Tommykaira ZZ electric sports car as the company founded by graduate students of Kyoto University unveiled the vehicle in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2014.

Green Lord Motors electric car

Green Lord Motors electric car

TOKYO, Japan - Green Lord Motors Co., founded by graduate students of Kyoto University, unveils its Tommykaira ZZ electric sports car in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2014.

Old favorite sports car's revival as EV

Old favorite sports car's revival as EV

KYOTO, Japan - An electricity-powered model of the one-time popular sports car Tommykaira ZZ is unveiled at Kyoto University on Dec. 2, 2010. Green Lord Motors Co., a Kyoto-based venture business, created the replica of the car as an electric vehicle.

Roland to rev up quiet GLM EV

Roland to rev up quiet GLM EV

Junichi Miki (L), chief executive officer of major electronic musical instrument maker Roland Corp., and Hiroyasu Koma, president of Kyoto-based electric vehicle developer GLM Co., pose next to GLM's Tommykaira ZZ electric sports car in Tokyo on June 2, 2015. Roland has developed a sound system for the model that provides engine revving sound effects for drivers unsatisfied with quiet EVs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Old favorite sports car's revival as EV

Old favorite sports car's revival as EV

KYOTO, Japan - An electricity-powered model of the one-time popular sports car Tommykaira ZZ is unveiled at Kyoto University on Dec. 2, 2010. Green Lord Motors Co., a Kyoto-based venture business, created the replica of the car as an electric vehicle. (Kyodo)