Archive for February, 2010

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    Mercedes Vito Electric Taxi Launched in London
    Eco City Vehicles PLC, a developer and supplier of eco-friendly commercial vehicles and the London licensed taxi, has launched an all electric Mercedes Vito taxi in London. Called the Mercedes Electric eVito Taxi, the zero-emissions, lithium-ion battery vehicle was developed by a consortium of high-technology engineering companies including ECV’s manufacturing partner...
    by at February 8th, 2010 at 02:02 pm
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    Toyota to Test Prius PHEV in Norway
    Toyota has signed a partnership agreement with the City of Oslo to run a demonstration project with two Prius Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles in Norway for three years as from June 2010. Toyota is in the process of deploying a fleet of around 600 new Prius PHEVs in Japan, North America and Asia. This project is part of Toyota’s pan-European PHEV limited lease program that...
    by at February 7th, 2010 at 08:02 am
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    Better Place Opens EV Demonstration Center
    The Better Place Center is built on the Pi Glilot site – one of the last gasoline storage and distribution centers remaining in Israel. The Center sits on a 750-square-meter site, offers a unique virtual experience along with a driving track for the electric vehicles and expects to receive tens of thousands of visitors from Israel and abroad in its first year. The tour...
    by at February 7th, 2010 at 06:02 am
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    Nissan Forms Electric Car Partnership with Houston
    The Renault-Nissan Alliance has formed electric car partnership with City of Houston, aiming to promote development of an electric-vehicle charging network and policies to support widespread adoptions of electric cars. The announcement, made at the Houston stop of the Nissan LEAF Zero Emissions Tour, helps pave the way for the 2010 introduction of Nissan LEAF, the industry’s...
    by at February 6th, 2010 at 03:02 am
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    Protoscar LAMPO2 Electric Sports Car Revealed
    This is a LAMPO2 electric demonstration sports car conceived by Protoscar, a Swiss company which has been developing CleanCar projects for 23 years including consulting of OEMs, power utilities and governments. The LAMPO2 boasts “quick-charging” capability (up to 100 km or 62 miles range extension in just 10 minutes charging time) and will be presented at the...
    by at February 5th, 2010 at 11:02 am
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    New System Provides PHEVs With Power to Spare
    An advancement in hybrid electric vehicle technology is providing powerful benefits beyond transportation. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have designed, fabricated and demonstrated a PHEV traction drive power electronics system that provides significant mobile power generation and vehicle-to-grid support capabilities. “The...
    by at February 5th, 2010 at 10:02 am
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    GM and NASA Create Robonaut2 Cutting Edge Robot
    NASA and General Motors are showing off the Robonaut2, the next generation of an advanced robot that is said to be faster, more dexterous and more technologically advanced robot than its precursor. Engineers and scientists from NASA and GM worked together through a Space Act Agreement at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to build a new humanoid robot capable...
    by at February 4th, 2010 at 09:02 am
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    Axeon to Power Electric Citroen C1 Evie
    Axeon, Europe’s largest independent lithium-ion battery systems supplier, is to develop a new high capacity battery for the electric Citroën C1 ev’ie, manufactured by the UK-based Electric Car Corporation, with a view to supplying between 300 and 500 batteries in the 12 months following a successful trial. Axeon, based in Dundee, is Europe’s leading designer, developer...
    by at February 3rd, 2010 at 05:02 am
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    Beijing Plans Electric Bus Charging Stations
    Chinese capitol plans to transform part of the existing gasoline filling stations and increase the number of electric vehicle charging stations, making “integrated refuel and charge service stations” to provide both services. Beijing will build more electric bus charging stations in the near future because the only station is unable to meet the increasing number...
    by at February 2nd, 2010 at 05:02 am
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