Archive for June, 2010

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    UK Gives Green Light for Nissan Electric Car Grant
    The UK government gives green light for a £20m ($28.88 million) grant to help Nissan build LEAF electric cars in northern England. British Prime Minister David Cameron last week said that he wanted to electric cars to be built in Britain but was unsure if the 20 million pound, assured by the previous government, would be granted. Nissan said in March it would begin building...
    by at June 9th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
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    Smart ForTwo Electric Drive Debuts in US
    The smart fortwo electric drive has made its debut in the United States. smart USA Distributor LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Automotive Group, Inc. is launching a program this fall that will place electric smart vehicles with like-minded partners in select regions of the country. When conceiving the smart concept more than 20 years ago, Daimler developers anticipated the...
    by at June 9th, 2010 at 04:06 am
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    BBC Drives Through Europe with THINK City EV
    The BBC has embarked on a 4000 miles trip around Europe called BBC Electric Ride with THINK City EV to find out whether electric cars are a viable form of future transport. The team of four, led by presenter Peter Curran, will drive straight to Harwich to catch a ferry to Denmark; before driving across the Danish islands to Norway, then onto Sweden, Austria, Germany, Lichtenstein,...
    by at June 8th, 2010 at 03:06 am
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    Nissan Reaches 6,000 Preorders in Japan
    Nissan Motor Co. announced on Monday it had received 6,000 orders for its LEAF electric car in Japan, meeting its sales target for all of 2010 in just two months. The company will continue to accept reservations; orders will be delivered on a priority basis in 2011. The Nissan LEAF goes on sale in Japan in December 2010. Nissan began taking orders from retail customers...
    by at June 7th, 2010 at 08:06 am
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    Stanford Students Unveil WENG Electric Car
    Stanford graduate students have designed and built an electric car that may see some large-scale production and distribution. The name of the car is WENG and it stands for Where Everyone Needs to Go. This first version of the WENG electric car car takes four hours to charge and can go about 10 miles at 15 to 20 mph. But an optimized system with the best batteries and appropriate...
    by at June 6th, 2010 at 05:06 am
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    AeroVironment to Install Electric Car Charging Stations in South Carolina
    Plug-In Carolina has selected AeroVironment to supply, install and support a network of public electric car charging stations in seven South Carolina cities. AeroVironment will build 60 to 100 fueling stations for electric vehicles in seven South Carolina cities as part of a contract with the nonprofit Plug-In Carolina, which is sponsored by the state’s major utilities. The...
    by at June 4th, 2010 at 06:06 am
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    T3 Motion Debuts GT3 Plug-in EV
    T3 Motion has unveiled the GT3 plug-in electric consumer vehicle. The proprietary rear-wheel design of the GT3 features a patent-pending, single, wide-stance wheel with two high-performance tires sharing one wheel. The innovative design of the GT3 features a proprietary (patent pending) single, wide-stance, rear wheel with two high-performance tires sharing one rim. Employing...
    by at June 3rd, 2010 at 08:06 am
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    THINK City EVs Head for South America
    Building on recent announcements about new markets entered in Europe and plans to start new operations in the USA and Asia, THINK, the Scandinavian electric vehicle maker, has now announced a deal with energy provider CPFL Energia to conduct a feasibility study on its THINK City EVs in the Brazilian market. CPFL Energia has purchased three THINK City EVs, which it intends...
    by at June 3rd, 2010 at 03:06 am
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    Mitsubishi Announces Shipment of i-MiEV to Australia
    Mitsubishi announced today the shipment of its i-MiEV electric car to Australia starting from July. Mitsubishi, along with its Australian distributor Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited, has been conducting EV promotional activities aimed at electric power companies and other entities since February of this year with 2 i-MiEVs. Forty i-MiEVs will be shipped starting from...
    by at June 2nd, 2010 at 11:06 am
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    Ford to Offer Free Charging Stations for Electric Vehicle Owners
    Ford is partnering with Coulomb Technologies, nation’s leading infrastructure providers for electric vehicles, to provide free charging stations to nearly 5000 of its first electric vehicle customers. Under the Ford Blue Oval ChargePoint Program, residents in nine designated markets could receive a free ChargePoint® Networked Charging Station with the purchase of a...
    by at June 2nd, 2010 at 10:06 am
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