Archive for October, 2010

  • 0
    Audi Launches EV Partnership with Tongji University
    Audi has initiated a partnership with Chinese Tongji University, seeking to train the students going there in the fields of research, instruction and services regarding electromobility. Audi has been cooperating with Tongji University Shanghai since January. Students at TUS work together with the car manufacturer on various technical projects as part of their coursework...
    by at October 30th, 2010 at 08:10 am
  • 0
    Nissan Announces LEAF Price in Switzerland, Makes New EV Partnership
    Nissan International SA announced the price of Nissan LEAF in Switzerland, making Switzerland the fifth European market in which Nissan has disclosed the price of the first global electric car to be manufactured by a major carmaker. The zero-emission Nissan LEAF will cost 49,950 CHF ($50,865 or €36,470) with customer deliveries to start in the second half of 2011. The...
    by at October 30th, 2010 at 03:10 am
  • 0
    Better Place Brining Battery-Swap Stations to San Francisco Bay Area
    Better Place has been awarded a contract that will allow it to bring its electric taxis and battery switching stations to the San Francisco Bay area in 2011. Taxis are a high-mileage, high-visibility segment that can serve as the on-ramp for technology transfer to the mass-market. Over the next three years, the program will deploy and operate four battery switch stations...
    by at October 29th, 2010 at 10:10 am
  • 0
    Tesla Officially Reopen NUMMI – Home of the Model S
    Tesla Motors unveiled the production facility in California where it will build the Tesla Model S and its future electric vehicles. The Fremont plant was formerly a New United Motor Manufacturing (NUMMI) facility that had been opened in 1984, as a joint venture between GM and Toyota Motor Corp. The former NUMMI factory closed in April 2010. Tesla purchased the factory...
    by at October 28th, 2010 at 10:10 am
  • 1
    Citroen Metropolis Heading into Production
    Citroen has reportedly given the green light for series production of the Metropolis concept, which will fight with luxury models of the premium German automakers. According to the Automotive News, the Metropolis concept car may be produced as a spiritual successor to the legendary Citroen DS, produced from 1959 to the mid 1970′s. The car would be badged DS9, as a...
    by at October 27th, 2010 at 03:10 pm
  • 0
    Electric Cars Demand May Be Overhyped
    The global demand for hybrid cars and electric vehicles may be overhyped, according to a report from J.D. Power & Associates, which said it expect such vehicles to capture just 7.3% of passenger vehicles sold globally by 2010. Combined global sales of hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles are expected to total 5.2 million units in 2020, or just 7.3 percent...
    by at October 27th, 2010 at 02:10 pm
  • 0
    Canada Post Orders 10 Ford Transit Connect Electric Vans
    Ford of Canada and Azure Dynamics announced today that they will deliver ten Ford Transit Connect Electric vans to Canada Post under the LEAD customer program. Canada Post will receive one of the exclusive Ford Transit Connect Electric vans by the end of this year and has committed to the purchase of nine more by end of 2011. To create the Transit Connect Electric van,...
    by at October 27th, 2010 at 01:10 pm
  • 0
    Honda to Unveil Electric Concept at LA Auto Show
    An all-new Honda electric vehicle concept will make its world debut November 17 at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show, the company announced today. Additionally, Honda will reveal a plug-in hybrid platform showcasing the next-generation of Honda hybrid technology. Both the electric vehicle concept and the plug-in hybrid platform along with the FCX Clarity fuel cell electric...
    by at October 27th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
  • 0
    Volvo Working on Fuel-Cell to Extend Electric Car Range
    Volvo is working together with the Powercell Sweden AB on a development of a fuel-cell that can extend the electric car’s operating range. The Swedish carmaker plans to have two prototype chassis based on the Volvo C30 DRIVe Electric ready for testing in everyday traffic in 2012. In the first phase, a preliminary study is being conducted into what is known as a Range...
    by at October 27th, 2010 at 03:10 am
  • 0
    Audi A2 Electric Sets Single Charge Distance Record
    An Audi A2 electric on Tuesday covered the distance of more than 600 km (375 miles) without recharging its battery. The Audi A2 electric took around seven hours to complete the distance from Munich in southern Germany to Berlin on a single charge. Driver Mirko Hannemann, the chief of DBM Energy, drove the distance at 90 km/h (55 miles per hour) on average, had the heat...
    by at October 27th, 2010 at 01:10 am
Page 1 of 512345