Archive for January, 2011

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    Cisco Partners with ECOtality to Integrate Blink Electric Car Chargers
    Cisco Systems and ECOtality are partnering to make electric cars part of a home energy-management system. ECOtality’s Blink Network charger interface will now be accessible through the Cisco Home Energy Controller (HEC), where Blink EV Home Charging Station owners can access information about their EVs and optimize their charging and energy usage. Cisco’s HEMS technology...
    by at January 31st, 2011 at 01:01 pm
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    Mercedes Launches B-Class F-Cell Journey Around the World
    Mercedes-Benz has launched the F-CELL World Drive, a long-distance demonstration of its B-Class F-Cell electric drive cars. The objective of the F-CELL World Drive is to demonstrate the efficiency and suitability for everyday use of fuel cell technology, and at the same time campaign for the development of a global hydrogen filling station network. Travelling across four...
    by at January 30th, 2011 at 05:01 am
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    Ford Focus Electric Wins Green Car Vision Award
    The Green Car Journal announced that the Ford Focus Electric won the annual Green Car Vision Award at the Washington Auto Show. This year, Green Car Vision Award finalists included the Ford Focus Electric, Honda Fit EV, Mitsubishi i, Toyota RAV4 Electric, and Volvo C30 DrivE electric. For the first time in the history of this award, all candidates featured electric drive. The...
    by at January 29th, 2011 at 07:01 am
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    Zipcar Adds Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrids to Fleet
    Zipcar and Toyota are introducing eight Prius Plug-in Hybrids to the car sharing company’s fleet, to test and evaluate plug-in hybrid technology and gain increased intelligence on how electric cars can fit into a large-scale car-sharing model. The Prius Plug-in Hybridss are now available to Zipcar members in Boston/Cambridge, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon. The eight...
    by at January 28th, 2011 at 06:01 am
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    GM Speeds Chevrolet Volt Rollout
    General Motors will launch the Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle in all 50 states by the end of the year, rather than limiting sales to a half-dozen markets as previously planned. Chevrolet Volts have been delivered to customers in the Washington D.C. area, as well as California, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Texas.  Customer deliveries in Michigan...
    by at January 27th, 2011 at 10:01 am
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    Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid: 2011 Geneva Preview
    At the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, Volvo Cars will be unveiling the V60 Plug-in Hybrid – a virtually production-ready car with carbon dioxide emissions below 50 g/km, which translates into fuel consumption at 1.9 l/100 km. In 2012 Volvo Cars will be the first manufacturer on the market with this new breed of hybrid – which is the result of close cooperation with...
    by at January 27th, 2011 at 04:01 am
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    Tesla Launches Battery Recycling Program Throughout Europe
    Tesla Motors has launched a comprehensive strategy to recycle its industry-leading battery packs throughout Europe. At the end of their long life, Tesla will recycle its battery packs at Umicore’s UHT facility in Belgium. The Brussels-based materials technology company will use the expended pack material to produce an alloy that will be further refined into cobalt,...
    by at January 27th, 2011 at 04:01 am
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    Smart USA Delivers First Smart Electric Drive Vehicle
    smart USA has delivered the first smart fortwo electric drive vehicle to a retail customer in the United States. The smart ED was handed over at the home of Mindy Kimball of Silver Spring, MD by Penske Automotive Group Chairman Roger Penske and Smart USA President Jill Lajdziak. Mindy Kimball is a 36-year-old early adopter of electric vehicle technology and a Major in...
    by at January 26th, 2011 at 11:01 pm
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    GM Invests $7m in Battery Startup Envia
    GM Ventures LLC invested $7 million into a battery startap Envia Systems as it seeks to reduce the high cost of lithium-ion batteries used in its electric vehicles. Newark, California-based Envia has developed advanced cathode technology uses inexpensive materials that store more energy per unit of mass than current cathode materials. Since the cathode is a key driver...
    by at January 26th, 2011 at 01:01 pm
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    Renault-Nissan Makes EV Partnership with The Mobility House
    The Renault-Nissan Alliance is developing a partnership with The Mobility House (TMH), an Austrian based electric mobility solutions provider, to promote zero-emission mobility in Austria and Switzerland. Under a Memorandum of Understanding, the Renault Nissan Alliance and TMH plan to offer electric vehicle customers a competitive e-mobility package through the respective...
    by at January 26th, 2011 at 04:01 am
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