Archive for January, 2012

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    Nissan Introduces New Eco-Carrier in Japan
    Nissan Motor Co., has launched its first energy-efficient, coastal car carrier, the Nichioh Maru, which will transport completed vehicles and parts on one of Japan’s main maritime shipping routes. The maker of the first mass-marketed, 100% electric vehicle — the Nissan LEAF — now employs an eco vessel nicknamed “Roro” — for roll-on and roll-off pick-ups...
    by at January 31st, 2012 at 12:01 am
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    Chevrolet Volt Owners May Soon Get Charged with Renewable Energy
    Chevrolet Volt owners could soon charge with renewable energy using a new solution from OnStar. The technology is enabled as OnStar receives a signal from PJM Interconnection that shows the percentage of available renewable energy on the grid. Data from this forecast is downloaded to the OnStar cloud, or Advanced Telematics Operating Management System (ATOMS). OnStar uses...
    by at January 30th, 2012 at 08:01 am
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    Lola-Drayson Electric Racing Car Revealed
    Lola Cars Group and the Drayson Racing Technologies have revealed what is intended to be the world’s fastest electric racing car. The Lola-Drayson B12/69EV electric racing car features Drayson’s brand new 4X2-640 electric drivetrain, inductive charging, composite battery power, moveable aerodynamics and electrical regenerative damping. The car will be powered...
    by at January 29th, 2012 at 06:01 am
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    California Votes on 15% Clean Car Mandate by 2025
    The California Air Resources Board approved a plan that would require 15.4 percent of new vehicles sold in the state be electric, fuel-cell or plug-in hybrid vehicles by 2025. The Advanced Clean Cars program combines the control of smog-causing pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions into a single coordinated package of requirements for model years 2017 through 2025. The...
    by at January 28th, 2012 at 12:01 am
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    Ener1 Files for Bankruptcy Protection
    Ener1 Inc, which received a $118.5 million federal grant to make lithium-ion batteries for plug-in electric cars, filed for bankruptcy protection amid heavy competition and after the demise of a large customer. Ener1 Inc. said it had reached a deal on a restructuring plan that will significantly reduce its debt and provide up to $81 million to recapitalize the company. The...
    by at January 27th, 2012 at 12:01 am
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    Ford C-MAX Energi Wins 2012 Green Car Vision Award
    The Ford C-MAX Energi has been named Green Car Journal’s 2012 Green Car Vision Award winner at The Washington Auto Show. The Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in model, which is expected to come to market in late 2012, is built on the same global C-car platform as the Ford Focus and other Ford models to come. “Designing new cars from the ground-up to accept both internal...
    by at January 26th, 2012 at 01:01 pm
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    Battery Modules for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles Will Be a $47 Billion Market in 2020
    In 2011, the first plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) went into production to add the next level of electric-only drive to the steadily growing popularity of the hybrid assist vehicle. Large lithium-ion battery production facilities came online in a number of countries around the world to support the anticipated demand fueled in many countries by generous subsidies...
    by at January 25th, 2012 at 11:01 am
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    CODA Holdings Launches CODA Energy for Energy-Storage Solutions
    CODA Holdings, parent company of the electric-vehicle maker Coda Automotive, has created CODA Energy, a new business arm targeting stationary grid storage systems. Worldwide installations of energy storage capacity are expected to increase from 121 megawatts (MW) in 2011 to 12,353 MW in 2021, with an estimated $122 billion in potential deployments over the next 10 years. CODA’s...
    by at January 24th, 2012 at 12:01 am
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    NHTSA Closes Chevrolet Volt Probe
    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has closed its safety defect investigation into the Chevrolet Volt. NHTSA opened its Preliminary Evaluation on Nov. 25 following a severe-impact lab test on a Chevrolet Volt battery packs that resulted in an electrical fire six days later. The test was conducted to reproduce a coolant leak that occurred in a full-scale...
    by at January 23rd, 2012 at 03:01 pm
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    Honda Delivers First Fit EV
    Honda delivered a 2013 Fit EV electric car to the city of Torrance, California, as part of an electric vehicle demonstration program ahead of the retail market launch in California and Oregon this summer. The delivery was marked by a ceremony at the Torrance City Hall, at which a key to the Fit EV was presented to Torrance Mayor Frank Scotto by Steve Center, vice president...
    by at January 23rd, 2012 at 02:01 pm
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