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    Volkswagen Unveils Golf Blue-E-Motion Concept
    Volkswagen has unveiled the all-electric Golf blue-e-motion concept in Berlin that is scheduled for market launch in 2013 alongside an Up blue-e-motion electric car. Volkswagen said that in three years would also launch technically closely-related Jetta blue-e-motion. In the same timeframe, the Lavida blue-e-motion will also launch in China. The Golf blue-e-motion concept...
    by at May 3rd, 2010 at 04:05 am
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    Sion Power Receives ARPA-E Grant for Electric Car Batteries
    Sion Power has received a three-year research grant worth up to $5 million from the United States Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E). Under the ARPA-E program, Sion Power, in collaboration with BASF, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will accelerate the development of practical, economical...
    by at May 2nd, 2010 at 03:05 am
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    Nissan Leaf Pre-Orders Pass 8,000
    Ten days after Nissan started taking pre-orders for its LEAF electric car, the company has already secured over 8,000 reservations in the U.S. Mark Perry, Nissan North America’s director of product planning, told Reuters that Nissan is now on track to receive 25,000 orders ahead of the launch of the car in December. Even though the initial U.S. launch will be limited...
    by at May 1st, 2010 at 06:05 am
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    FEV Shows Dodge Caliber ReEV at UQM Technologies Facility
    FEV showed its Dodge Caliber Range-extended Electric Vehicle (ReEV) with plug-in capability at the April 30, 2010 grand opening of the new UQM Technologies, Inc. production facility in Longmont, Co. UQM was a grant recipient under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and Vice President Joe Biden attended the grand opening. The Caliber ReEV incorporates a UQM traction...
    by at May 1st, 2010 at 05:05 am
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    ZAP to Make Alias Electric Sports Car in China
    ZAP has signed a deal with Zhejiang Jonway Automobile Co. Ltd. to make its Alias electric sports car for the Chinese market. ZAP and Jonway have agreed to accelerate volume production manufacturing plans following successful debut of a pre-production Alias at the Jonway exhibit at the Beijing Motor Show last week. ZAP is targeting the electric vehicle market in China and...
    by at April 29th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
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    Europe Reveals Electric Cars Strategy
    The European Commission has revealed plans to promote green and fuel-efficient vehicles, primarily focusing on the role of electric cars rather than biofuel-powered vehicles. Giving a boost to electric cars, the commission said it will promote the development of a network of publicly accessible high-voltage charging stations around Europe. It also aims to produce European...
    by at April 29th, 2010 at 07:04 am
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    Toyota Launches Strasbourg Plug-in Hybrid Project
    Toyota, French energy provider EDF, and the City of Strasbourg have launched a plug-in hybrid test program in Strasbourg that will see around 100 plug-in hybrids using dedicated charging infrastructure in the French city. The plug-in hybrid test project has received support via the Research Fund managed by the French Environment and Energy Management Agency ADEME. This...
    by at April 27th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
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    Lexus Hybrid Bicycle Concept
    Lexus has created the Lexus Hybrid Bicycle, a design concept the captures the fundamental engineering and design values of the brand, but with two wheels rather than four. In every aspect this is Lexus, from the L-finesse design language of the engaging and elegant frame, to the application of hybrid power, an electric eight-speed transmission and lightweight carbon fiber...
    by at April 27th, 2010 at 09:04 am
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    VW Unveils E-Lavida Electric Concept in Beijing
    Volkswagen has unveiled the E-Lavida concept, an electric version of its Chinese-market Lavida sedan which is based on the global Golf. The E-Lavida is Volkswagen’s first car to be totally designed and produced in China and could be in production by 2013. Volkswagen did not release any technical details about the electric vehicle. However, from what we can see in...
    by at April 27th, 2010 at 06:04 am
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    GM Builds First Opel Ampera
    The Opel Ampera passed an important milestone Friday, April 23, when the first pre-production Model Year 2012 Ampera rolled off the line at GM’s Pre-Production Operations assembly line in Warren, Michigan. Assembly workers will build more pre-production Amperas in the coming months. These pre-production vehicles will not be sold at dealerships, but used instead for testing...
    by at April 26th, 2010 at 11:04 am
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