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    Mitsubishi Brings Two Electric Cars in 2012 Pikes Peak
    Mitsubishi will bring two electric cars in the Electric Class of the legendary Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Mitsubishi will be aiming for victory in the Electric Class with the i-MiEV Evolution, a specially-prepared competition version based on the ‘i’ electric car. Mitsubishi will also be bringing production ‘i’ electric car that has been...
    by at May 20th, 2012 at 02:05 am
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    Chevrolet Volt Drivers Have Saved Supertanker of Gas
    Chevrolet Volt drivers collectively have saved a supertanker of gasoline since the extended range plug-in went on sale, compiling 40 million miles on electricity and avoiding the use of more than 2.1 million gallons of gasoline. Based on the OnStar monitoring, Chevy says Volts are being driven about 60% of their miles electric-only, so they’ve also gone about 27...
    by at May 19th, 2012 at 01:05 am
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    Nissan to Test e-NV200 Electric Vans with AEON in Japan
    Nissan has begun tests of e-NV200, an electric van based on the compact commercial vehicle NV200, with AEON Retail Company in Japan. Following in the footsteps of Japan Post, FedEx and British Gas, Japanese supermarket operator AEON took delivery of an e-NV200, the all-electric version of Nissan’s popular van. AEON will use the e-NV200 test cars as delivery vehicles...
    by at May 18th, 2012 at 01:05 am
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    EVs Help FedEx Meet its Fuel Efficiency Goal Years Ahead of Schedule
    FedEx Express, a unit of FedEx Corp., has made significant progress towards its goal to make its vehicle fleet 20 percent more fuel efficient by 2020, announcing that the FedEx Express vehicle fleet is now 16.6 percent more fuel efficient through FY2011 than it was in 2005. The company’s significant progress is the result of a number of initiatives: • Upcoming addition...
    by at May 17th, 2012 at 09:05 am
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    Hertz Adds Ampera Plug-in Hybrid to London Fleet
    Hertz On Demand, Hertz’s global car sharing club, has announced that through its partnership with Vauxhall Motors, customers will be able to rent the stylish, Ampera plug-in hybrid from its fleet in London. Voted the Car of the Year 2012, Vauxhall Ampera delivers between 25-50 miles of battery-powered electric drive with zero tailpipe emissions while driving. Customers...
    by at May 17th, 2012 at 06:05 am
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    ‘Wind-Powered’ Electric Car Build by Chinese Farmer
    A 55-year-old Chinese farmer has invented a wind-powered electric car that he believes could revolutionize China’s auto industry. Tang Zhenping has spend around US$1,600 for three months using scrap parts from a motorcycle and electric scooter to create an electric car which can be charged via the large fan at the front of it. When the electric car reaches 40mph...
    by at May 16th, 2012 at 11:05 am
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    Hertz on Demand to Operate EV Car Sharing Club in England
    Hertz On Demand, Hertz’s global car sharing club, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chargemaster plc, a supplier of electric vehicle charging solutions, for the launch the operation of an electric vehicle car share scheme in Oxford, England. The program is designed to appeal to residents, visitors, and business people, who will be able to reserve...
    by at May 16th, 2012 at 03:05 am
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    Porsche 918 Spyder Prototypes Begin Testing
    The Porsche 918 Spyder is on the road. Driving trials of the super sports car of the future has progressed a step further with completion of the initial prototypes. The 918 Spyder will go into production at the end of September 2013 as planned, with the first customers receiving their vehicles before the end of that year. Projected price is $850,000, with production limited...
    by at May 15th, 2012 at 10:05 am
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    Honda Reveals New UNI-CUB Mobility Device
    Honda has revealed new personal mobility device dubbed the UNI-CUB, designed to revolutionize the way people move around. The UNI-CUB is the latest evolution of the U3-X personal mobility device that Honda unveiled 2009. The UNI-CUB features Honda’s proprietary balance control technology and the world’s first omni-directional driving wheel system (Honda Omni Traction...
    by at May 15th, 2012 at 07:05 am
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    BMW Unveils Electric Fleet for London Olympic Games
    BMW has unveiled its fleet of electric and hybrid cars, motorcycles and bicycles for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which will play a crucial role in delivering what is promised to be the first “truly sustainable Games”. BMW will have 240 electric and hybrid cars at the London Olympics this summer as part of the fleet of 4,000 vehicles the German...
    by at May 15th, 2012 at 04:05 am
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