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    Mitsubishi to Cut Price of i-MiEV Electric Cars
    Mitsubishi plans to bring the price of its electric vehicles down some 30% to around 2 million yen ($21,890) by fiscal 2012, the Nikkei business daily reported. The carmaker aims to cut the price of its key i-MiEV electric car to 2 million yen by lowering output costs to promote the still-pricey vehicle. The i-MiEV electric car was priced at 4.59 million yen when it was...
    by admin at June 18th, 2010 at 10:06 am
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    First 4,400 Chevy Volt Owners Eligible for Free Home Charging Stations
    Buyers of the first 4,400 Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrids are eligible for free home-charging stations, the company said today. The program will provide Volt owners with a 240-volt charge station from either ECOtality, Inc. or Coulomb Technologies. In many cases, it will include the cost of home installation. The projects are made possible with a grant of American Recovery...
    by admin at June 17th, 2010 at 09:06 am
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    First Phase of UK Electric Car Trial Complete
    The first three-month period of an electric car trial in the UK is complete and it turns out the fleet of 25 Mitsubishi iMiEVs has been running an average of 23 miles a day and have been parked 97 percent of the time. Electric vehicle drivers used their electric cars like the typical UK driver – the majority of journeys were less than five miles (at similar distances,...
    by admin at June 17th, 2010 at 04:06 am
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    THINK Starts Production of Lithium-Ion Version of City EV
    Norwegian electric car maker THINK has launched production of the lithium-ion battery version of its City EV. The 22 kWh lithium-ion battery for the THINK City EV pack is being supplied by Ener1 subsidiary, Indiana-based EnerDel which owns an equity stake in Think. The latest generation THINK City is a purpose-built, all-electric car designed for urban environments. It...
    by admin at June 16th, 2010 at 02:06 pm
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    Survey Finds Demand for Electric Cars Could Outpace Supply
    There will be more drivers in the market for plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and electric cars in the next two years than will be rolling off the production lines, according to results from a poll conducted by Ernst & Young. More than 25% of the 4,000 drivers surveyed across the U.S., Europe, China and Japan said they would consider buying an electric car. Even if only a small...
    by admin at June 16th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
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