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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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    Nissan Delivers Texas’ First Electric Nissan LEAF
    Nissan USA delivered its first LEAF electric car in Texas on Tuesday to a Houston-area family of five that plans to use it for a 70-mile round-trip commute. Jimmy and Christie Sauers of Seabrook, a suburb of Houston, say the LEAF will replace their 2003 Toyota Matrix and will be a second car to the family’s 13-year-old Toyota 4Runner. Jimmy is an engineer and analyst...
    by at January 26th, 2011 at 04:01 am
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    Volkswagen XL1 Plug-In Hybrid Concept Unveiled in Qatar
    Volkswagen today unveiled the XL1 super-efficient concept car – the third evolutionary stage of the firm’s ‘1-liter car ‘strategy. Despite the very high levels of efficiency, developers in XL1 concept designed a body layout that offers greater everyday practicality, incorporating side by side seating rather than the tandem arrangement seen in both the first...
    by at January 25th, 2011 at 01:01 pm
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    Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL Presented to German Federal Ministry of Transport
    Thanks to the Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL, the employees of the German Federal Ministry of Transport will soon be able to enjoy local zero-emission motoring on business trips. Dr. Thomas Weber, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and responsible for Group Research and Mercedes-Benz Cars Development, presented today a B-Class F-CELL fuel-cell electric car to...
    by at January 25th, 2011 at 12:01 pm
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    Epyon Multi-Port Fast Chargers Receive CHAdeMO Certification
    Epyon BV announced that it completed certification of two multi-port fast chargers, making them the world’s first CHAdeMO compliant systems that allow for simultaneous charging of multiple cars. CHAdeMO, the association that promotes a worldwide connection standard for EV fast charging, recently certified Epyon’s Terra Base Station 50.x and Terra Base Station...
    by at January 25th, 2011 at 03:01 am
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    Mazda to Lease Demio Electric Cars in Japan
    Mazda Motor Corporation is independently developing an electric car with plans to commence leasing in Japan in spring 2012. The new electric car, based on its Demio subcompact, is expected to have a driving range of 200 kilometers (about 124 miles) and will be leased mainly to local government bodies and fleet customers. Mazda is currently advancing its Building Block...
    by at January 24th, 2011 at 05:01 am
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    Ecotricity Nemesis Electric Supercar
    Ecotricity, the UK’s leading green energy company, launched the first high performance electric sports car designed and built entirely in the UK – the Nemesis Electric Supercar. As with the Tesla Roadster, the Nemesis electric sports car has Lotus underpinnings. It is based on the Exige, but is 90mm longer to make room for the electric powertrain and allow more...
    by at January 23rd, 2011 at 07:01 am
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