Posts Tagged ‘electric car’

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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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    ‘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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    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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    IBM Battery 500 Project Gets Two New Partners
    IBM announced that two industry leaders — Asahi Kasei and Central Glass — will join its Battery 500 Project team and collaborate on far-reaching research with the potential to accelerate the switch from gasoline to electricity as the primary power source for electric cars. As partners in the Battery 500 Project, Asahi Kasei and Central Glass bring decades of...
    by at April 20th, 2012 at 10:04 am
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    Audi Developing e-sound for e-tron Electric Cars [video]
    Audi has developed e-sound for its R8 e-tron electric car, saving absent-minded pedestrians from an unfortunate encounter with this battery-powered road rocket. In a series-production Audi, a combustion engine currently supplies the music. The motor in an electric-powered e-tron is not an option, as it is too quiet and its high frequencies are not exactly melodious. Audi’s...
    by at April 8th, 2012 at 12:04 am
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    E-RA Electric Car Sets World Speed Record on Ice (Video)
    An all-electric E-RA (Electric RaceAbout) created history in the cold climes of Finland when it broke the speed record of 252 km/h on ice. The E-RA actually managed a top speed of 260 km/h (161.59mph), but for the record attempt, the time and speed for the one-kilometer distance was measured in both directions. That resulted in the 252.09 km/h (156.64mph) average. The...
    by at April 2nd, 2012 at 12:04 am
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    Oregon Unveils its Electric Highway
    The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), along with charging station partner AeroVironment and the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE), opened the first phase of the West Coast Electric Highway, which is anticipated to eventually stretch along Interstate 5 from the Canadian to Mexican borders. The charging station hubs introduced today will provide electric car owners...
    by at March 19th, 2012 at 01:03 am
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    Renault ZOE EV
    The production version of the Renault ZOE electric car has been unveiled today at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The Renault ZOE electric hatchback will go on sale in Europe this autumn, but cars can already be reserved at www.renault-ze.com. In France, tax-paid prices for Renault ZOE will start from €15,700  for the entry level version, ZOE Life, which will come with...
    by at March 6th, 2012 at 09:03 am
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    Envia Promises Big Breakthrough for Electric Car Batteries
    Envia Systems is announcing at the ARPA-E conference that it has achieved a critical milestone: a rechargeable lithium-ion battery with an “energy density” of 400 watt-hours per kilogram, the highest energy density known to be recorded for a rechargeable lithium-ion cell. When commercialized, this 400 Wh/kg battery is expected to slash the price of a 300 mile...
    by at February 27th, 2012 at 07:02 am
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    Tesla to Power Future Electric Mercedes-Benz
    Electric car company Tesla Motors revealed during its fourth-quarter earnings announcement that the company was partnering up with Mercedes-Benz on another electric-car project. For the new Mercedes, Tesla will provide the battery packs, motor, gearbox, inverter and all related software. It will start to record sales for the contract starting in the second quarter. Mercedes...
    by at February 19th, 2012 at 03:02 am
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