Posts Tagged ‘electric car’

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    Renault Announces First Wave of UK Electric Car Dealers
    With the arrival of Kangoo Van Z.E., the first model in Renault’s four-strong electric car line-up, the French marque has confirmed the first wave of UK dealers for its electric cars. Twenty one electric car sites, branded Z.E. Expert, are now live and ready to offer the full range of sales and after-sales services for Renault’s electric car customers, with each one...
    by at December 23rd, 2011 at 10:12 am
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    Better Place Opens Switchable Electric Car Experience Center in Guangzhou
    Better Place and China Southern Power Grid (CSG) announced opening their Switchable Electric Car Experience Center in Guangzhou’s Pearl River New Town. A switchable battery electric car today drove out from the experience center, marking Guangzhou as the starting point for EV network infrastructure in the five Southern provinces served by CSG. The Switchable Electric...
    by at December 12th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
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    Mitsubishi Delivers 1,000th i-MiEV in Norway
    Mitsubishi Motors announced the delivery of Norway’s 1,000th i-MiEV electric car. The ceremony to celebrate the delivery of the 1,000th i-MiEV was held in Oslo on December 5 in the presence of Mr. Erik Solheim, Norway’s Minister of Environment and Development. In Norway, electric car buyers can receive substantial incentives while installation of charging infrastructure...
    by at December 7th, 2011 at 12:12 am
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    Paris Launches World’s Largest Electric Car Sharing
    Paris today launched world’s largest electric car sharing called Autolib’ in an attempt to slash noise and air pollution, as well as to reduce traffic congestion by discouraging private ownership of vehicles. The move comes four years after the Vélib’ bike-hire scheme was introduced and will see 250 Bluecars on Monday. By next year it is planned that the service...
    by at December 5th, 2011 at 09:12 am
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    Nissan Leaf Wins Car of the Year Japan Award
    Nissan won Car of the Year Japan for 2011-2012 at the Tokyo Motor Show on Saturday for its Leaf electric car, the executive committee for the award announced at the show. This is the 32nd year that the Car of the Year Japan awards has been held, and it is the first time in its long history that an electric car has won this prestigious award. The award committee, which...
    by at December 4th, 2011 at 02:12 am
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    Aptera Motors Pulls the Plug
    Aptera Motors Inc., a Southern California electric car start-up, has decided to pull the plug after failing to raise funds needed to put its electric cars on the road. Aptera Motors CEO Paul Wilbur said in a statement that the company had gained conditional approval for a $150 million loan from the U.S. Department of Energy, but it was unable to raise the $80 million in...
    by at December 3rd, 2011 at 03:12 am
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    SEAT Unveils its First Electric Car and Plug-in Hybrid
    SEAT is unveiling its first all-electric car, the prototype Altea XL Electric Ecomotive, and the prototype Leon TwinDrive Ecomotive, a plug-in hybrid. SEAT plans the launch of its first electric plug-in hybrid car in 2015, to be followed a year later by an all-electric car. The announcement of the launch of the first electric cars coincides with the start of the biggest...
    by at November 11th, 2011 at 01:11 pm
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    Peugeot Receives Order for 3,000 iOn Electric Cars
    The Peugeot iOn has been chosen by a French purchasing association, led by La Poste (French post office) and the public procurement organization UGAP, for the provision of electric car fleets. This association, comprising 19 major French private companies and the public sector, has committed to ordering a minimum of 3,074 Peugeot iOn electric cars over a 4-year period. The...
    by at November 11th, 2011 at 01:11 am
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    GM to Invest $325M in Warren Plant for Electric Car Parts
    General Motors said Friday it will invest $325 million in tools and equipment to support production of future electric car components, creating or retaining 418 jobs. GM did not disclose how the jobs break down between new and retained. The plant in suburban Detroit has 679 total employees, most of whom produce transmissions for the Chevrolet Traverse, Buick Enclave and...
    by at October 22nd, 2011 at 01:10 am
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    Breakthrough In Electric Cars Not Expected For Another Decade
    European automotive executives are confident that Europe will become the first mass market for electric cars, according to a new research conducted by Ernst & Young. Ernst & Young surveyed the opinion of over 300 European automotive leaders to reveal that the on average they believe that the electric car market will reach a critical mass by 2022. Europe is expected...
    by at October 10th, 2011 at 06:10 am
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