Posts Tagged ‘electric car’

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    JFE Builds Fast Charging Station for Electric Cars
    Japanese company JFE Engineering claims it has found a way to recharge electric car batteries in only 3 minutes. In tests JFE conducted with its “Super-Rapid Charging System” device, Mitsubishi’s i-MiEV electric car, which has a driving range of 160km on a full charge, was able to drive for 80km (50 miles) continuously after a 3-minute charge. A 5-minute charge supplies...
    by at July 11th, 2010 at 04:07 am
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    Nissan Joins Renault-RWE Electric Car Partnership
    Nissan has joined Renault’s partnership with German electric utility RWE Efficiency GmbH to promote electric mobility in Germany. RWE plans to set up an extensive charging network in Germany with about 1,000 stations to be set up across Germany by the end of 2010 focused mainly on the Berlin and Ruhr areas. Together with other partners, RWE plans to extend the charging...
    by at June 24th, 2010 at 09:06 am
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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 at June 18th, 2010 at 10:06 am
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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 at June 16th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
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    Brussels Proposes Electric Car Safety Rules
    The European Commission has proposed safety harmonization measures to ensure that electric cars in member states are safe and that consumers are protected against direct contacts with parts of the car under voltage. The EU has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, and sees hybrid and electric cars as a key part of that strategy. The measures will speed up the...
    by at June 15th, 2010 at 09:06 am
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    Nissan Adds Noises to LEAF Electric Car
    Nissan has invited nearly 500 people to drive its new Nissan LEAF electric car at the company’s Oppama test track in Japan over the next week. Media, Nissan shareholders, government officials, analysts and some of the first customers to place reservations for Nissan LEAF will get the chance to experience the benefits of this practical, affordable and fun to drive...
    by at June 12th, 2010 at 05:06 am
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    Nissan Reaches 6,000 Preorders in Japan
    Nissan Motor Co. announced on Monday it had received 6,000 orders for its LEAF electric car in Japan, meeting its sales target for all of 2010 in just two months. The company will continue to accept reservations; orders will be delivered on a priority basis in 2011. The Nissan LEAF goes on sale in Japan in December 2010. Nissan began taking orders from retail customers...
    by at June 7th, 2010 at 08:06 am
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    Stanford Students Unveil WENG Electric Car
    Stanford graduate students have designed and built an electric car that may see some large-scale production and distribution. The name of the car is WENG and it stands for Where Everyone Needs to Go. This first version of the WENG electric car car takes four hours to charge and can go about 10 miles at 15 to 20 mph. But an optimized system with the best batteries and appropriate...
    by at June 6th, 2010 at 05:06 am
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    Mitsubishi Announces Shipment of i-MiEV to Australia
    Mitsubishi announced today the shipment of its i-MiEV electric car to Australia starting from July. Mitsubishi, along with its Australian distributor Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited, has been conducting EV promotional activities aimed at electric power companies and other entities since February of this year with 2 i-MiEVs. Forty i-MiEVs will be shipped starting from...
    by at June 2nd, 2010 at 11:06 am
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    BYD-Daimler to Make Electric Cars for Chinese Market
    China’s leading battery and auto maker BYD Co. Germany’s Daimler AG announced on Thursday a 50-50-owned new joint venture to mass produce an electric car in China. Daimler and BYD plan to invest 600 million Yuan ($88 million, €71 million) in the joint venture called Shenzhen BYD Daimler New Technology Ltd. Daimler is to bring “know-how in car architecture...
    by at May 27th, 2010 at 06:05 am
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