Posts Tagged ‘electric car’

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    Consumers Still Unsure About Electric Cars
    With the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt set to hit dealer lots, 40 percent of consumers still feel they don’t know enough about the technology to consider an electric car for their next purchase. While the bulk of consumers are still unsure of the technology, those who said they would consider an electric car (36 percent) for their next car purchase outweighed those...
    by at May 4th, 2010 at 11:05 am
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    ZAP to Make Alias Electric Sports Car in China
    ZAP has signed a deal with Zhejiang Jonway Automobile Co. Ltd. to make its Alias electric sports car for the Chinese market. ZAP and Jonway have agreed to accelerate volume production manufacturing plans following successful debut of a pre-production Alias at the Jonway exhibit at the Beijing Motor Show last week. ZAP is targeting the electric vehicle market in China and...
    by at April 29th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
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    LG Chem to Supply Volvo with Electric Car Batteries
    LG Chem was named the lithium-ion battery pack supplier for Volvo’s electric car program, as battery makers seek ties with carmakers, betting on the market’s future growth. LG Chem has already teamed up with home market giant Hyundai Motor Co Ltd, Ford and General Motors from the U.S. and China’s Changan New Energy Automobile on auto batteries. “LG...
    by at April 26th, 2010 at 08:04 am
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    Chinese Consumers Lead in Electric Car Interest
    About 60 percent of Chinese consumers said they would consider buying plug-in hybrids or pure electric cars, according to a survey released by Ernst & Young Global Automotive Center. This figure is five times higher than that of other countries, such as the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and France. Out of 1,000 respondents, the majority...
    by at April 25th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
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    Better Place Partners with Chery on Electric Cars
    Better Place said it signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chery, China’s largest independent carmaker and exporter, to collaborate on electric car technology in China. Under the MoU, Better Place and Chery will jointly develop switchable-battery electric car prototypes with the goal of securing regional Chinese government electric vehicle pilot projects. As...
    by at April 25th, 2010 at 04:04 am
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    ZAP Licenses Electric Car Smart Charger Controller Technology
    California-based electric carmaker ZAP has licensed the Smart Charger Controller technology developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The technology allows customers to minimize the cost of charging electric cars by automatically recharging a vehicle’s battery at times of least demand on the grid and subsequently, least cost to the consumer. Battelle, an...
    by at April 14th, 2010 at 03:04 pm
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    Renault and EDF Announces Electric Car Project in France
    The Renault-Nissan Alliance and EDF will conduct an experimental electric car project in Yvelines (France) with €6.5 million (US$8.8 million) financial support from the French Environmental and Energy Management Agency. Other partners in the electric car project include Schneider Electric and Better Place. Approximately one hundred Renault and Nissan electric cars...
    by at April 13th, 2010 at 09:04 am
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    Ireland to Offer €5,000 Grant to Electric Car Buyers
    The Irish Government is to provide a €5,000 (US$6,800) grant to incentives the public to buy electric cars. The government, along with its largest electricity firm, ESB, also announced collaboration on electric cars with the Renault-Nissan Alliance. The agreement includes the development of a nationwide electric car charging infrastructure by ESB, the supply of electric...
    by at April 12th, 2010 at 09:04 am
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    Shandong Province Builds First Large Electric Car Charging Station
    China’s Shandong Electric Power Corporation is building the first large electric car charging station in Shandong province capable of charging 45 cars at a time. The province aims to build nine charging stations and 500 electric car charging facilities this year. Four of the nine charging stations will be located in Linyi and five will be located in Ji’nan,...
    by at April 11th, 2010 at 01:04 pm
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    USABC to Test SK Energy Electric Car Batteries
    SK Energy Co., Korea’s leading refinery, will take part in a U.S. government-led research program to develop rechargeable batteries for electric cars. SK Energy will jointly work with the U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC) on evaluating lithium batteries applicable to electric vehicles for one year, where the USABC will fund half of the expenses, the company said. SK...
    by at April 10th, 2010 at 11:04 am
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