Posts Tagged ‘electric cars’

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    Ford and PGE Partner to Prepare Region for Electric Cars
    Ford and Portland General Electric (PGE) announced a collaboration to help prepare the city of Portland and the Pacific Northwest for the operation of electric cars. Ford and PGE will work together to share information on charging needs and requirements to ensure the electrical grid can support the necessary demand for electric cars, as well as partner on consumer education...
    by at August 25th, 2010 at 03:08 am
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    Americans Ready to Test Electric Cars
    40 percent of Americans are likely to test-drive an electric car, citing “environmental and cost-saving benefits”, according to a new survey made by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). Consumers are open to considering an electric car in future, with 42 percent reporting they are likely to follow news reports about them, but overall awareness of the various...
    by at August 24th, 2010 at 08:08 am
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    Seoul Starts Installation of Electric Car Chargers
    South Korean capital Seoul plans to install more than 100 electric car charging points until the end of this year in an effort to promote use of zero-emission vehicles. The city, which is also trialing hybrid taxis, launched a partnership with three large Seoul-based retailers to roll out the chargers in supermarkets as well as city government district offices. Under the...
    by at July 28th, 2010 at 07:07 am
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    SK Energy to Provide Batteries for Hyundai-Kia Electric Cars
    SK Energy, South Korea’s top refiner will provide battery packs for future electric cars to be developed by country’s top automaker Hyundai-Kia. SK Energy will provide batteries for the i10, an electric car Hyundai-Kia aim to launch at the end of 2011. The electric i10 can run up to 99 miles (160 km) on a single charge range with a top speed of 81mph (130...
    by at July 24th, 2010 at 03:07 am
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    Senate Panel Approves $2 Billion in Aid for Electric Cars
    The U.S. Senate Energy Committee has approved a $2 billion program that aims to put 400,000 electric cars on the road in three years. The bill approved on a 19-4 vote this morning is a scaled-back version of an $11 billion bill first proposed in May. The legislation from the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee also authorizes a $1.5 billion research program to...
    by at July 21st, 2010 at 01:07 pm
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    Volkswagen Aims to be Global Electric Car Leader
    Volkswagen plans to launch series of new hybrid and electric cars by 2013 and expects these zero-emission vehicles to account for 3 percent of its global sales by 2018, Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn said on Monday. VW plans to launch the Touareg Hybrid SUV in the U.S. market later this year, followed by the Jetta Hybrid in 2012. Volkswagen will launch E-Golf...
    by at July 20th, 2010 at 03:07 am
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    Istanbul Enerji and Renault Partner on Electric Cars
    Istanbul Enerji, a subsidiary of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, and French carmaker Renault signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to implement a program aimed at preparing for an electric car partnership. The MoU is aimed at establishing a partnership to promote and implement electric vehicles in Istanbul, following the example of several other capital cities. The...
    by at July 19th, 2010 at 10:07 am
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    Nissan, Mitsubishi to Join Kyoto Electric-Car-Sharing Project
    Nissan and Mitsubishi will join the Japanese city of Kyoto in a pilot electric-car-sharing project. A total of seven Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric cars will be used in the project, the Nikkei reported. Charging stations set up in Kyoto will be networked so that participants in the electric-car-sharing project will be able to find the charging points. Local...
    by at July 17th, 2010 at 03:07 am
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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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    Toshiba Working with Mitsubishi on Electric Car Batteries
    Japanese electronics giant Toshiba Corp. said Friday is working jointly with Mitsubishi to develop lithium-ion battery system for use in automaker’s electric cars. Toshiba has developed a fast-charging long life lithium-ion battery called SCiB (Super Charge ion Battery), which it plans to adapt for electric cars. The use of new oxide-based materials in the current SCiB...
    by at July 2nd, 2010 at 11:07 am
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