Posts Tagged ‘electric cars’

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    Consulting Firm Expects Slow Adoption of Electric Cars
    Deloitte Consulting released a new study that says electric cars will only be between 2% and 5% of the market by 2020. Deloitte’s forecast is in marked contrast to the more upbeat outlook by automakers and electric car advocates. Deloitte said that car buying is mostly about brand, and that consumers don’t think of the Nissan or GM brands when they think about electric...
    by at May 17th, 2010 at 04:05 am
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    Spanish Phone Box Doubles as Electric Car Charger
    Spain unveiled a phone box in which users can both make a phone call and recharge the battery of an electric car. The dual-purpose phone cabin, the first of its kind, has been developed by Telefonica and electricity company Endesa The cabin in a Madrid suburb close to the headquarters of the Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica has the appearance of a normal telephone...
    by at May 16th, 2010 at 04:05 am
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    Think Announces $40mln Equity Increase
    THINK has completed a US$40 million equity increase to support further product development and planned expansion into North American markets. With the new equity, Norwegian electric car maker is now fully funded and expects to become cash-flow positive in 2011. THINK has raised a total of US$87 million since last August, when it started a new phase of production with strategic...
    by at May 11th, 2010 at 02:05 am
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    Think Says Electric Car Buyers Willing to Trade Range for Price
    Electric car maker THINK released results of a customer survey that suggests potential electric car customers would be willing to accept less than 100 miles range-if the price is right. One hundred miles range has long been considered a customer requirement for full-functioning, highway-capable electric cars. In a survey of potential electric car customers, THINK found...
    by at May 11th, 2010 at 02:05 am
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    Telekom Austria Turns Phone Boxes Into Electric Car Charging Stations
    Telekom Austria has announced plans to turn old telephone boxes into recharging stations for electric cars. During the test phase the service will be free of charge. Following commercial launch, charging stations will offer the possibility to pay via mobile phone using text messages, paybox or a RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) card with a RFID chip. 13,500 telephone...
    by at May 5th, 2010 at 06:05 am
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    Berlin Won’t Provide Subsidies for Electric Cars
    Berlin will not subsidize the sale of electric cars, but it will provide funding for research in the area of electric mobility. At the launch of the National Program for Electric Mobility in Berlin on Monday, German officials said that federal funding would instead go toward research programs to advance the technology. The decision not to offer consumers incentives to...
    by at May 5th, 2010 at 02:05 am
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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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    Germany to Spark Electric Cars Development
    German Chancellor Angela Merkel launched plan to put at least 1 million electric cars on the German roads a decade from now. That’s the goal established on Monday by executives from the country’s automakers and energy companies under a new alliance called “National Platform for Electric Mobility”. Merkel said the aim was to have one out of every 45...
    by at May 4th, 2010 at 03:05 am
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    Sion Power Receives ARPA-E Grant for Electric Car Batteries
    Sion Power has received a three-year research grant worth up to $5 million from the United States Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E). Under the ARPA-E program, Sion Power, in collaboration with BASF, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will accelerate the development of practical, economical...
    by at May 2nd, 2010 at 03:05 am
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    Europe Reveals Electric Cars Strategy
    The European Commission has revealed plans to promote green and fuel-efficient vehicles, primarily focusing on the role of electric cars rather than biofuel-powered vehicles. Giving a boost to electric cars, the commission said it will promote the development of a network of publicly accessible high-voltage charging stations around Europe. It also aims to produce European...
    by at April 29th, 2010 at 07:04 am
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