Posts Tagged ‘electric cars’

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    Project to Study Impact of Electric Cars on UK Power Grid
    IBM announced an agreement with the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) to evaluate the potential impact of electric cars on the UK electricity grid. The project will also assess the infrastructure required to achieve a mass market for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in the UK. IBM will lead the co-ordination of a consortium of companies, EDF Energy, E.ON...
    by at March 19th, 2010 at 06:03 am
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    CHAdeMO to Standardize Electric Cars Chargers
    In a bid to promote the spread of the zero-emission vehicles Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Fuji Heavy Industries and the Tokyo Electric Power Company have formally established CHAdeMO Association to standardize fast-charge stations for electric cars. Last August, Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors, Fuji Heavy Industries, and TEPCO started a preparatory committee. Then, TOYOTA joined...
    by at March 15th, 2010 at 02:03 pm
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    Audi Sees Five Percent Electric Car Sales by 2020
    Audi expects 5 percent of its total sales to be electric cars by 2020, the German brand’s technology chief told Automotive News. At the Geneva auto show last week, Audi unveiled the A1 e-tron, a nearly production-ready concept developed from its new A1 subcompact. Although it has not yet officially announced production plans, Audi’s Michael Dick has revealed the A1...
    by at March 14th, 2010 at 07:03 am
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    41 Countries Agree Safety Standards for Electric Cars
    The first international regulation of electric safety requirements for both fully electric cars was agreed Wednesday in Geneva. The decision will facilitate the early introduction of safe electric cars onto the roads of 41 countries. The technical regulation was adopted at the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations March session, which concludes Friday. The...
    by at March 13th, 2010 at 01:03 pm
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    Renault Partners with RWE for Electric Car Project
    French automaker Renault have teamed and German utility company RWE has partnered to test electric car mobility in Germany. The aim of the electric car project is to test the performance of 150 electric vehicles in daily commuter traffic in the densely populated Ruhr area. The Rhine-Ruhr Model Region is one of eight selected model regions across Germany for electric mobility....
    by at March 12th, 2010 at 06:03 am
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    Aurica Wants to Build Electric Cars at NUMMI
    Aurica Motors, a startup electric car company, announced plans to keep open a California joint venture between Toyota and General Motors by building zero-emission electric cars there. Aurica Motors estimated it will need more than $1 billion in private and government financing to launch the factory and to retain the 4,700 NUMMI employees. The company has built a prototype...
    by at March 11th, 2010 at 01:03 am
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    Pre-Wired Homes for Electric Cars
    Homebuilder KB Home started to offer an option to pre-wire its “Built to Order” new home construction package – providing built-in technology so owners can recharge either plug-in hybrid or electric cars. The move comes from KB Home’s market surveys that showed buyers want greener homes that are not only “earth-friendly” but save them money as well. This...
    by at March 10th, 2010 at 06:03 am
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    BMW Says ActiveE Fleet Will Be Large as MINI E Fleet
    BMW has issued a statement in response to inaccurate reports that have stated that the fleet of electric ActiveE models used in the lease program in the U.S. would be limited to 200 vehicles. BMW says that although the exact size of the fleet has yet to be confirmed, it will be at least as large as the 450-unit Mini E fleet currently in operation in the US. The ActiveE...
    by at March 9th, 2010 at 07:03 am
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    BYD Plans to Sell Electric Cars in Europe Next Year
    BYD Auto plans to become the first Chinese automaker to sell electric and hybrid cars in Western Europe next year. The E6 electric car is among the models BYD plans to introduce, Paul Lin, a company spokesman, told Gasgoo. The Shenzhen, southern China-based carmaker may eventually design and build cars in Europe, he said. The pure-electric E6 features BYD’s Fe battery...
    by at March 8th, 2010 at 06:03 am
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    Mitsubishi, PSA Finalize Electric Car Deal
    Mitsubishi Motors has agreed with PSA Peugeot Citroen to supply about 100,000 electric cars based on its i-MiEV electric car over the next five to six years to market them in Europe. Mitsubishi and PSA Peugeot Citroen signed a Framework Agreement in September 2009, following which both parties reached a final consensus on development and supply of electric cars based on...
    by at March 8th, 2010 at 04:03 am
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