Posts Tagged ‘electric cars’

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    V2G Technology to Connect 100K Electric Cars by 2017
    In near future electric car batteries will be used as energy storage for the grid, providing ways for utilities to stabilize the grid and provide other services. The power potential of the batteries can be used to reduce the utility costs of a building or, when storage sources, to provide ancillary services such as frequency regulation aggregated with other vehicles or...
    by at November 22nd, 2011 at 12:11 am
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    SEAT Unveils its First Electric Car and Plug-in Hybrid
    SEAT is unveiling its first all-electric car, the prototype Altea XL Electric Ecomotive, and the prototype Leon TwinDrive Ecomotive, a plug-in hybrid. SEAT plans the launch of its first electric plug-in hybrid car in 2015, to be followed a year later by an all-electric car. The announcement of the launch of the first electric cars coincides with the start of the biggest...
    by at November 11th, 2011 at 01:11 pm
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    Peugeot Receives Order for 3,000 iOn Electric Cars
    The Peugeot iOn has been chosen by a French purchasing association, led by La Poste (French post office) and the public procurement organization UGAP, for the provision of electric car fleets. This association, comprising 19 major French private companies and the public sector, has committed to ordering a minimum of 3,074 Peugeot iOn electric cars over a 4-year period. The...
    by at November 11th, 2011 at 01:11 am
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    Nissan Brings Low-Cost EV Quick-Charger to US
    Nissan announced Thursday that is bringing an innovative, low-cost DC quick charger for electric cars to the US market. The DC quick-charger is being launched as part of a global collaboration with Sumitomo Corporation, with the first installations planned for early 2012. The new DC quick-charger can support all plug-in vehicles capable of quick charging on the CHAdeMO...
    by at November 11th, 2011 at 12:11 am
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    Volvo to Start Electric Car Demo in Shanghai
    Volvo Cars China and Shanghai International Automobile City Group – a local government supervision authority – has decided to undertake a fleet demonstration program with a test fleet of two Volvo C30 Electric cars in the community of Jiading outside Shanghai. The purpose is to gain better understanding of customer behavior and expectations from operating electric...
    by at November 9th, 2011 at 01:11 pm
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    Delivery of the Largest Order of Mitsubishi i-MiEVs to Date Begins in Estonia
    Mitsubishi has delivered the first fifty i-MiEV electric cars out of 507 units scheduled to be provided to the Estonian government. These first fifty i-MiEVs mark the beginning of delivery of the largest single order ever taken to date for the Mitsubishi i-MiEV. The provision of 507 i-MiEVs to the Estonian government was concluded between Mitsubishi Corporation and the...
    by at October 26th, 2011 at 01:10 am
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    Siemens Developing Flexible Rapid Charging System for Electric Cars
    Siemens and BMW are developing a flexible rapid charging system to make it possible to use the same socket to charge up electric cars on either direct current (DC) or alternating current (AC). The work is part of the Modellregion Elektromobilität München – Drive eCharged project being funded by Germany’s Ministry of Transport, Building, and Urban Development. The...
    by at October 25th, 2011 at 01:10 am
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    Nissan Aims to Sell 1.5 Million Electric Cars by 2016
    Nissan Motor Co. is aiming to be the world’s No. 1 in green cars, targeting cumulative sales of 1.5 electric cars by 2016 with its French alliance partner Renault SA. Nissan today announced its new six-year environmental plan, Nissan Green Program 2016 (NGP 2016), planning a plug-in hybrid by the fiscal year ending March 2017 and reducing carbon dioxide emissions...
    by at October 24th, 2011 at 07:10 am
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    IBM, EKZ Collaborate in Mobile EV Charging Pilot in Switzerland
    IBM and Swiss energy company EKZ say they are collaborating on a new pilot project that will allow consumers to charge electric cars and monitor energy costs using mobile devices. Electric car owners in Zurich who want to charge up with green energy can have their battery communicate with a local utility’s solar panels and find out whether the panels are producing at...
    by at October 14th, 2011 at 01:10 am
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    GM to Produce Chevrolet Spark EV All-Electric Car
    Chevrolet today announced it will produce an all-electric version of the Chevrolet Spark mini-car – the Spark EV. It will be sold in limited quantities in select U.S. and global markets starting in 2013, including California. “The Spark EV offers customers living in urban areas who have predictable driving patterns or short commutes an all-electric option,” said...
    by at October 12th, 2011 at 07:10 am
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