Posts Tagged ‘electric cars’

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    Small Batteries Mean Big Sales – Report
    The small is new big for the electric car market when it comes to battery-packs, according to a new report provided by Lux Research. The overall market for energy storage technologies that power electric cars is set to grow from $13 billion in 2011 to $30 billion in 2016, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18%. But, while prominent plug-in passenger cars like the...
    by at April 13th, 2011 at 06:04 am
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    Bosch and Daimler Form Electric Car Joint Venture
    Bosch GmbH and Daimler AG say they are setting up a joint venture to make carbon electric motors to be used in Mercedes-Benz and Smart electric cars. The two companies have signed a letter of intent and joint production should start in 2012 at sites in Hildesheim in central and Stuttgart in the south-west Germany. The 50-50 joint venture, which should be in place in the...
    by at April 12th, 2011 at 06:04 am
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    LG Chem Builds World’s Biggest Electric-Car Battery Plant
    LG Chem on Wednesday completed what it described as the world’s largest battery plant for electric cars with an annual battery production capacity for about 100,000 cars. LG Chem said it plans to spend $1.84 billion by 2013 on building one more plant in South Korea and another in the United States to expand its electric-car battery capacity. LG Chem said the plants,...
    by at April 6th, 2011 at 08:04 am
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    Annual Plug-in Electric Car Sales to Cross the One Million Mark by 2015
    Pike Research has released a market research report on future sales of plug-in hybrid and all-electric cars, indicating the annual sales of plug-in electric cars will cross the one million mark worldwide by 2015. Pike forecasts that among the two types of plug-in electric cars, all-electric cars will have the edge on a worldwide basis with 56% of total plug-in sales in...
    by at March 29th, 2011 at 04:03 am
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    Google Testing Plugless Electric Car Charger
    Google has installed a plugless electric car charger, designed by Virginia-based Evatran LLC, to charge up plug-in electric cars on its Mountain View, Calif. campus. Developed by Evatran LLC, Plugless Power is a Level 2 (7.7 kW, 240V at 32A) inductive charging system. Plugless Power is based on inductive technology, which has been used in electrical transformers for more...
    by at March 22nd, 2011 at 01:03 am
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    Pininfarina Agrees on Deal for Electric Cars
    Pininfarina said Thursday it will rent out its Italian factory to prototype company Cecomp to produce up to 4,000 electric cars destined for a low-cost car rental scheme in Paris. The Pininfarina electric cars will be used in Autolib, a car-sharing service in France, which starts in October. French company Bollore, which is in a joint venture with Pininfarina for electric...
    by at March 11th, 2011 at 03:03 am
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    Study Finds Mass Adoption of Electric Cars Still Some Distance Away
    Despite rising fuel prices, the mass adoption of electric cars is still some distance away, is the finding of a new study by Deloitte, the business advisory firm. According to the survey of 4,760 European consumers, only 16% see themselves as potential first movers to buy or lease an electric vehicle, while 53% say they might be willing to consider it, and 31 percent say...
    by at March 9th, 2011 at 01:03 am
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    Hertz to Rent Renault Electric Cars in Europe
    Car rental company Hertz Corp. and Renault have signed of a Letter of Intent at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show to add a range of electric cars to the fleets of Hertz and car sharing club Connect by Hertz across Europe. Hertz will be one of the first rental operators to offer Renault’ Twizy, and will also rent the ZOE, Fluence Z.E. and Kangoo Z.E. models. Hertz plans to add...
    by at March 2nd, 2011 at 11:03 pm
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    Daimler, Renault Extend Electric Car Cooperation
    Daimler and Renault SA have reached a new deal to expand their cooperation on electric car production. A report by Reuters, citing Daimler’s head of research and development Thomas Weber, informs that Renault will deliver electric engines for the Smart and Twingo models, while Daimler will supply batteries. Back in April 2010 the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler...
    by at February 28th, 2011 at 01:02 am
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    Mitsubishi i-MiEV Electric Car Passes Euro NCAP Crash Test
    Euro NCAP announced today the outcome of its first assessment of an electric car, the Mitsubishi i-MiEV. The car’s creditable four star rating shows that safety does not need to be compromised in zero-emissions vehicles. The i-MiEV shares its rating with its twin models, the Citroën C-Zero and Peugeot iOn, which have the same design and safety equipment. Dr Michiel...
    by at February 23rd, 2011 at 04:02 am
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