Posts Tagged ‘electric vehicle’

  • Ford to Offer Free Charging Stations for Electric Vehicle Owners
    Ford is partnering with Coulomb Technologies, nation’s leading infrastructure providers for electric vehicles, to provide free charging stations to nearly 5000 of its first electric vehicle customers. Under the Ford Blue Oval ChargePoint Program, residents in nine designated markets could receive a free ChargePoint® Networked Charging Station with the purchase of a...
    by admin at June 2nd, 2010 at 10:06 am
  • Zytek Developing New Electric Vehicle Powertrain
    An all-new Electric Vehicle powertrain is being developed by Zytek Automotive, a UK technology specialist with more production EV experience than any other company worldwide. Building on the knowledge gained from more than 15 years of niche EV design, manufacture and operation, this new third generation unit is a clean-sheet-of-paper design that will significantly simplify...
    by admin at May 13th, 2010 at 02:05 am
  • WSU Launches Graduate Program for Electric Car Engineering
    Wayne State University’s Board of Governors on Wednesday has approved the nation’s first graduate program to train electric car engineers. The new programs, scheduled to launch in fall 2010, include a bachelor of science in Electric Transportation Technology (ETT), a master of science in Electric-Drive Vehicle Engineering and a graduate certificate program...
    by admin at May 6th, 2010 at 12:05 am
  • 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 admin at May 5th, 2010 at 06:05 am
  • 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 admin at May 5th, 2010 at 02:05 am
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