Posts Tagged ‘electric vehicles’

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    EVs Help FedEx Meet its Fuel Efficiency Goal Years Ahead of Schedule
    FedEx Express, a unit of FedEx Corp., has made significant progress towards its goal to make its vehicle fleet 20 percent more fuel efficient by 2020, announcing that the FedEx Express vehicle fleet is now 16.6 percent more fuel efficient through FY2011 than it was in 2005. The company’s significant progress is the result of a number of initiatives: • Upcoming addition...
    by at May 17th, 2012 at 09:05 am
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    Hertz on Demand to Operate EV Car Sharing Club in England
    Hertz On Demand, Hertz’s global car sharing club, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chargemaster plc, a supplier of electric vehicle charging solutions, for the launch the operation of an electric vehicle car share scheme in Oxford, England. The program is designed to appeal to residents, visitors, and business people, who will be able to reserve...
    by at May 16th, 2012 at 03:05 am
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    Ontario Expanding Electric Vehicle Use
    Infrastructure Ontario and the Ministry of Transportation released a request for information (RFI) that will help Ontario develop a strategy to expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Through strategic partnerships, the Province plans to spur development and investment in the electric vehicle industry and expand the availability of charging stations across Ontario. Developing...
    by at May 6th, 2012 at 12:05 am
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    ABB Launches Terra 51 EV Fast Charger in the US
    ABB has launched its best-selling Terra 51 direct current (DC) electric vehicle fast charger in the US market. The Terra 51 is an intelligent DC fast charger that reduces electric vehicle charging times from eight hours, using regular alternating current (AC), to as little as 15 to 30 minutes. The Terra 51 comes standard with a full range of cloud-based services that provide...
    by at May 5th, 2012 at 12:05 am
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    V2G Systems Will Compete with Traditional Power Sources in the Ancillary Services Market
    Although the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) concept of sharing power to the grid from plug-in electric vehicles has been in existence for nearly two decades, the underlying technologies are only just now emerging from the pilot project phase. Beginning in the next half-decade, however, plug-in electric vehicles with V2G technology will play an important role in the ancillary services...
    by at May 4th, 2012 at 04:05 am
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    Gamesa and Toyota to Promote Electric Vehicles in Spain
    Toyota Spain has partnered with Gamesa, a manufacturer and developer of wind turbines, in an effort to promote use of plug-in electric vehicles in urban Spain. Toyota Spain is lending Gamesa a Prius Plug-in Hybrid for a six-month period so it can test and verify the car’s technology, identify potential limiting factors and analyse its charging requirements in order...
    by at May 2nd, 2012 at 12:05 am
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    More Than 380m Two-Wheel Electric Vehicles Will Be Sold in Asia Pacific Through 2018
    Two-wheel electric vehicles including scooters, motorcycles, and bicycles are a very popular mode of transport in China, India, and most Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, due to their fuel efficiency and ease of use in congested traffic. The growth of the overall market for these vehicles within Asia Pacific is also leading to strong expansion of...
    by at May 1st, 2012 at 05:05 am
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    Continental Makes Electric Cars Even More Efficient
    Smaller, lighter, and more powerful – those are the attributes that characterize the latest generation of power electronics, developed by the international automotive supplier Continental for electric drive train applications. In figures, the highly integrated module has a continuous power of 20 kilowatts at a weight of only eight kilograms and just five liters of space....
    by at April 29th, 2012 at 11:04 pm
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    EV Project Marks Milestone with Over 24 Million Miles of EV Operation
    ECOtality, Inc. announced achievement of a milestone in the development of plug-in electric vehicle infrastructure, with the collection of over 24 million miles of electric vehicle operating data since the inception of The EV Project. The EV Project is currently gathering data at a rate of one-hundred thousand miles per day. The 24 million miles recorded so far is the...
    by at April 25th, 2012 at 01:04 pm
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    Honda Unveils Demonstration Test House Featuring Honda Smart Home System
    Honda unveiled a house that the carmaker has built in the city of Saitama, Japan, for the ongoing demonstration and evaluation of the Honda Smart Home System (HSHS). The Honda Smart Home System is a comprehensive and efficient home energy management system, which helps to reduce household CO2 emissions by producing independent electric energy for both home and mobility...
    by at April 24th, 2012 at 12:04 am
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