Posts Tagged ‘electric vehicles’

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    GM Partners with ABB to Use Volt Batteries for Backup Power
    Grid equipment supplier ABB and General Motors demonstrated on Tuesday an energy storage system that combines electric vehicle battery technology and a grid-tied electric power inverter. The two companies are building a prototype that could lead to Chevrolet Volt battery packs storing energy, including renewable wind and solar energy, and feeding it back to the grid. The...
    by at July 21st, 2011 at 02:07 am
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    Smart Grid to be Tested Using Chevrolet Volts
    General Motors and OnStar are launching the first real-world pilot of smart grid solutions for electric vehicles using hundreds of Chevrolet Volts leased by General Electric for its employees. Starting this quarter, hundreds of employees of regional utilities will drive leased Chevrolet Volts as their everyday vehicles and participate in the pilot. Automakers and utility...
    by at July 20th, 2011 at 07:07 am
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    Mitsubishi to Test i-MiEV EVs in Thailand
    Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) Co. has agreed to start joint testing of the i-MiEV electric vehicle with the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) and PEA ENCOM International Co., Ltd. (PEA ENCOM). MMC has agreed with the government of Thailand on December 2010 to start a joint study for fleet testing of EVs. Based on the new agreements made this time, through two local...
    by at July 16th, 2011 at 11:07 am
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    Renault and VINCI to Work on Highway EV Charging
    Renault and motorway operator VINCI Autoroutes have announced cooperation on electric vehicle charging infrastructure, along with associated services, on the French highway network. VINCI will install EV charging stations in carpool parking lots, with at least five spaces set aside for lectric vehicles in each lot. VINCI will build 738 carpool parking spaces between now...
    by at July 13th, 2011 at 12:07 pm
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    New York City Adds More Electric Vehicles to City Fleet
    New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Tuesday that the city has added 70 new electric vehicles to the 360 already in the city’s fleet. The City’s new batch of electric vehicles includes: 50 new Chevrolet Volts, 10 new Ford Transit Connect Electric cargo vans, and 10 new Navistar E-star fully electric utility trucks. The city also launched an informational...
    by at July 13th, 2011 at 02:07 am
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    FedEx Doubles Electric Vehicle Fleet
    FedEx Express announced it will double its electric vehicle fleet and add more than 4,000 new fuel-efficient vehicles to its conventional fleet including hybrid-electric, clean diesel and lightweight composite vehicles. The company’s total electric fleet will now be 43-strong, and all-electric delivery is being expanded to three new cities: New York, Memphis and Chicago. In...
    by at June 30th, 2011 at 06:06 am
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    Ford Makes Electric Vehicle Deal with Toshiba
    Ford Motor Company has selected Toshiba Corporation to supply automotive inverters for its hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). Ford plans to start mass production of new models of both kinds of vehicle in 2012. Toshiba will support Ford with a new inverter production line at its plant in Mie Prefecture, Japan, which has extensive...
    by at June 21st, 2011 at 11:06 pm
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    Mitsubishi Picks Toshiba Batteries for New Electric Vehicles
    Mitsubishi has chosen Toshiba’s rechargeable battery for two new electric vehicles coming out later this year – the lower-priced version of the i-MiEV and MINICAB-MiEV. Toshiba said it will manufacture the SCiB used in Mitsubishi’s new electric cars at its specialized SCiB plant in northern Japan, which opened in February. Last year, the two companies had announced...
    by at June 18th, 2011 at 12:06 pm
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    Neighborhood Electric Vehicles Are Gaining Popularity
    The total number of neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) on the world’s roadways will grow from 479,000 in 2011 to 695,000 by 2017, a 45% increase, according to a new forecast by Pike Research. During that period, annual NEV sales will rise from 37,000 vehicles to nearly 55,000 units by 2017, and North America will account for 45% of annual sales. “Neighborhood electric...
    by at June 17th, 2011 at 02:06 pm
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    Toyota Develops Charger for Plug-In Vehicles
    Toyota Motor Corporation announced Tuesday it will start selling chargers for plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles next month. The Japanese auto giant plans to sale around 3,000 chargers, know as ‘G-Station’ by the end of 2012, to Toyota dealerships in Japan as well as shopping malls and restaurants. G-Station, compatible with the proposed Japanese EV and PHEV charging...
    by at June 14th, 2011 at 10:06 am
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