Posts Tagged ‘ElectricCars’

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    CHAdeMO to Standardize Electric Cars Chargers
    In a bid to promote the spread of the zero-emission vehicles Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Fuji Heavy Industries and the Tokyo Electric Power Company have formally established CHAdeMO Association to standardize fast-charge stations for electric cars. Last August, Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors, Fuji Heavy Industries, and TEPCO started a preparatory committee. Then, TOYOTA joined...
    by admin at March 15th, 2010 at 02:03 pm
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    Audi Sees Five Percent Electric Car Sales by 2020
    Audi expects 5 percent of its total sales to be electric cars by 2020, the German brand’s technology chief told Automotive News. At the Geneva auto show last week, Audi unveiled the A1 e-tron, a nearly production-ready concept developed from its new A1 subcompact. Although it has not yet officially announced production plans, Audi’s Michael Dick has revealed the A1...
    by admin at March 14th, 2010 at 07:03 am
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    41 Countries Agree Safety Standards for Electric Cars
    The first international regulation of electric safety requirements for both fully electric cars was agreed Wednesday in Geneva. The decision will facilitate the early introduction of safe electric cars onto the roads of 41 countries. The technical regulation was adopted at the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations March session, which concludes Friday. The...
    by admin at March 13th, 2010 at 01:03 pm
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    Europcar Pre-orders 500 Electric Cars from Renault
    Europcar rental agency has pre-ordered 500 Renault electric cars and said they will be delivered to fleets in Europe’s largest cities sometime in third quarter of 2011. The announcement came after two companies signed the Memorandum of Understanding on electric vehicles at the Frankfurt International Motor Show last September. Europcar, Renault’s principal short-term...
    by admin at March 4th, 2010 at 01:03 pm
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    UK to Spark Electric Car Sales
    Car buyers in UK can receive up to £5000 ($7657) from the government to electric, plug-in hybrid or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles car from next year. The announcement from the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) means that from January 2011, motorists will be entitled to a ‘Plug-In Car Grant’ of up to £5,000when buying an electric, plug-in hybrid or hydrogen fuel...
    by admin at February 25th, 2010 at 09:02 am
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