Predictions for 2010 by 4EVRiders.org, March 2010 Read More...
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Predictions for 2010 by 4EVRiders.org, March 2010 Read More... Sunday July 4th, 2010 Companies, people and events to watch Three fully-electric buses are now operating on routes in eastern Los Angeles county. Read More...
LONDON, Sept. 1 (UPI) — A British retailer of electric vehicles says it will start selling an Italian-made two-seat electric car in its showrooms this month. Read More... The Indian auto maker Tata Motors is very soon launching the electric versions from this month,said its Chairman Ratan Tata. Disclosing the proposal at a conference in New York, he detailed the ongoing process of the electric car and about the proposed US version of the world’s cheapest car Nano. Ratan Tata had earlier mentioned the launch of Nano in the US market in another two years. The commercial launch of this compact and the cheapest car has started six months ago and the company may roll it down soon. Tata Motors is offering its service to the Cornell Institute for the sake of awarding Tata Scholarship Fund for Students from India, to $50million. Read More... YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Coda Automotive, the privately held start-up electric car manufacturer that plans to build a factory to manufacture its automotive-grade lithium-ion batteries near Columbus, creating 1,000 jobs, will distribute its all-electric sedan in Hawaii beginning next year.
NEW ORLEANS, La. — Another oil rig exploded and caught fire Thursday off the Louisiana coast, spreading a mile-long oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico west of the site of BP’s massive spill. All 13 crew members were rescued. Read More... SACRAMENTO-Aug. 31, 2010: Plug In America, which has been working in the state capital for passage of California SB 535, celebrates Gov. Schwarzenegger’s signing of the bill last night. SB 535 extends HOV-lane access to plug-in hybrid vehicles starting in 2012. Automakers Audi, Chevrolet, Fisker, Ford, Hyundai and Toyota have announced availability of plug-in hybrid vehicles for 2012 which can take advantage of the incentive. Please visit Plug In America’s Vehicle Tracker for more information on EV/PHEV availability: http://www.pluginamerica.org/vehicles/ Read More... MAUI, HI – Wednesday, September 1, 2010 – ECOtality, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECTY), a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, announced today that Jonathan Read, CEO and President of ECOtality, will join a China Energy panel discussion at the 2010 ROTH Fall Conference in Maui, Hawaii. The panel will take place on Friday, September 3, 2010 at 9:30 AM HST and will provide an update on the company’s activities and discuss the leading role China will play in electric transportation. Read More... HONOLULU—Nissan says all 300 Hawaii residents who have put down deposits for the Leaf electric car should get a vehicle when the first shipment arrives in January. Read More... Auburn Hills-based electric powertrain manufacturer Alte LLC is speeding up its hiring schedule, with plans to create more than 300 jobs by the end of 2011, as it sets its sites on retrofitting fleet vehicles. Read More... Plug-In America Vice President Paul Scott is an evangelist for electric cars. Now he’s going to be selling them on the floor of Santa Monica Nissan. Email This Post Add your comments Read More... China’s car sales in August rose 59.3 percent from a year earlier, bouncing surprisingly higher after sluggish sales in the summer months, helped largely by Beijing subsidies for fuel-efficient models. Read More... In advertisements, fuel economy numbers are the ones that count. In auto showrooms, the window stickers explain these numbers. These stickers are absolutely critical to plug-in cars’ prospects in the marketplace, and have been a long time coming. We’ve had five years of excitement about the100+MPG cars we could someday drive –now they’re about to arrive! So the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation want to get this right. To help you, we provide links to the proposed stickers and to some of the first media stories, followed by our broad explanation and our initial specific technical analysis. We hope those who want to help contribute to the “successful commercialization of plug-in vehicles ASAP” will take Washington up on its invitation to comment in the next 60 days. Read More... Thursday, September 16, 2010 8:00 AM - If you’ve been waiting for the Nissan LEAF for the better part of three years, today might just be the day you get to satisfy your longstanding car-crush. A small group of LEAF reservation holders in the five initial launch markets of Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona and Tennessee will finally be able to request a quote from a local dealer and get their place in line. And, even if you can’t order today, rest assured that you’ll be able to order soon if you live in one of those launch markets. Read More... |
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