TOKYO – Toyota Motor Corp cut its 2009 vehicle sales forecast by nearly 7 percent as high fuel prices hammer demand for large cars and pickup trucks, and said it will speed up the rollout of hybrid and electric cars as their popularity grows.
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South Korean companies have agreed to form an alliance in an effort to develop a battery pack that can be mounted on future plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV), government and industry sources said Monday. The Corolla-size F3DM will go on sale later this year, priced from around $14,500, according to the Chinese Web site sina.com. With this car, BYD expects to undercut the price of the Toyota Prius by thousands of dollars. The F3DM, or Dual Mode, is a plug-in hybrid with a proprietary lithium-ion battery pack that can run on either gasoline or pure electric power. Read More... The world’s largest rechargeable battery maker, Sanyo Electric Co Ltd (6764.T) announced last week that it is in talks with carmakers in Japan, Europe and the U.S. to supply batteries for electric and plug-in vehicles. Autocar reports that Mazda’s engineers are developing a range-extended electric vehicle much like the car GM is working 24/7 to put in showrooms by the end of 2010. Ener1 Inc will be able to cut the cost of batteries for hybrid electric vehicles by 50 percent once its lithium-ion technology amasses scale, Chief Executive Charles Gassenheimer said on Friday. Read More...
JOLIET, Ill. — General Motors Corp. has decided on a battery maker for the Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric vehicle, but it’s not saying who it is, yet, Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said Thursday on the sidelines of a media event touting the automaker’s 2009 vehicle line. Read More... Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) — Toyota Motor Corp., working to keep a lead in advanced autos over General Motors Corp., is developing an electric-powered small car and will speed up testing of plug-in Prius hybrids with new battery technology. Read More... Two Japanese institutes succeeded in synthesizing olivine structure (a kind of crystal structure) LiFePO4 (lithium ion phosphate) coated with a carbon film, which has great potential as a positive electrode material, into superfine particles of nanometer-order. Read More...
Felix Kramer of CalCars reports that Magnussen’s Toyota of Palo Alto (California), one of the US’ top Prius dealers, has decided to begin taking $500 deposits for plug-in 2010 Priuses. Read More...
FORD Motor Company is staying resolutely sceptical about hybrid vehicles despite having two in the US market and being about to launch another pair next year. Read More...
Hyundai Motor Co. (KSE:005380) said Monday it plans to begin selling a battery-powered hybrid vehicle that can be recharged at standard outlets by 2013, hoping to catch up to its Japanese rivals in the race for plug-in hybrids. Read More... I was excited to hear that Chevy plans to debut an electric car in 2010. But then a discussion with a friend got me thinking: If the electricity used to charge up an electric car is created by burning fossil fuels, is it better to stick with a gas-powered car with good fuel economy? Read More... |
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DENVER, Colorado, August 27, 2008 (ENS) – Speaker after speaker at the Democratic National Convention is calling on Americans to elect Barack Obama president because they expect him to build a green economy powered by U.S. renewable energy instead of by foreign oil. 
Existing purely as sketches, renderings, and specs at this point, the Hinterland 1 electric car looks like one part tank, one part VW bus with a pinch of bullet train added for flavor. OK, maybe two parts tank, but we really like the Hinterland 1’s hyper-futuristic aesthetic. Two models built on the same platform would be produced: the “Mini,” a two-seater model, and the “Van,” seating six. We think it’s safe to assume that the images provided are of the “Van” model. 
Earlier this month, Tesla confirmed that it has started work on a second model, the follow up to the long-awaited electric-powered Roadster. The car, a family-sized four-door sedan previously known as “Whitstar” in rumors now has a name: Model S. 