Eugene, Oregon — Light Electric Vehicles Company (LightEVs) announces the signing of a world-wide Exclusive Technology Agreement with EEStor, Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas to provide electric vehicles and propulsion systems using EEStor’s Electric Energy Storage Units (EESUs) for the two- and three-wheeled vehicles markets.
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General Motors announced on Friday that the automaker has reached a tentative agreement with the California Air Resources Board – better known as CARB – that could allow the upcoming Volt to be classified as a 100 mpg vehicle, a major marketing boon for the new vehicle. Also on the four wheel side of the equation is the Toyota 1/X. This vehicle has the same interior space as the Prius, but weighs in two-third lighter, coming in under 1,000 pounds The U.S. Senate in an unusual Saturday session today approved an omnibus spending bill that included funding for $25 billion in loans to U.S. automakers, to help pay for development of more fuel-efficient vehicles.
BYD plans to start selling its first all-electric car in China next year and to start selling gasoline-electric hybrids in the U.S. and Europe by 2010. HONG KONG–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, a Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRKA) (NYSE:BRKB) subsidiary, today announced it has agreed to purchase 225 million shares, representing approximately a 10 percent interest, in BYD Company Limited (1211.hk). The investment is valued at 1.8 billion HK dollars, or approximately 230 million U.S. dollars. BYD’s corporate focus is researching, developing, manufacturing and selling rechargeable batteries (Li-ion, Nickel batteries), automobiles, electric automobiles and related products A government plan to spearhead a move by Irish motorists to electric cars is to be unveiled shortly. What will your children drive 20 years or more from now? According to one analyst, many of them are likely to take the wheel of an electric car. The primary argument for electric vehicles is overall efficiency, said Philip Gott, director of automotive consulting for industry analyst Global Insight, at the firm’s annual Detroit conference yesterday. Why? Because electric cars simply consume less “wells to wheels” energy than do the alternatives. Last week the first battery stations were introduced in downtown Tokyo as the city gets ready for the introduction of new electric vehicles. Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has installed charging devices for electric cars in nine basement parking lots, including those under several office buildings, in the central financial district. It is the first time that “battery stations” for electric vehicles have been set up in basement parking areas. Finnish Fortum and the City of Stockholm have been feverishly working to design a pay-to-pump electric car infrastructure. Sweden took a baby step ahead this week when start-up company Sust (Sustainable Innovation AM) declared its intention to quickly make the country a test market for the world’s electric hybrid and pure electric car manufacturers. They’ll have to beat off Israel abroad. A piece of good news has finally come out of Detroit’s constantly ailing auto industry. General Motors Thursday announced that the company will invest $370 million in building a new manufacturing plant for its global 4-cylinder engines in Flint, Mich. Fittingly, Flint is a city made famous in a Michael Moore documentary that detailed how the city was wronged by GM with huge layoffs for thousands of residents. Oregon’s economy, bad as it may be right now, will cycle back to better times, says Gov. Ted Kulongoski, and when it does, he wants the state in the driver’s seat of a lucrative future market: electric cars. When the automobile was new in 1900, there was no clear consensus which technology would triumph. Would it be gasoline, steam or electricity? The smart money was on electricity, which shows that the smart money can be wrong. A lot has happened since the Redmond, Wash. “Beyond Oil: Transforming Transportation” conference earlier this month on electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, which was sponsored by Cascadia Center, Microsoft, Idaho National Laboratory (INL), WSDOT, USDOT and Pemco Insurance. For starters, Time Magazine’s environmental correspondent Bryan Walsh, who attended both days of the event and interviewed key sources there, has published an important article titled, “Is America Ready To Drive Electric?” April 5, 2008. California has told car makers to start producing hybrid vehicles that can be plugged into the electricity mains. BYD’s electric cars are expected in Israel and Europe by 2010. The measure (HR 6323), which passed by voice vote, would create a competitive grant program at the Energy Department to help businesses research, develop and ultimately sell these vehicles. PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 24, 2008 — Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., announced here today at its Sustainable Mobility Seminar that pricing for first- and second-generation NiMH Prius hybrid vehicle (HV) replacement batteries have been reduced by more than 10 percent. The price of the 2000-2003 first-generation Prius battery has been reduced to $2,299, while the 2004-2008 second-generation Prius battery is reduced to $2,588. Prior to this most recent price reduction, both batteries were priced at $2985. Source: autobloggreen.com Read More... PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ — Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.,made a series of environmental announcements at its “Sustainable MobilitySeminar” here today, including a plan to put four off-lease RAV4 electricvehicles into operation in the Portland-area. The RAV4-EVs will help the cityand the state of Oregon develop an electric-charging infrastructure inpreparation for the arrival of future zero- and low-emission vehicles. |
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