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Messrs. Sherwood and Guzyk are at the forefront of a small but growing automotive insurgency. While Toyota promises to deliver a factory-built, plug-in electric car by late 2009, and General Motors Corp. says it will bring its Chevy Volt plug-in car to market in 2010, impatient mechanics already are making them with off-the-shelf parts. [...] According to Lawson, the replacement electric vehicle it will use will be the iMiEV, a Mitsubishi Motors Corp.-made electric car that will be marketed to the public in the summer of 2009 According to a report in The Independent, the Mitsubishi i-MiEV (Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle) could herald a new dawn for electric motoring. TOKYO, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Japan’s Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) and NEC Corp (6701.T) will invest at least $1.1 billion to make lithium-ion batteries for about 200,000 electric and hybrid cars annually in 2011 or later, the Nikkei business daily said on Monday. Plug-in electric:a new tax credit worth $2,500 and $7,500. It will begin to phase out after 250,000 of such vehicles are bought in the United States. LANSING — Gov. Jennifer Granholm and lawmakers hope generous tax incentives will help make Michigan the center of efforts to research and manufacture advanced batteries used in hybrid and electric vehicles. Legislators say the United States today has no large-scale production plant for the lithium-ion battery, the technology General Motors Corp. expects to power its touted Chevrolet Volt. Most battery technology is being developed in Asia. [...] At the end that period, the city will determine if they will purchase the cart, which has an asking cost of $14,500. But even at that amount, officials believe the electric car will pay for itself in two to four years.
The American people have a desire to get off foreign oil and no longer be held hostage to ridiculously volatile gas prices. In 2008 alone the electric car industry has seen massive innovation that, with proper funding and implementation, will lead to a new level of fortunes to be made with a fantastic side effect – clean cars and a strong economy.” [...] “The great age of automobiles lies ahead of us, not behind us,” said Mr. Greenberger, who heads the clean-tech practice at the law firm Reed Smith and advises clean-technology venture capital firms and start-ups. India should focus on producing cheap, efficient and small electric cars over the next five years. “This will boost energy conservation and help cut down carbon emissions,” said Ravi Kant, chief executive officer, Tata Motors The company will invest “several tens of billions of yen” in the plant, she said. The Nikkei business newspaper reported the cost would be between 20 billion yen and 30 billion yen ($220 million-$330 million). Toshiba said the plant is likely to be situated in northwestern Japan. BYD, which is 10 percent owned by U.S. investor Warren Buffett, originally aimed to sell the hybrid cars abroad in 2010 but Wang would not give any reasons for the delay. They carry a lot more battery power and use the batteries to do much more of the work of moving the car. And instead of constantly needing to be recharged by the engine, they get most of their recharging by being plugged in at night. In an interview with Automotive News China, the president of BYD (Build Your Dreams), Wang Chuanfu, said that in addition to the recent Chinese release of the F3DM — the world’s first plug-in hybrid production car — he expects his company to release two more electric car models in 2009. Ontario, Calif. –December 9, 2008 Governor Linda Lingle today
The car park has 340 spaces where people can re-charge their electric cars for 1,95 € an hour Corporate executives, scientific leaders and educational institutions came together for the summit to address the latest developments, and the need to create a state-of-the-art lithium ion battery manufacturing facility became evident. The BlueZero E-Cell has a range of about 60 miles on a two hour charge. Included is a turbo-charged three-cylinder engine that has a range to 375 miles. On December 16th EEStor was granted a US patent for their EESU. The patent is a highly information-rich document that give a remarkable insight into these potential devices. EEStor notes “the present invention provides a unique lightweight electric-energy storage unit that has the capability to store ultrahigh amounts of energy”. Apparently, the car will slot into the space of a limited range, but affordable, electric with a possible price point around the $20,000 range the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario would provide $4 billion in loans payable to General Motors of Canada Limited and Chrysler Canada Inc. through Export Development Canada (EDC). The yearlong project, sponsored by the Washington Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development and the Port of Chelan County, will collect data on battery charging and mileage and emissions in different weather and road conditions. GM is a failure. Imagine, the biggest and most symbolic of American companies, the bellweather of our industrial might back in 1958, has been brought low by 5 decades of inept and failed policies, criminal management and just plain ignorance, dumbarse arrogance and inertia. Non-polluting electric cars are no longer the stuff of far-fetched impractical eco-friendly dreams. They really are going to happen, or at least that’s what fourteen U.S. battery manufacturing companies think. They chose to close ranks and form a body called The National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Battery Cell Manufacture. OTTAWA, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Energy storage developer EEStor Inc, a key partner of Canadian electric car maker Zenn Motor Co (ZNN.V), has secured a U.S. patent for its battery, its chief executive said on Friday. |
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