WASHINGTON — Federal loans to automakers and suppliers for development of electric vehicles and other advanced-technology cars would be doubled to $50 billion under a bill passed by the House on Friday night. Read More...
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THE plan to install electric car charging points across the North East moved rapidly ahead yesterday when supermarkets and shopping centres were named as locations for ‘fill-up’ stations. Read More... By now it’s a tradition: We celebrate the last day of the month by running down the most popular posts on GreenCarReports.com. For June, only a single Top Five post from May survived–and last month’s # 1 Ferrari hybrid piece didn’t show up at all. Read More... LONDON, June 30 (UPI) — “Sustainable mobility” is the catchphrase of the moment in Europe. Read More... Join Plug In America in urging Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the CARB Board, and members of the California State Legislature to close a gaping loophole that could deal a blow to the proliferation of plug-in vehicles just as the federal government is awarding billions of dollars to automakers to advance battery technology and production of plug-in vehicles for sale. Read More... June 29 (Bloomberg) — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party ruled out for the first time building nuclear-power plants in Germany and backed plans to develop electric-car technology, aiming to broaden its appeal for Sept. 27 national elections. Read More... The number of people buying electric cars could increase significantly in the UK over the coming years, if one company’s predictions are anything to go by. Read More... LISBON, Portugal — Portugal announced a plan Monday to install about 1,300 recharging sites for electric vehicles over the next two years, part of an effort to create a mass market for environmentally friendly electric cars expected to go on sale next year. Read More... The Renault Kangoo be bop Z.E. prototype is powered by a 44kW (60hp) electric motor and is equipped with a 15kWh battery. With just 18 months remaining before the release of Renault’s forthcoming production electric vehicles, Kangoo be bop Z.E. provides a range of approximately 100km. Read More... June 30 (Bloomberg) — Toyota Motor Corp. may offer to supply a version of its Prius hybrid car to General Motors Corp. during a meeting between the companies’ chief executives, two people familiar with the plan said. Read More... Innovations in technology allow today’s PCs to consume far less energy than earlier models, and the power of today’s computers can also help you keep tabs on your entire home’s power bill–that’s the premise behind Microsoft Hohm, at least. Put simply, the Hohm service lets consumers see how much electrical power and gas they consume in a given month, with suggestions on how to lower their consumption. Propane and fuel oil consumption are also targeted for the launch. In the future, Microsoft will add water monitoring. Then, next year, the company plans to add device monitoring, working with thermostat manufacturers and developers of “smart plugs” to provide even more specific data on energy consumption. Read More... The title of WhatGreenCar Car of the Year 2009 has been awarded to the ‘next generation’ Toyota Prius, due to be launched in the UK on 1st August 2009. Read More... The biggest problem with most electric cars is that they are adapted from conventional cars and you end up with something less than you started with. For example, you take a VW Golf, strip out the internals, add batteries and make it slower and heavier, with less range and fewer safety features. Read More... TRANSPORT MINISTER STEWART Stevenson will this week unveil a multi-billion pound switch to electric cars that looks set to take Scotland closer to a future of zero-carbon vehicles than any other country in the world. Read More... BRITAIN is to make hybrid cars for the first time after a decision by Toyota to start production of the high-tech vehicles at its Burnaston plant near Derby. Read More... Eager to place itself at the forefront of technology considered crucial to transportation’s future, Big Blue is throwing its weight behind batteries. Read More... As part of the TSB’s Ultra Low Carbon Vehicle Demonstrator Competition, the UK government announced this week it was awarding eight companies funding for testing of low carbon emissions vehicles. Amongst those companies is Toyota, who announced that they are using the funding to test 20 plug-in hybrid cars in urban and common use settings. The test cars are powered by an ion battery. The test period is expected to last three years starting in 2010. Read More... If hybrids have you going ho-hum, these new new hybrids should perk up your interest. Read More... A radical change in attitude to electric vehicles has occurred in 2009, resulting in huge new financing from governments and tough new laws that will boost sales. Now all car makers must offer electric versions in their line up or face oblivion as governments finally get serious about global warming, oil running out and the domino effect of imminent collapse of their traditional car industries. Earlier forecasts of these markets therefore need revisiting and, in a timely response, IDTechEx has issued a totally new report “EV Cars – Hybrid and Pure Electric 2009-2019”. Entirely researched in 2009, this analyses the effects the new market drivers. They include the tens of billions of dollars that will now be invested in those developing, manufacturing and buying electric cars and their components, the surge of new models and the remarkable new technological breakthroughs. Read More... |
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