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Many of you have written us to inquire why we elected to restart the counter on the Newsletter asking the question, “Just what is the “New Constant Contact Newsletter?” The answer is that we have moved to a hosted newsletter service (Constant Contact). This is a change from our prior format that was designed and generated within our team. As you may have noticed, the new format has a much different graphical composition from the prior format. As such we elected to reset the count to show a clean break from the prior format to the new. We hope this clears the air.
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When Volkswagen bought a stake in Suzuki earlier this month, the German carmaker mentioned “growing emerging markets” and “innovative and environmentally friendly compact cars” and how Suzuki fit its plans. Well, it becomes clearer now as both VW and Suzuki have revealed that they will be working jointly on hybrid and electric car projects in India, accoding to a report by carazoo.com. [...]
New battery technology from Panasonic holds the promise of future Lithium-Ion cells that can provide significantly more power than is currently possible.
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Last January, VentureBeat ran a story listing 30 electric car companies poised to make a splash over the next couple of years. That post went on to become one of the most popular in the history of this web site, racking up 189 comments. [...]
Chrysler Group LLC will show off new products at the Detroit auto show, after all, a source familiar with Chrysler’s planning told The Detroit News.
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A Chinese car company, Geely, has made a huge impact on COP15 in Copenhagen with its new electric car.
The car is made in co-operation with the Danish company Lynx which has developed its electrical components and a new state-of-the-art lithium battery pack. [...]
This soon-to-debut Fisker Karma, a plug-in hybrid, is among the 500 new cars that will be on display at the San Diego International Auto Show , which opens Wednesday and runs through Sunday. Hours are 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday and Sunday. [...]
Electric cars that can reach 60kph will hit the road in March, speeding up mass-production of their vehicles, officials said Tuesday (December 29). [...]
HONG KONG, Dec 30 (Reuters) – Chinese battery and car maker BYD (1211.HK), backed by U.S. billionaire Warren Buffet, said it has raised its 2010 sales target, as it prepares to roll out its first electric cars.
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Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), a subsidiary of ECOtality, Inc. (OTCBB: ETLE), a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, will join Nissan North America this week for the debut of the zero-emission LEAF electric vehicle in Arizona, starting in Tucson, with more stops to follow in Tempe, Phoenix and Glendale.
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Basalt police officer Mike Taylor said Friday he has been unable to check in on the health of the couple, who were found unconscious in their bed Thursday morning, rushed to Aspen Valley Hospital and airlifted to a Denver hospital. The last he had heard they would be OK. [...]
Tesla Motors, maker of the much-written-about Tesla Roadster, would seem to have a lot going for it as it prepares to launch an IPO. The company is selling all the Roadsters it can build (1,000 at last count) and has more than 1,000 orders for the forthcoming Model S. It got a $465 million loan from the Department of Energy to help build the Model S, and Daimler showed its confidence in Tesla’s technology by buying a 10 percent share for a reported $50 million (and putting Tesla battery know-how into the electric Smart). On paper, the company is worth half a billion. [...]
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The Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network (MAGNET) and The Ohio State University Center for Automotive Research (CAR) announced that they will collaborate to generate increased growth and profitability for the motor vehicle and parts manufacturing industry throughout Ohio. [...]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Some $4.2 million in federal stimulus funds is going to help Sandia National Laboratories improve its Battery Abuse Testing Laboratory to develop low-cost batteries for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
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Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) has made a series of moves to boost its status as a global player. Early this month, the Chinese carmaker set up Shanghai GM, a joint venture with U.S. auto giant GM where it holds a 51 percent stake. SAIC also made inroads into India by establishing a 50-50 joint venture with GM there. And it has become the world’s eighth largest auto seller by selling 2.65 million cars this year including sales of joint ventures. [...]
BMWs current MINI E lease program is the first step in what BMW calls its MegaCity Project i, the goal of which is to develop a mass production electric vehicles in the next five years.
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Leccy Tech When Volvo first unveiled its C30 Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) back in September 2009, it stressed that the handful of cars produced would be one-off prototypes. [...]
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Taking advantage of his position as a major player in the lithium-ion battery sector, F.H. Sung, chairman and CEO of Simplo Technology Co., Ltd., recently pitched his company`s strength and capability in the EV (electric vehicle) lithium-ion battery business to a delegation of about 100 executives from all major automakers in China, during a recent Conference on Cross-strait Cooperation and Exchange in the Automobile (Including Battery Energy Storage) Industry, held Nov. 23-25, 2009 at the Taipei International Convention Center, as well as analyzing in detail the current EV lithium-ion battery industry, while expressing his ambition to take the lead in the electrifying segment, duplicating Simplo`s efforts in the global notebook PC lithium-ion battery market.
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Electric cars have been the focus of recent battery hype, but don’t discount the impact of a cell phone contract.
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The news that a MINI-E electric car has joined the government car pool for use by ministers on official business around London has been followed quickly by rumours that Fiat is to launch an electric version of its best-selling 500 model at next month’s Detroit Motor Show.
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The auto industry has progressively witnessed the formation of global alliances. Hitherto independent companies have been pulled into this orbit. The process has, by no means, been monotonic; it has been one of ebb and flow, with companies exiting alliances and entering new ones. [...]
Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) — Ford Motor Co. will start a two-year test program of electric Focus compact cars and Transit vans in Germany on Jan. 4 as the U.S. company prepares to introduce battery-powered models as early as next year.
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New Delhi, Dec 28 : Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) today said it will unveil the electric version of its compact car-the i10, an all-electric zero-emission vehicle during the Auto Expo 2010 which kicks off in the capital form January 5.
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BANGALORE, India — Years before the sleek Tesla Roadster hugged West Coast highways or General Motors unveiled the Chevrolet Volt, a tiny Indian car firm was making and selling stubby electric vehicles turned out by a nondescript factory in Bangalore.
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Iceland is among the countries hardest hit by the financial crisis. While trying to recover from the crisis, it plans to move the nation to use renewable energy completely. [...]
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