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ECOtality, Inc. – Alternative Energy – Deals and Alliances Profile – a new market research report on companiesandmarkets.com [...]
An international team of scientists, engineers and boat builders from Germany and Switzerland has developed the world’s largest solar powered boat designed to circumnavigate the world. The PlanetSolar multihull vessel, built by Knierim Yatch Club, was unveiled on February 25, 2010 at the HDW Shipyard in Kiel, Germany. [...]
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March 1 (Bloomberg) — GS Yuasa Corp. plans to boost annual production of lithium-ion batteries 10-fold over two years to meet demand for alternative-fuel vehicles.
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Opel Ampera
The revolutionary Opel Ampera will be the first emission-free, electrically driven automobile in Europe suitable for everyday driving. With its Voltec electric propulsion system providing lively acceleration and high levels of refinement, the five-door Ampera seats four passengers in comfort, offers a useful trunk for their luggage, and features an extended range of more than 500 kilometers. [...]
The council’s original bid failed to get funding in the first round of the Government’s plug-in car grant scheme. [...]
By STEVE EVERLY
The Kansas City Star
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Paving the way for electric cars, utilities make plans now Jack Cooper Transport explores reality TV possibilities Many underwater homeowners overpay to stay Local James Beard Foundation semifinalists are announced Fueling the future | Heating from the ground up A Kansas City-based company pushes Jet magazine out of its time warp Kansas City Power & Light Co. is preparing for a highway power play — a new breed of electric cars. [...]
Although it was overshadowed by the Toyota drama taking place in the House of Representatives, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for Energy and Water Development held a hearing on “Electric Vehicles in the Light Duty Auto Sector” this week, and the Senators heard a fairly unified message from players in the electric vehicle community. There could be a significant early gap between E.V. demand and E.V. supply, they said, and we need help getting these green cars off the ground. [...]
Creating an electric car posed a lot of challenges, such as where to put 480 pounds of batteries. Nissan’s stylists came up with a design that is both futuristic and functional.
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The electric car industry was celebrating today after the government unveiled long awaited plans to provide a £5,000 grant to individuals and businesses purchasing plug in vehicles. [...]
GETTING THERE ASAP: CalCars 2.0 aims to convert tens of millions of gas-guzzler vehicles now on the road to run partly or entirely on electricity. What will it take to reach that goal? How can we turn a game-changing idea and a few prototypes into a scalable global solution? If we replicate our CalCars 1.0 strategies, it may take seven years. If instead we mesh our advocacy and partnerships with an effective, profitable business enterprise, we can start this extraordinary transformation in two or three years. That’s our plan. Below we outline how to get there, how a new company will pair its efforts with the nonprofit CalCars, and how we define success. We wind up with ways you can help us identify and inspire an extraordinary leader and business team to jump into this opportunity ASAP. [...]
Why would we want or need an electric or hybrid vehicle? What will we have to choose from? What kind of maintenance will be required and where would we get it? Where and how would we charge (fuel) our vehicle? What will be the costs for all of this? [...]
New chips come out every year, always faster and more cost-effective. So do new devices using those chips, and new servers, and new technologies combining servers in new configurations. Not to mention new software at every level.
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CINCINNATI — Production is now underway in Blue Ash on a unique type of electric car, which could lead to the creation of hundreds of jobs and yield an alternatively fueled vehicle costing about the same as an SUV. [...]
A scheme to provide charging points for electric vehicles across the north-east of England is to be expanded with a £2.9m government grant.
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A key member of the small team brought together four years ago to create the 2011 Chevrolet Volt electric car is unexpectedly leaving General Motors. [...]
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As part of its proposed measures on vehicle taxation to contain carbon emissions and encourage green industries, the South Korean government is looking at reducing taxes on electric cars purchased in the country. [...]
There are three main types of rechargeable batteries: Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH), Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cd), and Lithium Ion (Li-Ion). The main advantage of using lithium batteries over the others is higher charge density. Lithium batteries are smaller than equivalents such as nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH), and much lighter. In layman’s terms they “punch above their weight.” And unlike nickel cadmium batteries, lithium ion batteries do not suffer from “memory effect.” They also have a low self-discharge rate of approximately 5% per month, compared with over 30% per month in common Ni-MH batteries, 10% per month in nickel cadmium batteries.
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The new Lexus CT 200h is just one of the many hybrids in the works from Toyota. Sources say that Toyota will continue to expand its range of hybrids with a Prius based wagon, sporty coupe and an MPV in spring 2011. That will be followed by a Lexus IS-based rear-wheel-drive plug-in hybrid Toyota sedan and a hybrid version of the RAV4 by 2012.
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Oregon Health & Science University has installed its first electric car charging station, allowing patients, visitors and staff to recharge their green vehicles while at OHSU. The charging station is located on the fifth floor of the large parking structure across from OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital on S.W. Campus Drive. Up to four electric vehicles can be charged at the same time on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Sometimes that cornerside Shell station just won’t provide what you need, especially if you have an electric car. That’s why Coulomb Technologies has launched a charging-station-locater app for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
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Lotus Engineering, the automotive consultancy division of Lotus Cars Limited, will showcase its latest series hybrid vehicle technology application in the PROTON Concept which will be unveiled at the 80th International Geneva Motor Show. The complete hybrid drivetrain in the
PROTON Concept city car has been developed by Lotus Engineering and it
includes the Lotus Range Extender engine (earlier post), designed specifically for series hybrid vehicles. [...]
The West Midlands’ fast-developing low-carbon automotive sector has called for like-minded suppliers to get involved in a £29 million project aimed at reshaping the future of passenger transport. [...]
A team of researchers at MIT and Pennsylvania State University, which has been working on a new layer-by-layer (LbL) method for producing novel kinds of membranes, has developed a new solid-state polymer electrolyte for use in electrochemical devices such as fuel cells and batteries using that method.
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Canada Post has ordered five Balance Hybrid Electric delivery trucks (earlier post) from Azure Dynamics. The five vehicles will serve at Canada Post facilities across Canada and are part of Canada Post’s stated effort to replace 3,000 aged vehicles over the next five years. The vehicles will be delivered in the first quarter of 2010. [...]
It’s not often that a press event at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting features a car. But the car that was driven into the press room today was an electric one, with some added communications skills: it could talk with the electric grid. The University of Delaware is already working with the utility PJM to test the use of electric vehicles for stabilizing the frequency of the grid, and preliminary work suggests that the payback time for the extra communication equipment may be as short as two months. [...]
Shanghai, February 23 (Gasgoo.com) China’s battery and electric car maker BYD Co Ltd aims to sharply boost its car exports this year as the global economic recovery improves demand, Reuters reported today, citing a company executive.
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Intel researchers are exploring nanoscale materials as an alternative to create ultracapacitors with a greater energy density than today’s Li-ion batteries. If successful, the new materials could be mass produced in volumes to power systems ranging from mobile devices to electric vehicles—even smart grid storage units.
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In 2009, the Recovery Grant Act made about $2.4 billion available for projects surrounding battery technology and electric vehicles. Lithium ion batteries continue to grow in popularity as an energy source, and manufacturers, engineers and OEMs continue in the quest for higher quality energy sources. Many factors impact the efficiency of a li-ion battery, and some begin early on in the manufacturing process. Nano World News had the opportunity to speak with John Hill, application and process advisor for NETZSCH Fine Particle Technology, about how nanotechnology is improving the quality of today’s li-ion batteries.
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As a west coast resident, you may be interested in learning of a new electric vehicle charging station that will help bridge the gap between northern and southern California travel. The Harris Ranch has recently installed a Tesla charge site off Highway 5, and will hold a grand opening on March 5th. This event is made possible by a generous Tesla charge station donation by long-time Plug In America supporter Earl Cox, who chose Harris Ranch as an ideal central point.
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