“This part of the project, which is also supported by the State Government, will allow us to collect and evaluate data on electric vehicle charging behaviour so that power and grid capacity requirements for the next decade can be determined,” he said. Read More...
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n a few weeks, Ford will become the third auto company to see federal incentives for its hybrid gas-electric cars completely vanish. Tax credits for Honda hybrids bit the dust at the beginning of last year, and Toyota hybrid credits completely phased out in late 2007. Read More... PLANS to install 1300 charging points around the north east to encourage the take-up of electric cars have been announced. Read More... By Nicole Norfleet The council’s original bid failed to get funding in the first round of the Government’s plug-in car grant scheme. Read More... By STEVE EVERLY
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. Read More... 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. Read More... 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. Read More... 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. Read More... So, the details surrounding the contract that Zap has received to get an electric vehicle ready for the United States Postal Service (USPS) are as follows: the deal is for a single truck, one of the USPS’ common Long Life Vehicles (pictured). Zap will convert the truck in Santa Rosa, CA and then send it to Washington, D.C. for field tests. Four other companies have also been selected to provide the USPS with all-electric mail trucks. U.S. Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) toured Zap’s facility Tuesday and had the following to say: Read More... Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) — South Korea is considering tax incentives for electric cars after providing tax breaks for hybrid cars last year, Yonhap News reported, citing a finance ministry official it didn’t identify. Read More... A plug-in electric-vehicle demonstration program in the Indianapolis area could begin as early as this spring, an official for clean-energy consortium Energy Systems Network said Thursday morning. Read More...
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The United States Postal Service (USPS) has awarded electric car pioneer ZAP (OTC Bulletin Board: ZAAP) an engineering contract for the design and development of an electric version of its Long Life Vehicle (LLV). Read More... SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15 (UPI) — Environmentally sensitive California is likely to be the national testing ground for electric cars, industry observers said. Read More... Electric cars have many merits: They are quieter and require less maintenance than cars with internal combustion engines. A network of smartly located charging stations covering the entire Harz region in Germany is designed to make electric cars a regional feature. Read More... The Bay Area will be an important test market for mass-market electric cars when automakers begin to roll out the new vehicles late this year, according to an article by Todd Woody and Clifford Krauss on Monday in The New York Times. Read More... HOUSTON, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Houston, nicknamed the Petro Metro for the profusion of oil and gas companies that dot its skyline, is an unlikely host for an electric-car revolution. Read More... |
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