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USA: Coulomb Technologies Announces Flex Billing System for ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles

dblo — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:02:56 +0000

CAMPBELL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Marking a significant change in the way drivers pay to fuel electric vehicles, and how charging station owners are paid for providing that service, Coulomb Technologies today announced the Flex Billing™ system. Beginning in July, users of ChargePoint® Networked Charging Stations will no longer need a subscription to the ChargePoint® Network. As a [...]

Japan: Mitsubishi Motors’ i-MiEV Awarded with the “Environment Special Grand Prize” at the 25th International Automobile Festival

dblo — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:45:45 +0000

Tokyo, Feb 08, 2010 (JCN Newswire via COMTEX) — Mitsubishi Motors Corporation has announced that its new -generation electric vehicle i-MiEV has been awarded with the “Environment Special Grand Prize” during the 25th International Automobile Festivalheld in Paris, France on February 4, 2010.

The i-MiEV was selected amongst 4 nominees each representing “concrete projects for [...]

USA: Chicago area gets first wind-powered electric vehicle charging station

dblo — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:41:54 +0000

As we get ready for the Chicago Auto Show next week, a note about what is apparently the first wind-powered electric vehicle charger in the continental U.S. caught our eye. The charger, installed by the Midwest distributor of Coulomb Technologies charging stations, Carbon Day Automotive, is located in Highland Park – not far from Chicago [...]

USA: Electric Motors Corporation announces new president

dblo — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:35:57 +0000

An Elkhart County company that hopes to be a leader in electric vehicle production has a new leader at the helm.

Electric Motors Corporation announced Monday that Frank Jenkins has been named its new president. Jenkins [...]

USA: to Design Electric Motor for the Plug-In Hybrid, Cadillac ATS

dblo — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:31:17 +0000

When every other auto major is in the race to produce plug-in hybrid cars, how can GM stay off the field? The company is all set to land on the global platform with its state-of-art rear-wheel drive plug-in hybrid car – the Cadillac ATS. As part of its expanding business plan, General Motors is in [...]

USA: Mass. unveiling plans to expand electric car use

dblo — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:45:08 +0000

BOSTON—Massachusetts is looking for ways swap the gas nozzle for the electric plug.

On Tuesday, officials from the state Department of Energy Resources plan to sign a memorandum of understanding with Nissan North America to explore ways to expand electric car use in Massachusetts.

Officials say they also plan to discuss the state’s efforts to encourage [...]

USA: Want A Micro-Turbine Plug-In Hybrid Supercar? Call Velozzi

dblo — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:41:31 +0000

One of our favorite cars from the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show was the CMT-380 supercar concept from Capstone Turbine.

To show off potential automotive uses for its C30 micro-turbine, it built an extended-range electric car using the turbine to add up to 500 miles to the 80-mile range of its lithium-ion battery pack by powering [...]

USA: Postal Service asks four firms to help it deliver in a green way

dblo — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:33:08 +0000

In the e-mail era, the U.S. Postal Service seems hardly plugged in — but at least it wants its vehicles to be. The Postal Service has awarded contracts to several California firms to develop a prototype postal van that would run on electricity.

The contracts are part of the service’s effort to determine whether it can convert [...]

Isreal: Better Place unveils electric car, with caveats

dblo — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:24:15 +0000

Amid yesterday’s fanfare as Better Place rolled out its electric car technology in north Tel Aviv, the company was also throwing up smokescreens to avoid dealing with the less rosy aspects of Shai Agassi’s dream of clean, silent cars plying Israel’s roads.

Employees of Better Place and of the Renault car fitted with batteries explicitly [...]

Japan/USA: We Drive the 2011 Nissan LEAF Electric Car

dblo — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:59:47 +0000

0 Emissions, 5 Passengers, 90 MPH Top Speed, 100 Mile Range, 2010 Launch

That’s Nissan’s marketing slogan for their new fully-electric, zero emission LEAF, which is being promised delivery some time later this year. Nissan is currently on a 22 city tour to show off the car, and invited current Nissan owners to come take a [...]

Israel setting up electric car grid

dblo — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:49:57 +0000

Israel is on schedule to inaugurate a revolutionary electric car grid with dozens of recharge stations and thousands of cars on the road by next year, the project’s developers say.

The California-based company Better Place hopes Israel’s model will lead a shift toward electric transportation worldwide.

Between 70 and 100 recharge stations will open across the country [...]

USA: Secretary of Energy Endorses Ultracapacitors at Auto Show

dblo — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:37:11 +0000

At the Washington D.C. Auto Show last week, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu spoke about the Obama administration’s commitment to advancing fuel-efficient vehicles. In his presentation he talked about how lithium ion batteries can’t absorb energy from regenerative braking as quickly and efficiently as ultracapacitors. Because of this, the Department of Energy believes auto manufacturers [...]

Europe: Protoscar LAMPO2 Electric Sports car to be shown in Geneva next month

dblo — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:37:21 +0000

The Protoscar LAMPO2 will be unveiled at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show beginning next month giving Europeans their own version of the sporty Tesla electric racer.

With 4 different charging modes: standard single-phase with an on board charger for typical overnight home-charge, a “control-pilot” equipped single-phase on board charger typical for public charging, a standard three-phase [...]

Korea/China: LG Chem to supply hybrid batteries to Changan Auto

dblo — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:04:48 +0000

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s biggest chemicals maker, will supply hybrid-car batteries to China-based Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., its first such order from Asia’s largest automobile market.

LG Chem will begin delivering the lithium-ion batteries in the second half of this year, the South Korean company said in a statement today without disclosing the value of [...]

Looks like another big year for the smart grid

dblo — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:02:12 +0000

Smart grid development continued to pick up momentum in 2010. The new year promises to be the biggest yet for the young industry. Big industrialists introduced new products and technologies in January.

Last month GE announced it was introducing a new energy information panel in partnership with OpenPeak, an expert in communications [...]

USA: Why GM Will Win By Moving Electrification In-House

dblo — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:58:40 +0000

GM’s new battery pack, built in Brownstone, Michigan, represents the first time a manufacturer has built a lithium-ion battery pack in-house (GM). by: Reilly Brennan, AOL Autos See More Articles from this AuthorWhereas most people would consider the company’s 2009 bankruptcy as the pivotal turning point in the contemporary history of General Motors, I’m willing put my [...]

India: Tata Motors, M&M, Reva eye electric compact truck segment

dblo — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:56:02 +0000

Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, and Reva Electric Car Company are planning to launch electric trucks and passenger carriers in the sub-one-tonne segment.

The development in electric power-train technology triggers open a niche segment in commercial vehicles with at least three manufacturers foraying into the battery-run light truck/van market.

Tata Motors has developed an electric version of [...]

USA: My Word: No tears should be shed for Chevron

dblo — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:01:09 +0000

IT’S DISTURBING that Business Editor Drew Voros is so biased in favor of the petroleum industry.

In two recent columns, Voros bemoans Chevron’s veiled threats to close the Richmond oil refinery. He repeatedly blames the city of Richmond and environmentalists, but he ignores numerous facts that put the responsibility squarely on Chevron and the oil industry [...]

USA: OCEANSIDE: Aptera looking for new manufacturing building

dblo — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:14:43 +0000

Local electric vehicle maker Aptera is again in the real estate market, shopping for larger digs while it awaits another dose of funding from private lenders and the government.

Laura Marion, chief financial officer for the Vista-based company, said this week that Aptera has looked at a large building in Oceanside’s Ocean Ranch Business park that [...]

USA: All-electric car appears as city gets charged up

dblo — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:11:23 +0000

Nissan’s new all-electric vehicle, the Leaf, made a quiet appearance on Friday, showing off its nearly silent motor as it rolled about the Reliant Stadium parking lot and signaling what the city hopes may be the start of an electric movement on Houston’s streets.

Mayor Annise Parker and representatives from Nissan and Houston’s Reliant Energy [...]