Plug In Electric

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• Smart Grid projects pick up huge funding boost

  
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  The advancement of the US Smart Grid has taken another significant step forward after the US Department of Energy agreed to award $620million to projects across the country aimed at advancing Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. In total, 32 projects will benefit including those focusing on large-scale ...
  3 days ago

• Tesla Opens Store in Monaco, Its Third in Europe Behind London and Munich

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Tesla Motors opened a regional sales and service center in Monaco on Tuesday, bringing to three the number of European showrooms the young electric-car maker has opened. The Monaco store ( pictured ), located in the Golden Square of the State, will serve all of southern Europe.
  4 days ago

• 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport Gives Driver More Torque for His Environmental Causes

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  By Scott Doggett, Contributor Ask a Tesla Roadster owner why he drives one and invariably youll be told its for the environment. Mother Nature, you think. Climate change. Polar bears. And thats half true. Maybe even three-quarters true. But drive a Tesla Roadster – especially the 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport – and ...
  1 week ago

• 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport Gives Driver More Torque for His Environmental Causes

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  By Scott Doggett, Contributor Ask a Tesla Roadster owner why he drives one and invariably youll be told its for the environment. Mother Nature, you think. Climate change. Polar bears. And thats half true. Maybe even three-quarters true. But drive a Tesla Roadster – especially the 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport – and ...
  1 week ago

• Mercedes-Benz to get €9M from German government for electric vans

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 693
  Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Mercedes Benz The German environment ministry has awarded Mercedes-Benz a grant of up to €9 million a field test of battery electric Sprinter vans. The money will be used to fund the research and development of the vans as well as the construction and deployment. Mercedes will produce ...
  1 week ago

• Electric Rolls-Royce Phantom could arrive within a year

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 693
  Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Rolls Royce 2009 Rolls-Royce Phantom EWB - click above for high-res image gallery Out of the UK, Autocar is reporting that an electric drive version of the Rolls-Royce Phantom could hit the streets within 12 months. Weve been hearing about battery-powered Rollers for some ...
  1 week ago

• Production of Smart ForTwo ED Battery Electric Vehicle Gets Underway in France

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Production of the Smart ForTwo ED plug-in electric vehicle began this week at Daimler AGs factory in Hambach, France, the automaker reported today. The first 1,000 of the zero-emissions ForTwo EDs (electric drives) will be provided to customers participating in various mobility projects in major cities in Europe and ...
  1 week ago

• Norwegian Electric Vehicle Maker Think Plans Factory in Indiana for Its City Car

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Norwegian electric-car maker Think has plans to launch its vehicles in the United States and has picked a site in Indiana for its U.S. manufacturing facility, Reuters news service reported Tuesday, citing a major investor in the company. The exact location and other details will be announced in a few weeks, said ...
  1 week ago

• All-Electric Peugout BB1 is Part Scooter, Part Car

  
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  Although the Peugout BB1’s styling may be some of the funkiest design work we’ve seen, it’s causing quiet a stir in the Electric Vehicle world, and for good reason. The BB1 is part scooter , part car, and features two in-wheel electric motors and a solar panel equipped roof . ...
  1 week ago

• Tesla Secures Battery-Improving Cooling System From Parts Maker Dana corp.

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Dana Holding Corp. , which specializes in making truck frames and axles as well as sealing and thermal products for vehicle makers, has been tapped by electric-roadster maker Tesla Motors to supply a proprietary EV battery-cooling system said to extend the life of lithium-ion batteries. ———- Teslas rear-mounted ...
  1 week ago

• New Vectrix picked up by Hesketh Motorcycles in the UK

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 693
  Filed under: EV/Plug-in , On Two Wheels , UK Vectrix VX-1 - click above for high-res image gallery While the company formerly known as Vectrix Corporation has just changed its name to the more descriptive Electric Scooter Wind Down Corp. appellation, New Vectrix is out and about doing deals and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Electric Avenue display comes to 2010 Detroit Auto Show

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 693
  Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Detroit Auto Show While some of the automakers that skipped the 2009 Detroit Auto Show are apparently returning for 2010, there still wont be enough to fill up the basement. As a result, the EcoXperience exhibit will be back again for a second year. The landscaped track on the lower ...
  2 weeks ago

• SEAT starts installing solar panels on Martorell factory roof - Green Cars

  
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  Filed under: Manufacturing/Plants , Solar , Europe/EU , SEAT As we announced , SEAT is trying to maximize the possibilities of the sunny Mediterranean climate for its factory in Martorell, near Barcelona, Spain. SEATs plan is ambitious, and could allow the plant to be able to function almost off the grid. The factory ...
  2 weeks ago

• AMP=D’s Electric ‘33 Ford Hot Rod @ SEMA

  
  mpgomatic.com — Authority: 448
  SEMA 2009 may have been one big blur, but it didn’t take long to find MPGomatic’s pick for car of the show. AMP=D’s ‘33 Ford exemplifies the cutting-edge hot rod spirit. It took the AMP=D crew just four weeks to mate a UQM electric motor (pumping out 660 foot pounds of torque) with a set of custom A123 lithium ...
  2 weeks ago

• Fisker Buys Mothballed GM Factory to Build $40,000 Plug-In Hybrid Cars

  
  MixedPower.com — Authority: 114
  Fisker Automotive is buying the old General Motors factory in Wilmington, Delaware, to produce an affordable, family-oriented plug-in hybrid sedan to cost under $40,000 after federal tax credits. Fisker expects the production facility will create or support 2,000 factory jobs plus more than 3,000 jobs for vendors and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Buy a Bad Boy Buggie, kill save big bucks

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 693
  Filed under: EV/Plug-in , NEV (Neighborhood Electric Vehicle) , USA Bad Boy Buggies markets its tough all-terrain vehicles using the slogan "Theyll Never Hear You Coming" to hunters who generally are of a mind to slay whatever bucks they can track down. Well, now they can save them too. No, not the ...
  2 weeks ago

• 275 MPG eVARO Electric Vehicle Goes From 0 to 60 in 5 Seconds

  
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  The Progressive Automotive X-Prize is heating up as the May 2010 start date approaches, and one of our favorite entrants is the eVARO, a three-wheeled plug-in hybrid from Future Vehicles Technology . The sleek electric vehicle can go from 0 to 60 MPH in 5 seconds and purportedly reaches 275 mpg under certain ...
  2 weeks ago

• Electric Vehicle International opens California headquarters, launches new lineup

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 693
  Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Manufacturing/Plants , USA When we last heard from Electric Vehicles International (EVI) they were displaying a trio of trucks at the Work Truck Show in Chicago that they had electrified at their facility in Mexico. Fast forward 7 months and we find none other than Governor Arnold ...
  3 weeks ago

• Bringing Skinny Back: Tango electric production to restart?

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 693
  Filed under: EV/Plug-in Until the Tesla Roadster came along, most electric cars were odd looking, to say the least. Near the top of the list of peculiar EVs youll find the Tango. This tandem two seater looks like a Japanese Kei car that got stuck in a bagel slicer. Its creator, Rick Woodbury, stopped building ...
  3 weeks ago

• Greenlings: How do I plug my electric vehicle in at home?

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 693
  Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Greenlings As electric vehicles begin to find their way to peoples driveways and garages, knowing whats involved with charging up the batteries becomes more necessary. Over the years, electric vehicles (EVs) have used different kinds of batteries and employed different types of ...
  3 weeks ago

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