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• GM may consider Chevrolet Volt SS plug-in hybrid

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 601
  When the 2011 Chevrolet Volt makes its debut later next year, it will allow 40 miles of gas free driving and a “sporty” 0-60 mph time of under 9 seconds. However, if a 0-60 mph time of 9 seconds isn’t “sporty” enough for you, GM may be considering a Chevrolet Volt SS model. In a recent interview, Vice ...
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• Gordon Murray Design to make four electric city car prototypes by Feb. 2011

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 601
  Gordon Murray Design and Zytek Automotive have announced that they will have four prototypes of an all-electric three-seater city car on the roads by February 2011. The move is made possible by a £4.5m ($7.5 million) investment from the government-backed Technology Strategy Board. The production model, currently ...
  16 hours ago

• Ontario Unveils Eco-friendly License Plates

  
  Keetsa Mattress Store - Keetsa! Blog - Eco-Friendly and Green News — Authority: 508
  The best way to pair of eco-friendly transportation is to have them sport eco-friendly license plates. Apparently Ontario will be doing this as they are set to introduce eco-friendly license plates for the said vehicles by next year. These new green license plates will be used for hybrid and electric cars and those ...
  3 days ago

• Bringing Skinny Back: Tango electric production to restart?

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 682
  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 days ago

• Nissan releases sketch of new light commercial electric van

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 601
  Nissan has released a concept sketch of a new light commercial electric-vehicle based on the NV200 Concept. “The low-cost multi-purpose vehicle would allow ambulance drivers to drive directly into the hospital or van and taxi drivers to enter urban areas where CO2 emissions are restricted,” Nissan said in a ...
  4 days ago

• Renault will build Twizy EV in Spain

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 682
  Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Renault Renault Twizzy ZE concept - click above for high-res image gallery Renault announced today that its Valladolid, Spain plant will become the home of a new electric vehicle based on the Twizy Z.E. concept that was show at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. The ...
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• GM’s other plug-in hybrid vehicles won’t have ‘Volt’ badging

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 601
  In what we think is a good decision, General Motors said that its other plug-in hybrid offerings will not have Volt branding on them to identify with the compact plug-in hybrid that will launch later next year. By contrast, Toyota is planning to make a family of hybrid vehicles that will carry the Prius badging . ...
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• Renault partnering with LOréal on Zoe Z.E electric spa concept [w/VIDEO]

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 682
  Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Lincoln Renault Zoe Z.E. concept - click above for high-res image gallery At the Frankfurt Motor Show back in September, one of the four electric vehicle concepts shown by Renault was this Zoe which the company now tells us was developed in collaboration with LOréal. We just ...
  5 days ago

• Fisker picks distributor to sell Karma in Europe, looking to sell in China

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 601
  Fisker Automotive announced that it has picked a large distributor to sell its plug-in hybrid vehicles in Europe and is also looking for a similar deal in China. CEO Henrik Fisker said that the company will announce the name of the distributor group as early as Wednesday. It is reported that the distributor has more ...
  1 week ago

• Toyota to launch battery electric vehicle in 2012, fuel cell in 2015

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 682
  Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Hydrogen , Toyota Bob Carter, group vice president and general manager of the Toyota brand, came to Detroit on Monday to have lunch with some local media. Among the topics of discussion at the gathering were Toyotas plans for zero emissions vehicles. Since last January, ...
  1 week ago

• BMW to produce carbon fiber on a large scale for MegaCity vehicles

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 601
  According to a BMW spokesman, the automaker has teamed up with carbon fiber specialist SGL Group to produce lightweight parts for its MegaCity electric vehicle from its Project i department.  The spokesman told AutoCar that two plants will be built in Germany and North America to produce carbon fiber parts on a ...
  1 week ago

• Frank Weber leaves Chevrolet Volt team to return to Opel

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 601
  German-born engineer Frank Weber, who is in charge of General Motors’ Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid program, will be moving back to Germany to take a senior management role at Opel. A GM spokesman said that he will be replaced by Doug Parks, who has been working at Opel since 2007 as chief engineer for GM’s ...
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• Ford teams up with Azure for battery-electric Transit Connect, due out in 2010

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 601
  FoMoCo announced today that it has teamed up with Azure Dynamics Corporation to deliver a pure battery electric Ford Transit Connect van for the United States and Canadian markets in 2010. Ford said that Azure will integrate its Force Drive battery electric drive train in the Transit Connect van for commercial and ...
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• California locks in Tesla Model S plant with tax deal incentive

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 601
  In an effort to ensure that Tesla builds its Model S electric-sedan in California, the state has struck a tax incentive agreement with the San Carlos company. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office said that a state agency will temporarily hold a title worth of $320 million equipment to be purchased by Tesla and ...
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• Tesla Roadster goes 313 miles at Global Green Challenge in Australia

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 601
  If you’re one of the 900 Tesla Roadster owners out there you have to live with a very hard choice – you can either drive efficiently and show off how many miles you traveled on a single charge or you can throw the efficiency part out of the window and show off how you can go from 0-60 mph in 3.9 seconds. Owner ...
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• Fisker buys GM plant for $18 million, will build Chevy Volt competitor

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 601
  As reported yesterday , Fisker Automotive confirmed today that it has purchased General Motors’ Wilmington, Delaware plant, which produced that Saturn Sky, Pontiac Solstice and the Opel GT until July. Fisker said that it has signed a letter of intent with Motors Liquidation Co., formerly known as the wonderful ...
  2 weeks ago

• East Coast Electric

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 601
  Bannon Automotive, a New York based company, has received a state package of grants and tax incentives worth close to $7 million to build a plant in Syracuse that will churn out electric plug-in hatchbacks as early as late 2010, reports MSNBC . The company hopes to have their financing in order by the end of this ...
  2 weeks ago

• Biden to Announce GM Plant Reopening

  
  Bizzia — Authority: 141
  Vice President Joe Biden is expected to visit a closed General Motors plant in Wilmington, Delaware, on Tuesday, where he is expected to announce that same plant’s reopening. According to reports, Biden will also announce that the plant will focus on constructing plug-in hybrid electric cars instead of traditional ...
  2 weeks ago

• BMW wants its production Project i electric-cars to be ‘premium vehicles’

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 601
  BMW wants to position its upcoming family of electric-vehicles as ‘premium’ vehicles’ that will compete in the top tier of the growing EV segment. The family of electric-vehicles, known as Project i, will be made available with two, three and four wheels. The recently revealed BMW Simple Concept isn’t a guide ...
  2 weeks ago

• Biden to help reopen GM Delaware plant for production of Fisker’s plug-in hybrid sedan

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 601
  According to reports, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit a closed General Motors plant in his home-state of Delaware where he will announce the reopening of the closed GM Plant in Wilmington that will now produce plug-in hybrid electric-vehicles for Fisker Automotive. CEO Henrik Fisker is also ...
  2 weeks ago

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