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• Electric Rail Tender Announcement A Year Away

  
  Auckland Trains — Authority: 142
  The tender process for Auckland’s electric trains will take almost a year. KiwiRail has outlined its timetable. It is starting a review of the information that has already been gathered and then get a Request for Tender document into the market place around January. It will award a tender before the end of next ...
  20 hours ago

• New Electrification Coalition Calls for 75% EV Proliferation by 2040

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 175
  In brief: This new coalition of members of the electric vehicle community, infrastructure, and more proclaim that the U.S. needs to have 75% of its light-duty vehicle miles go electric by 2040. They officially released their report titled Electrification Roadmap, which outlines a vision for the deployment of EVs and ...
  1 day ago

• Let the Sniping Begin! Nissan Says London Olympics Committee Snubbed EVs

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 163
  Does Choice of BMW as 2012 Games Auto Supplier Set Back Electrification Efforts? The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games was likely thinking more of image than energy when it made its choice, but picking BMW as the preferred automotive supplier for the 2012 Olympic Summer Games and passing on Nissans ...
  2 days ago

• Where The Wire Things Are: Blogging From Wellington’s Electric Trains

  
  Auckland Trains — Authority: 142
  Hyped by the news that Auckland’s at last getting electric trains, I decided to pop down to where the wire things already are – Wellington – to see the state of their electric train service and get a taste of electric! So here I am joining the busy rush hour on Wellington’s suburban trains to see how the ...
  4 days ago

• Guest Blog: Jeremy Harris On Why We Need Electric Trains

  
  Auckland Trains — Authority: 142
  Reader Jeremy Harris explains: Why rail?  What’s so great about electrification? The case for rail is mainly around capacity. A lane of motorway in New Zealand can handle about 2,400 cars per hour, with the average car in New Zealand containing 1.4 people, this means about 3,360 people per hour can move through ...
  5 days ago

• Backgrounder To Today’s Announcement

  
  Auckland Trains — Authority: 142
  Here is the transport ministry’s backgrounder to today’s announcement: What is this announcement about? The government has approved funding of $500 million to enable the procurement of new electric trains for Auckland. The $500 million will initially be provided to KiwiRail as a loan.  Final decisions as to ...
  6 days ago

• Now Comes Eco City Auckland, Says Bob Harvey

  
  Auckland Trains — Authority: 142
  Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey, who has been a great fighter for rail (and managed great New Lynn and Henderson developments to happen in his area) hails today’s electrification decision as great for the environment. He calls it is a step toward an eco city Auckland. He is of course mayor of one of the world’s first ...
  6 days ago

• “Historic Day” for Auckland

  
  Auckland Trains — Authority: 142
  Today is being hailed as an historic day for Auckland. The transport minister’s confirmation of $500m for Auckland’s rail electrification – with more detail to come – puts an end to worries that the government has gone cold on electrification I hope ARC chairman Mike Lee has a wine to celebrate tonight ...
  6 days ago

• At Last: Steven’s Electrification Funding Announced

  
  Auckland Trains — Authority: 142
  Transport Minister, Steven Joyce, has just announced his funding decision for Auckland’s rail electrification, which have got Cabinet approval. Kiwirails image of how electricifcation lines will look at Papakura Here are the details: Cabinet approved funding of $500 million for the purchase of electric ...
  6 days ago

• EVs surge as Nissan taps China’s market, U.S. gov. lobbied for green car subsidies

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 155
  In addition to Tesla Motors‘ potential IPO, there’s two more big pieces of news coming out of the electric vehicle world. Nissan is opening talks about electric cars in China, and the Electrification Coalition has started lobbying for tax credits and loan guarantees to get battery-powered cars on the roads ...
  6 days ago

• Metro train stalls again, commuters stuck (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Delhi Metro’s Dwarka to Noida line went haywire Saturday morning till noon. Hundreds of passengers where stuck when power supply failed. Consequently after long delays many commuters waiting on platforms took a refund on their tickets and opted for other means of transport.In the second ...
  1 week ago

• Inordinate delay in metro, commuters seek ticket refund

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) An inordinate delay of nearly 30 minutes on the Dwarka-Noida metro route Saturday morning caught people unaware, leading to snaking queues in the metro stations. Tired of waiting, a number of commuters sought refund of their tickets and took other conveyances for their onward journey.According ...
  1 week ago

• Two new EV initiatives

  
  Plugs and Cars — Authority: 107
  Two items caught my attention this week. Plug In America has a new ally with the announcement of the creation of the Electrification Coalition . The goal of this high-powered group of corporate executives is nothing less than the complete transformation of our transportation sector, one in which ...
  1 week ago

• London Olympic Committee: EVs Are Gimmicks

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 163
  We didn’t want a big fleet of electric vehicles. We’re only just over two years or so away from the games and time is running out to create a viable network. Many of the vehicles will be used for around 18 hours a day. It’s hard graft, and we knew BMW could supply the vehicles Follow this link: London Olympic ...
  1 week ago

• Greenpeace calls rural electrification a failure

  
  Jai Bihar — Authority: 443
  PATNA — Only 30 percent of rural households in the state have been electrified and the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojna (RGGVY) is a failure in Bihar, according to a report by Greenpeace India. “Bihar’s per capita energy consumption, at 75 kWh (kilowatt per hour), is the lowest in India and far below ...
  1 week ago

• Bihar’s per capita energy consumption lowest: Report

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Patna, Nov 20 (IANS) Bihar’s per capita energy consumption is the lowest in the country and the government’s rural electrification campaign is a “failure”, according to a report by the Greenpeace India Society.“Bihar’s per capita energy consumption, at 75 kWh (kilowatt per hour), is the lowest in India and ...
  1 week ago

• Bihar villagers now get green electricity (Feature with images)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  By Sanjeeb BaruahNew Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) A technology that converts rice husk into electricity is gaining ground in Bihar. Some 100,000 households in the state already use electricity produced from biomass and their number is steadily growing.According to an estimate, 44 percent of India’s population still live ...
  1 week ago

• Government Funding Could See Thousands More Charging Points for Electric And Plug-in Hybrid Cars on the UK’s Streets And Car Parks

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 451
  The UK’s streets and car parks could see thousands more charging points for electric and plug-in hybrid cars thanks to £30 million of Government funding. Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis has invited cities and businesses to join together to bid for the money which will help fund the installation of charging ...
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• Where’s Joe?

  
  Liberty's Life Line — Authority: 122
    The Obama Administration probably wishes they didn’t spend $18 million to build a website that is making a mockery of their vaunted stimulus package that if not passed might result in an economic calamity from which we might never recover.  Well, here is a random sampling of six beneficiaries of stimulus money: ...
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• Carlos Ghosn & The Coalition Push for more, more, more

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 155
  Nissan-Renault CEO Carl Ghosn seems to be taking career advice from Frank White lately; wherever there is an opportunity to start making some money, he wants in. Recognizing that full size vehicles were a cash cow in the U.S., Ghosn wanted his cut. Shortly after taking the reins of Nissan in June of 1999, he ...
  1 week ago

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