Electric Cars

Movand presents the first Spanish electric car
REVE
Movand introduced its first electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries in the Great Hippodrome of Andalusia. Electric cars will be manufactured with JAC Motors. The production of electric vehicles, chassis and body will be provided by JAC Motors and ...

Alaska Dispatch
How Obama's stimulus revived the electric car
Alaska Dispatch
One success the Obama administration can duly claim is the rebirth of the electric-car industry in the United States. Automakers have unveiled a number of mass-market electric cars, which have seen small but rising sales.

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Brakes slammed on electric revolution following tiny uptake in new cars
Irish Independent
The electric car revolution has been quelled by apathy among the car-buying public, new figures reveal. Manufacturers and government agencies confidently predicted 2000 sales of electric cars a year when the first charge point was launched in 2010.

Electric avenue
The Guardian
Recent figures are not electrifying: just over 1000 new 100% electric vehicles (EVs) were sold in the UK last year. There are now 2149 EVs on the road, outnumbered by the 2500 special points at which to charge them. But here's the positive spin: last ...
Behind The Wheel: Electric car may yet have the last wordFayetteville Observer

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California Car Deal Criticized as Hurting Green Sales
New York Times
When California's air regulators approved new car-pollution rules to cut down on smog and global warming, they included a provision that critics described as a loophole that could substantially reduce the number of electric vehicles sold in the state ...
Who was for, who was against CARB's ZEV mandate "over-compliance" ruleAutoblog (blog)
CALIFORNIA'S ZEV MANDATE RETURNS.Green Energy News

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2012 BMW ActiveE: First Drive
Motor Authority
Read More If you've driven a Nissan Leaf, you'll agree that while the near-instantaneous torque provided by its electric motor system from standstill can be intoxicating in itself at first, the Leaf is SO not a performance car.
Electric avenueThe Guardian
Life with the Leaf: 5 Tips to Beat Range AnxietyKQED QUEST (blog)

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Green Electricity + Electric Cars = Win
Gas 2.0
Electric cars are a symbol of green transportation – no emissions, no reliance on fossil fuels, no noise pollution, even. And then, inevitably, someone raises a hand and points out that EVs really aren't that green after all, because manufacturing them ...

Hiriko test its electric car in Brazil
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Electric vehicles were tested few days ago in Brussels. The small electric cars with lithium ion batteries will be manufactured in Vitoria. The electric car Hiriko will be tested in the Brazilian city of Florianopolis from next December.

Behind The Wheel: Electric car may yet have the last word
Fayetteville Observer
What you may not have known is that, in the 1990s, GM developed a car, the EV1, that was a huge hit with everyone who used it. GM leased the electric vehicles only in California, then after a few years snapped them all up, to the anger and sadness of ...

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TPM
With wireless power, charge your electric car while driving
SmartPlanet.com (blog)
By Sarah Korones | February 3, 2012, 9:16 PM PST While the adoption of electric cars is generally considered an important step for green transportation, many drivers are wary to buy a vehicle that might run out of power before a trip's end.
Charge the electric car while you driveFuturity: Research News
Stanford Researchers Working Wireless On-Road Charging For EV'sGas 2.0
An Electric Highway To Charge Your Electric Vehicle While You DriveTPM

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Pump Rebels 2012 calendar makes electric cars sexy
San Francisco Chronicle
The Pump Rebels 2012 calendar features sexy models draped on electric cars like this Nissan Leaf. With the notable exception of the Tesla Roadster, electric cars and hybrids have rarely been seen as sexy. Take the Nissan Leaf. Cute? Yes. Cool?

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Life with the Leaf: 5 Tips to Beat Range Anxiety
KQED QUEST (blog)
While some of this might be specific to the Leaf, some tips are general ones that can apply to any of the upcoming electric car releases such as Mitsubishi's i electric and the 2012 Ford Electric Focus. Oh, and if you have ideas on how to extend range, ...
Electric avenueThe Guardian

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Asda installs town's first electric car charger port
This is Kent
New electric car charging bays in Asda, Tunbridge Wells. There is estimated to be only a handful of electric car drivers in Tunbridge Wells. But Asda, which opened its new Longfield Road store less than three weeks ago, is looking to the future.

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TPM
Charge the electric car while you drive
Futurity: Research News
Imagine that instead of wires and plugs, you could transfer power through a vacuum. Our work is a step in that direction." (Credit: iStockphoto) STANFORD (US) — New technology could lead to wireless charging of electric vehicles while they cruise down ...
With wireless power, charge your electric car while drivingSmartPlanet.com (blog)
Stanford Researchers Working Wireless On-Road Charging For EV'sGas 2.0
An Electric Highway To Charge Your Electric Vehicle While You DriveTPM

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Good-Natured Misinformation About Electric Cars More Damaging Than Attacks
PluginCars.com
By Brad Berman · February 03, 2012 PluginCars.com has done a lot of reporting about direct anti-electric-car venom. EV-Haters, YouTube ranters and politically motivated attackers do their best to arrest the growth of electric car sales—which is ...

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Torque News
$1 Billion Prize for 100 MPG Gasoline Car, High Speed Rail Blocked
SustainableBusiness.com
As the GOP works to eliminate the renewable energy production tax credit and the $7500 rebate for electric and plug-in cars, they're pushing for efficient cars that still run on oil. Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA) introduced legislation to offer a $1 billion ...
$1 billion prize for 100-mpg gasoline carSmartPlanet.com (blog)
GOP lawmaker offers $1 billion prize to first 100 mpg gasoline carThe Hill (blog)
Rep. Lundgren proposes $1 billion prize to oil addicting automakersTorque News
Gas 2.0 -Green Car Reports
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ecopolitology
How the Stimulus Revived the Electric Car
ecopolitology
One success the Obama administration can duly claim is the rebirth of the electric-car industry in the United States. Automakers have unveiled a number of mass-market electric cars, which have seen small but rising sales.

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Torque News
Highways to wirelessly charge electric cars?
EE Times India
Researchers at Stanford University have designed a new technology that could lead to wireless charging of electric vehicles while they cruise down the highway. The high-efficiency charging system uses magnetic fields to wirelessly transmit large ...
Maybe future electric cars will be charged wirelessly while drivingTorque News
Wireless charging proposed for electric carsScience a Gogo
Highways could charge electric carsUPI.com
NBC Bay Area -TruthDive
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Globe and Mail
Knack for blending in makes Volt a standout
Ottawa Citizen
The commentator, in an off-script moment, was lamenting the fact that electric vehicles such as the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt do not have the driving range demanded by the vast majority of commuters. While this is true of pure electric cars (most max ...
Under the hood: GM blueprint for Volt 2.0Reuters
GM Reveals Dismal Volt Sales in JanuaryTechnology Review (blog)
GM's activist CEO defends the VoltGlobe and Mail (blog)
Global Warming (blog)
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UK Progressive Magazine
How the Stimulus Revived the Electric Car
UK Progressive Magazine
Rodney Smith cleans new Think electric car at the Magnum Drive plant in Elkhart, IN (J. Tyler Klassen/AP Photo) by Michael Grabell, ProPublica A common criticism of President Obama's $800 billion stimulus package has been that it failed to produce ...

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