Electric cars usually have a shorter range than NGVs, but this is quite adequate for commuters and short trips. Electric cars with an additional combustion engine are an option for longer distances.

ABB, which has tied up with automotive majors such as General Motors and Nissan for electric vehicle cars projects, is now looking for opportunities in the fledgling Indian electric car industry.

CODA Holdings, a leading developer of all-electric vehicles and advanced battery systems, hosted 45 foreign ambassadors at its global headquarters in Los Angeles, demonstrating the benefits of electric car.

On the website consumers can calculate savings, find incentives, learn about the environmental benefits of owning an electric car.

The LEAF, the world’s first and only electric car, now also is the only electric car ever to be available nationwide.

Designed to promote the use of Electric Vehicles and related clean vehicle technologies, the CVRP is a consumer incentive made available in addition to the $2,500 Federal Tax credit offered for qualified vehicles.

At nearly every electric car with lithium ion batteries, someone in the audience asks the question about just how clean electric cars are given that they are probably fueled by coal power plants.

Mahindra REVA Electric Cars with lithium ion batteries is exploring possibilities to set up its first overseas assembly facility in Australia.

It is encouraging to see the excitement the i-MiEV has generated for the future of electric vehicles over the past few years.

Government incentives and increasingly stringent emissions regulations will continue to drive the adoption of hybrid and electric cars.

About 1,300 workers will be hired to make lithium-ion batteries for the Nissan Leaf electric car and to add Leaf production to the Smyrna plant in early 2013.

XIR reflective films and Saflex S series interlayers provide cost-effective opportunities to extend range in hybrid electric and pure electric vehicles.

Geoff Allison, managing director of Smith Electric Vehicles Europe, said: ?This grant will help our fleet customers to achieve a faster return on investment.”

Wanxiang Group Corp, headquartered in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, is the biggest supplier of auto-parts in China.

China BAK will supply 100 units of lithium-ion batteries, which will be used to power Chery’s electric cars in the first half of 2012.

Smith and Wanxiang sign letter of intent for $25M investment in Smith and up to $75M investment for a joint venture to develop and commercialize Smith all-electric vehicles in China.

Renault is planning to produce electric vehicles in China and sell more luxury vehicles in the world’s biggest auto market, chief executive Carlos Ghosn said.

This week?s purchase of electric cars shows the city?s conservation department is practicing what it preaches.

Kandi Technologies Reports the Company Received Government Financial Subsidies of RMB 32,000 for Each of the Initial 300 Electric Cars Sold.

70 company employees and another dozen individuals received the keys to their new electric cars.