The Philippines, like many other countries, is turning to electric cars as the price of oil remains high. Currently, the country depends almost entirely on petroleum when it comes to transportation.
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2011 Vehicle Battery Summit ? 14-15 November, in Shanghai
Lithium ion batteries development, along with the growing penetration of electric vehicles, has prompted development of the SAE International 2011 Vehicle Battery Summit, November 14-15, 2011 in Shanghai.
Continue readingElectric car maker Think files for bankruptcy in Norway
Think Global is among the older manufacturers of electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries, emerging more than 20 years ago and launching its Think City model in 1999.
Continue readingsmart launches national electric vehicles drive contest
The main focus of the tour will be to illustrate that a state-of-the-art lithium-ion battery provides the smart fortwo electric car a generous range of 135 kilometres when fully charged.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles Renault Fluence Z.E. in Australia
Thanks to our agreement with Better Place in Australia, energy used to charge the lithium ion batteries for Renault Fluence Z.E. electric cars will be drawn from renewable energy sources.
Continue readingToshiba to Supply Automotive Inverters for Ford?s Electric Vehicles
Ford plans to start mass production of new electric cars with lithium ion batteries in 2012.
Continue reading?Well to wheel? assessment needed for road vehicles
EU?s current policy of viewing electric cars as having zero emissions is harming the competitiveness of electric vehicles, and creating unfair competition with other types of non-fossil-fuel vehicles.
Continue readingBuffett-backed electric vehicles debuts
BYD was selling up to 79-million shares in the IPO and proceeds from the sale would be used to fund its lithium ion batteries project for electric cars.
Continue readingPope Benedict XVI will have its electric car
Pope Benedict XVI promotes electric vehicles, it does not emit CO2, as long as the electricity comes from renewable energy sources like wind energy, solar power photovoltaic and solar thermal.
Continue readingA Fleet of 695,000 Neighborhood Electric Vehicles to be on the Road by 2017
Neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs), also known as low-speed electric vehicles, were one of the original ?electric vehicle? categories and have been on the market for a number of years.
Continue readingEuropean Commission Backs Better Place-led Coalition for Electric Vehicles
The 2.5-year project that comes under the Commission?s e-mobility project ?Greening European Transportation Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles?.
Continue readingMitsubishi to Release Power Module Test Samples for Electric Vehicles
Power modules for automobiles offer even higher reliability than industrial-use modules due to the extremely high requirements for vehicle safety and durability.
Continue readingGM invests in electric vehicles maker
Proterra’s EcoRide BE-35 bus is powered by lithium-ion battery packs that give the bus a 40-mile range between chargings.
Continue readingElectric Cars in China Could Reach 300000 by 2012
According to the latest research of China’s Ministry of Science and Technology, 300,000 electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries could hit the country’s roads by 2012.
Continue reading3,000 Electric Vehicles Kandi in Jinhua, China
The pilot program in Jinhua uses Kandi’s KD5010 electric cars to promote household use of electric vehicles using the “Express Change” battery model.
Continue readingMitsubishi Motors Corporation signs MOU to Promote Electric Vehicles with Hsinchu County in Taiwan
The Hsinchu County government will introduce the electric car i-MiEVs with lithium ion batteries at the Taiwan High Speed Rail line’s Hsinchu Station as a taxi.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles Ford Transit
German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently committed to having one million electric cars on German roads by 2020.
Continue readingNew Ford Focus Electric Car Keeps Its Cool
Ford?s use of an advanced active liquid-cooling and heating system in its Focus Electric Vehicles lithium ion batteries packs will provide customers in hot climates an advantage over competitive models.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles Coming to Virginia
Electric cars with lithium ion batteries are hitting the streets everywhere from California to Michigan and they’re coming to central Virginia.
Continue readingGM expands electric vehicles Chevrolet Volt orders to all 50 states
General Motors opened up orders for the electric car Chevrolet Volt with lithium ion batteries to all 50 states today, lowering the base price for the 2012 model by about $1,000 and adding four option packages.
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