Oil powers 95 percent of America?s cars, trucks, ships, planes, and rail cars. Moreover, the United States is the largest oil consumer and importer in the world.
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San Francisco Announces Partnership With Toyota to Test New Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles
Mayor Gavin Newsom announced a partnership between San Francisco and Toyota to pilot the company’s state-of-the-art Prius plug-in hybrid demonstration program vehicles.
Continue readingFord and Portland General Electric Team Up to Prepare Oregon for Electric Vehicles
Ford and PGE will work with universities such as Portland State to further study urban mobility and the integration of energy and sustainable design.
Continue readingRemy and MotoCzysz to Start Production of a Revolutionary Electric Drive System
The resulting breakthrough is a “complete electric drive system” optimized to elicit and manage the full performance benefit of the powerful Remy motor.
Continue readingBalqon Receives Order From New China-Based Distributor, DynaProTech
Under the terms of the dealer agreement, DynaProTech plans to integrate Balqon’s zero-emissions electric drive systems into electric buses, heavy-duty trucks, light commercial vehicles and electric cars.
Continue readingREV Awarded Contract to Provide First of Its Kind Ancillary Power Vehicles for US Military
Commenced this spring, the order will incorporate three REV 300ACXs and one REV 300AZX based on the best-selling Ford Escape and Ford F150 platforms, respectively.
Continue readingAmericans Want to Give Electric Vehicles a Test Drive
?For a new product category, interest in electric vehicles is strong and likely to grow as more vehicles enter the market and consumers become more aware of them?.
Continue readingMahindra signs MoU with Ssangyong Motor Company
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M), India’s leading manufacturer of utility vehicles, today signed an MoU with Ssangyong Motor Company (SYMC) to acquire a majority stake in the South Korean SUV maker.
Continue readingTHINK finishes in top three at e-miglia 2010
The E-Miglia 2010 started in Munich, Germany and concluded in Rovereto, Italy, over four days and 560 kilometers of carbon free competitive rally driving.
Continue readingAcabion, a fully electric individual future mobility
Acabion claim that a 24 kWh lithium polymer battery will guarantee a range from one battery charge of 700 miles at 60 mph speed.
Continue readingTHINK joins Basque Country eco car-sharing cosortium
THINK, and its distribution partner in Spain, Going Green, have teamed up with a consortium in the Basque Country to provide citizens of Ataun with a totally carbon free car-sharing scheme in the city.
Continue readingChina drives promotion of electric vehicles
The alliance, formed on Wednesday, is gearing up to invest 100 billion yuan ($14.7 billion) on electric vehicles by 2012, according to media reports.
Continue readingSmart Festival Is Guaranteed to Be Electric
This year?s smart festival is on a charge to be the best ever thanks to exclusive test drive opportunities of the smart fortwo electric car and an appearance by 2008 Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton.
Continue readingElectric vehicles THINK enters France in partership with MOBIVIA
The partnership puts THINK at the heart of several large electric vehicles fleet contract tenders in France.
Continue readingElectric Car Company Executes Definitive Agreement With Liberty Electric Cars
Both Companies Will Form New Nevada Corporation to Manufacture Luxury High Performance Pure Electric Vehicles Using Patented Technologies.
Continue readingTHINK and Migros team up with swiss eco tourism group
A fleet of 60 THINK City Electric Vehicles with lithium ion batteries has been made available in the Goms and Haslital region of the Swiss Alps.
Continue readingBright Automotive Hires Tesla, Chrysler Veteran Mike Donoughe as Chief Operating Officer
Bright Automotive has developed the IDEA, the world’s first multi-purpose, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles aimed at commercial and government fleets.
Continue readingCODA Automotive Announces ZEV Credit Sales
California-based electric vehicles start-up enters into agreements with major automotive manufacturers.
Continue readingFirst Ever Cross-Canada Tour of a Purely Electric Vehicles
Lithium Americas Corp. (TSX: LAC) (“Lithium Americas” or the “Company”), is pleased to announce that it is a corporate partner of Mitsubishi Motor Sales of Canada Ltd’s i-MiEV Clean Across Canada Tour.
Continue readingKandi Technologies Achieves 80% Year Over Year Increase in Revenues
On January 4, 2010, Kandi announced it had forged an Alliance with major Chinese energy, IT and battery companies to help launch a new electric vehicles era in China.
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