-In 2010 the combined production of consumer hybrid and electric cars totaled about 1.15 million. In 2016, according to ABI Research?s forecasts, global production will approach 4.9 million.
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Volvo develops range extenders for electric vehicles
Volvo is now taking the next step in the company’s electrification strategy by producing test cars with Range Extenders – electric cars that are fitted with a combustion engine to increase their effective range.
Continue readingDaimler and Bosch sign agreements for electric vehicles JV
Like lithium-ion batteries, electric motors are key components for our electric vehicles. It is extremely important that competence in this field is maintained in Germany.
Continue readingTen Transit Connect Electric Vans Join New York City Fleet
The thrust for adoption of EV technology is growing rapidly worldwide and Mayor Bloomberg’s ‘Drive Electric NYC’ educational program will help sustain that momentum by providing facts about electric vehicles.
Continue readingThe Dream of the Electric Plane
The VoltAir, as the plane is tentatively dubbed, would be powered by enormous lithium-ion batteries, with energy densities of 1000 Wh/kg.
Continue readingcar2go Announces First Electric Vehicles Carsharing Fleet in North America
300 zero-emission smart fortwo electric cars will arrive in San Diego by the end of 2011.
Continue readingConsumers Want More Fuel-Efficient Vehicles
The potential fuel economy improvement of electric vehicles is infinite. About 20 percent would consider purchasing an electric car when shopping for a new car.
Continue readingBloomberg Announces Addition of 70 New Electric Vehicles to City’s Fleet
Launches New City Efforts to Inform the Public About Electric Cars.
Continue readingLEAF electric car overshadows Chevy Volt sales
3875 Nissan electric cars with lithium ion batteries sold since the beginning of LEAF, while Chevrolet sold 2,745 electric vehicles.
Continue readingThe city of Changchun to encourage purchase of electric vehicles
The city of Changchun is planning to build charging facilities to encourage people to purchase electric cars with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingThe charge towards an electric future has begun
The electric car Nissan LEAF with lithium ion batteries was voted European Car of the Year 2011 at the end of last year and this was followed, at the recent New York Motor Show.
Continue readingMitsubishi Solar Power Electric Car Charging Station
Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc. (Mitsubishi Electric) and Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) debuted a solar energy charging station for electric vehicles at the MMNA headquarters in Cypress.
Continue readingTaiwan to Subsidize Battery Exchange Stations for Electric Cars
The Department of Air Quality and Noise Control under the EPA says it plans to subsidize setting up 30 battery exchange stations for electric vehicles.
Continue readingBD Otomotive in talks to rescue electric car maker Think
?Our intentions are simple ? to bring Think out of bankruptcy and make it the affordable urban electric vehicles for Europe it was always designed to be,? BD Otomotive Chairman Osman Boyner said. Think sold just 1,043 electric cars of the City in 2010.
Continue readingNissan Begins Tests for NV200 Electric Vehicles
Preparing electric cars with lithium ion batteries for the compact commercial market, aiming to become the leader in zero emissions.
Continue readingElectric vehicles charging facility at Ceme
The Transport Minister, Norman Baker MP, has opened a new solar power assisted electric car charging facility at the Centre of Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence (CEME) in Rainham, East London.
Continue readingMitsubishi unveils cheaper i-MiEV electric vehicles
The electric car i-MiEV would be able to power an average household for at least a day.
Continue readingDHL tests Volkswagen’s Caddy blue-emotion electric vehicles
Ten electric vehicles in Potsdam and Stahnsdorf, Germany. The Volkswagen electric car Caddy blue-e-motion is powered by lithium ion batteries that have a capacity of 85 kW and a maximum speed of 120 km/h.
Continue readingNissan Begins Tests for NV200 based Electric Vehicles
Preparing electric cars with lithium ion batteries for the compact commercial market, aiming to become the leader in zero emissions.
Continue readingElectric vehicles Mahindra Reva NXR coming next year
The electric car will be carrying either a lead acid battery or a lithium ion battery to charge the car.
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