GE buys 2,000 Ford plug-in hybrids for fleet
GE is buying 2,000 plug-in hybrid cars from Ford for its corporate fleet.
Nov 20, 2012
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Nov 20, 2012
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Nissan upgrades Leaf electric car, lowers price (Update)
The upgraded Nissan Motor Co. Leaf electric car can travel further without recharging, comes in a cheaper model and tells drivers how much battery life is left.
Nov 20, 2012
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Thermogenerator from the printer
Wireless sensor networks monitor machinery and equipment in factories, cars and power stations. They increasingly "harvest" the energy they need to transmit measurement data from the environment, thus making ...
Nov 15, 2012
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Researchers have made the production of batteries cheaper and safer
Researchers at Aalto University, Finland have developed a method for producing lithium batteries that is cheaper and more environmentally friendly than previously used methods. This new process has succeeded ...
Nov 13, 2012
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McLaren backs electric Grand Prix venture
McLaren is backing a new venture to produce grand prix cars powered exclusively by electric energy ahead of the launch of a Formula E world championship in 2014.
Nov 12, 2012
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$100M pledged to US-Israeli electric car venture
U.S.-Israeli electric car venture Better Place says investors have pledged it $100 million in additional financing.
Nov 01, 2012
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Electric vehicles now able to roam between London and eastern England
Electric vehicle owners who are members of Source London or Source East can now roam between the capital and the East of England secure in the knowledge they will be able to charge their vehicles across both ...
Oct 29, 2012
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Researchers invent 'remote magnetic gears'—safe wireless vehicle-charging technology
University of British Columbia researchers have invented a safe, efficient technology to wirelessly charge electric vehicles using "remote magnetic gears" – and successfully tested it on campus service ...
Oct 29, 2012
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Society of Automotive Engineers adopts J1772 combo plug as standard for electric vehicles
(Phys.org)—The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) has voted to adopt the J1772 Revision B combo plug as the standard plug for use in electric and hybrid vehicles sold worldwide. The design allows for ...
Oct 19, 2012
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Hybrid vehicle battery creator Ovshinsky, 89, dies
(AP)—Stan Ovshinsky, the self-taught inventor who developed the nickel-metal hydride battery used in the hybrid vehicle industry, has died at his home in suburban Detroit after a fight with cancer. He was ...
Oct 18, 2012
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Car-packed Sofia sets EU example with solar car charger
Bulgaria's car-packed capital Sofia has set an EU example in the fight against greenhouse gas emissions by installing its first state-of-the-art solar-powered charger for electric cars, the project's managers ...
Oct 17, 2012
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Battery maker A123 files for bankruptcy protection (Update)
(AP)—After years of struggling in the nascent market for electric cars, battery maker A123 Systems Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday.
Oct 16, 2012
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Toyota's go-slow message on electric cars
No automaker looking at the electric car market right now is going to read "full speed ahead" from what's happened so far. The Chevy Volt is outselling half the car models on the market, but many others, ...
Oct 08, 2012
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When green turns toxic: Norwegians study Electric Vehicle life cycle
(Phys.org)—Questioning thoughts arise from a bracing study from Norway. The electric car might be a trade-in of an old set of pollution problems for a new set. Thanks but no thanks to a misguided cadre ...
Oct 05, 2012
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Oracle CEO to experiment on his Hawaiian island
(AP)—Oracle CEO Larry Ellison envisions his recently acquired Hawaiian island becoming a "little laboratory" for experimenting with more environmentally sound ways to live.
Oct 03, 2012
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