Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 8, 2008

For the past 3 years AC Propulsion has been converting gasoline Scion xBs to 100% electric drive with their phenomenal AC150gen2 electric drive system. Mr. Hanks purchased the very first consumer eBox back in 2006 and uses it as his primary vehicle for all SoCal commuting. &#. AC Propulsion: Making Gas Cars Electric.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

Hybrids running on both electricity and gasoline, on the other hand, appear to be gaining momentum. Moreover, pure electric vehicles require an extensive public charging infrastructure. Electric Cars, the Next Movement. Chinese OEMs have multiple incentives to develop electric vehicles.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

They could: Offer an electric version of an existing vehicle Give an electric model a new or additional identity Introduce a new electric model Create a new electric sub-brand Start a new electric car company. They also cannot be optimized as an electric because of the homologation process.

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EV Connect

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

After 150 years without much happening around electric vehicles, Tesla set off a spark in 2006 that triggered a chain reaction of rapid growth and change. Since then, the market for electric vehicles has exploded, and with it the EV charging industry. In 2010, there were only about 17,000 electric cars on roads around the world.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

At the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA), ixetic GmbH presented a concept R744-based thermal management system for lithium-ion battery packs in electric cars. In contrast to vehicles with combustion engines, electric cars require an additional electric heating system. it can both cool and heat to an equal extent.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2015

A working paper by a team at the Energy Institute at Haas, University of California, Berkeley, has found that 60% of the $18 billion in US federal income clean energy tax credits issued between 2006 and 2012—e.g., Since 2006, tax expenditures for these “clean energy” tax credits have exceeded $18 billion.

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 30, 2007

could reportedly produce up to 60,000 Volt electric cars in 2010 , its first anticipated year on the market. Selling 60,000 hybrids would be a coup for GM, which lost nearly $2 billion in 2006. That would make the Volt its best selling high mileage car behind the Chevrolet Aveo. Is the Plug In Car in your future ?

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 21, 2009

The Whole Life Times just published an Interview with Chris : The Electric Car Returns (and This Time It’s Personal). Filmmaker Chris Paine, director of Who Killed the Electric Car? What happens to an electric car deferred? Ask Chris Paine, director of the documentary film Who Killed the Electric Car?

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

Who Killed the Electric Car opens across America EAA chapters turn out for openings Summer 2006 has been all about “Who Killed the Electric Car?” Audiences across the country have remained in their seats slackjawed at the tragedy portrayed for Q & A sessions with the filmmakers and electric car activists.

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Plug In Partners

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

P G & E plugs campaign for hybrid electric cars Joshua Sabatini The Examiner Sep 5, 2006 SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Co. million customers in California to pressure car manufacturers to mass-produce electric vehicles that can be plugged right into a standard home socket. wants its 5.1

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Here's the press release: PLUG-IN PARTNERS DECLARES VICTORY In January 2006, Austin Energy launched the national Plug-In Partners campaign, a grassroots effort to demonstrate to automakers that there is sufficient demand to support the mass production of flexible-fuel plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Automakers are now on board.

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

GM likely to launch new plug-in hybrid Reuters Nov 10, 2006 DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp. The advanced technology vehicle would have an extended driving range on battery power and would also have a diesel or gasoline engine that could power the car when the battery was low, the Detroit News said, citing unnamed GM officials.

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Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 13, 2006

13, 2006 Andrew Frank, University of California at Davis Mechanical engineering professor and researcher Andrew Frank has spent much of the last 30 years studying electric motors and batteries to make vehicles more fuel-efficient. Because of this, they can get up to 100 miles per gallon of gasoline. So I’ve been promoting this.

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Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

Straubel ’s August 2006 preview of the company’s Roadster at a chapter meeting. “We Wright also developed the Wrightspeed X1 , an EV sports car known for beating gasoline-powered sports cars in a drag race.“I That sound bite was captured by Chris Paine when he made Who Killed the Electric Car? ,

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 26, 2006

FIALKA Staff Reporter THE WALL STREET JOURNAL January 25, 2006 DAVIS, Calif. -- In the 1950s, an aspiring Pasadena hot-rodder named Andrew Frank shocked the competition by powering his 1936 Ford with a Cadillac V-12 engine. "It Japanese car makers, about to market their own hybrids that didn't plug in, paid scant attention.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

This is not much different from diesel and gasoline which are produced from refining and cleaning crude oil (a process which heavily involves the use of hydrogen). However, hydrogen is no more or less dangerous than other flammable fuels or the batteries used in electric cars, and vehicles with pressure gas storage tanks are nothing new.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 12, 2024

The first Honda hydrogen vehicle–the FCX EV Plus 1997-99 Insight Hatchback Hybrid 1999-2006 Civic Hybrid 2003-* (offered intermittently in various generations of Civics starting with the 7 th generation in 2003; note: An all-new Civic Hybrid will be released in 2025.) This is a history, with an * next to models currently in production.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Real Life EV Stories A Case for Electricity Plug In America Positions Energy Policy Frequently Asked Questions About Plug-in Buses Who Killed the Electric Car? Batteries Included $142,000 Grant 2006 Archive GM Plug-in Series Hybrid? com Vigil to save last remaining 78 EV1 cars www.pluginamerica.com/saveev1.htm

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

“It’s Who Killed the Electric Car 2.0.&#. The same state agency that drove the electric car off a cliff is now poised to wreck a new Berkeley company that triples the gas mileage of a Toyota Prius. “It’s Who Killed the Electric Car 2.0.&#. Who’s Killing the Plug-In Hybrid?

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

Nissan is not alone in going electric. maker of Subaru cars, began leasing electric cars in Japan. owned 10 percent by Daimler AG, received a $465 million government loan to help bring its $57,400 Model S electric sedan to market. Driebe sees commuting state employees as an ideal demographic group for the car.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The Q7 PHEV will arrive in dealerships in Germany in 2016, and will likely come to the US, although perhaps with a gasoline-engine variant. Covered in greater detail in an earlier post , the battery-electric e-tron quattro concept provides a very close foreshadowing of the production model to follow in 2018. US gal) of gasoline.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MARCH 9, 2021

They were not considered to be fit for what is expected from a conventional gasoline vehicle. Giant companies were paying no or very little attention in the electric vehicle market and they were still focusing on developing new IC engine-powered models. The company wanted to create an all-electric sports car.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Dont PHEVs just shift pollution from gasoline cars to power plants? The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) estimates that the current power grid could handle many tens of millions of cars plugging in at off-peak hours before wed have any capacity issues [See EPRI article PDF ].

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Company says its focusing on gasoline and hydrogen. Focusing on all-electric, Nissan-Renault partnership with Better Place for EVs. Volkswagen CEO says "Future belongs to electric cars," has gained German government support for development. When people start driving electric cars, where will the electricity come from?

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 25, 2008

The automotive and green electric vehicle blogosphere has been abuzz with talk of the BMW MINI E ever since July 9th, 2008, when AutoblogGreen published the rumor that 500 of the intriguing new electric cars would be released later this year in California. Click here to see more photos of the BMW MINI E. ].

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

GigaOM Network: GigaOM | Earth2Tech | jkOnTheRun | NewTeeVee | OStatic | TheAppleBlog | WebWorkerDaily | Jobs Live Events | About | Contact Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon? Nissan is working on an electric car that it says is on track to have a 100-mile range and 26-minute charge time. Then I get 5.6

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