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JULY 6, 2009

The e-Zone Electric Vehicle (EV) is a Low Speed Vehicle (LSV) that passes international crash test standards and will be one of the vehicle types CT&T will produce for the US market. It has a top speed of 35 mph (56 kph). Source: CT&T United. Click to enlarge. CT&T Company , Ltd., Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 24, 2017

Ligier has marketed electric vehicles since 2008. The EZ10 electric people mover can transport up to 12 people (6 seating positions and 6 standing positions) and can cater to reduced mobility passengers. The shuttle has no steering wheel and neither dedicated front nor back.

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JUNE 12, 2012

Like the models with combustion engines, the electric vehicle is now rolling off the production line in the standardized production process. With its 55 kW electric motor (from EM-motive, Daimler’s JV with Bosch, earlier post ), the smart fortwo electric drive accelerates from 0 - 60 km/h (0-37 mph) in 4.8

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DECEMBER 22, 2009

Italy-based Micro-Vett SpA, which produces electric versions of several other Fiat vehicles, has developed an electric version of the 500, unveiled by the NICE car company in 2008. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2009

Launched at the British International Motor Show in July 2008 ( earlier post ) and voted Electric Car of the Year at the Green Fleet awards, the MyCar electric vehicle is now on sale at evstores in London. kW, 48V DC electric motor. kW, 48V DC electric motor. The two-seater MyCar CV.2

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The first batteries could power vehicles to “neck-breaking” speeds of up to 14 mph. Li-ion batteries have been around since 1991, but only in 2008 were applied to cars. In 2008, the Tesla Roadster hit the road, ushering in a new era for EVs. Gaston Planté developed the first battery created for this purpose in 1859.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

General Motors announced a demonstration project ( earlier post ) to explore market needs and customer acceptance of battery electric vehicles in Korea. The project involves a fleet of electric vehicles based on the Chevrolet Cruze. The vehicles can go from 0 to 100 km/h in 8.2 Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2010

Toyota, French energy provider EDF, and the City and the Urban Community of Strasbourg launched a large-scale, 3-year Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle demonstration in Strasbourg. The plug-in has an electric range of up to 20 km (12 miles) at speeds up to 100 km/h (62 mph). Powertrain components of the Prius PHV.

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On Thursday October 23rd, 2008, Team KillaCycle set their latest drag racing world record at Bandimere Raceway. Rider Scotty Pollacheck piloted the wickedly fast all electric A123Systems NanoPhosphate battery powered motorcycle down the quarter mile in only 7.89 seconds, ending with a top speed of 168 MPH.

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JANUARY 3, 2011

Colorado-based American Electric Vehicles (AEV)—a company co-founded by Dr. Dan Rivers, who also co-founded Li-ion battery company Compact Power Inc. electric shuttle bus, with its primary markets intended to be China, India and the US. AEV did work with LG Chem up to about 2008, Rivers said. Click to enlarge.

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Despite being low-speed vehicles about which safety concerns have been raised, they have months long waiting lists. Limited ranged, lead-acid battery based cars, they have nonetheless proven the demand of even less than perfect electric vehicles. nk City in 2008. Norway's Th!nk

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AUGUST 16, 2011

The new generation marks the first application of battery packs from Deutsche Accumotive—the automotive lithium-ion battery joint venture formed in 2008 by Daimler AG and Evonik Industries AG ( earlier post ). Tesla is providing the battery packs for the second generation.). The second generation was introduced in 2009 to 18 markets.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2009

“FCEV” refers to all fuel cell vehicles, including E-REVs and fuel cell hybrids. General Motors has released a white paper that evaluates the CO 2 reduction potential of extended-range electric vehicles (E-REVs) as well as plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), in combination with multiple vehicle charging scenarios, as compared to conventional hybrids.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

An initiative of the Port of Los Angeles’s Clean Air Action Plan, the development and demonstration of the Balqon Nautilus E30 electric truck was co-funded by the Port and South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) at a total cost of $527,000. These could eventually be replaced by electric vehicles.

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JUNE 29, 2011

Volkswagen, in cooperation with 6 project partners and the German Ministry of the Environment, presented in Berlin the current status of the “Fleet study in electric mobility” that was initiated in July 2008. The German federal government is targeting one million electric vehicles in Germany by 2020. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 21, 2009

Executive Director of Global Engineering–Hybrids, Electric Vehicles, and Batteries Robert Kruse, Volt Vehicle Chief Engineer Andrew Farah, and Director of Global Battery Systems Engineering Denise Gray took turns describing work completed so far as well as next steps for the project. We spent all of 2008 evaluating cells. ”.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

GM will focus its vehicle electrification efforts on three main technologies: light electrification, currently manifested in the eAssist systems; extended range electric vehicles (EREVs) such as the Chevrolet Volt; and battery electric vehicles (BEVs), such as the soon-to-be-introduced Spark EV. Click to enlarge.

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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.) seconds in 0-60 mph runs. kg of hydrogen).

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Furthermore, while its climbing performance of 30% is similar to a conventional CNG bus, the maximum speed stands at 100 km/h (62 mph), which is ideal for a metro bus, according to Hyundai. The fuel efficiency of ‘Blue-City’ is about 30-40% higher than that of normal CNG buses, enabling metro bus operators to save on operational costs.

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APRIL 13, 2010

The Teijin Group recently unveiled a super-lightweight electric concept car made with proprietary materials and technologies including carbon fiber composites, polycarbonate resins and bio-derived polyester. billion, USD 1=JPY 90) in fiscal 2008 and employs 19,453 people worldwide, with 169 companies around the world. billion (JPY 943.4

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NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Currently, there’s an ongoing debate about the future of the electric vehicle, which Hyundai condensed into two approaches: Store more electricity on-board using more/larger batteries. Create electricity on-board with hydrogen-powered fuel cell technology. Hyundai is taking the second approach. —John Krafcik.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2009

We are all stampeding towards an electric vehicle future. I’m not against that and we should be exploring it but there are a lot of challenges—the primary one being the cost of these vehicles and there are infrastructure issues as well ,” cautioned Heywood. LFEE 2008-05 RP, July 2008. Bandivadekar, A., Heywood, J.,

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The vehicle they came up with was a 3 wheeler (still it’s a 3 wheeler though they tried 4 wheelers as well). In December 2008, Aptera’s financing application for the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) funding program was denied by the Department of Energy. 60 mph 100+ mph.

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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.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 15, 2009

Brockmans electric Porsche Porsche914 : Bill and Sharon Hoopes EVs Porsche 944 :JBs cool project and pusher trailer Renault12 : Darryl McMahons Electric Vehicles, nice EV history page. Pontiac Fiero : rechargedwith solar array. Porsche911T : D. Tropica: BradWaddells gorgeous EV.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 17, 2009

BMW Group has announced that MINI E will go on a twelve-month field trial in Germany and the USA this year, to evaluate the technical and social aspects of living with an all-electric vehicle in a real world environment and plans to include the UK in this programme. seconds and on to an electronically-limited top speed of 95 mph.

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MARCH 31, 2009

Vehicle top speed is limited to 90 km/h (56 mph) although this can be further restricted for in service requirements. The vehicle controls are the same as for a diesel powered Solo apart from amendments to the driver display to accommodate a battery ‘fuel’ gauge and warning lights. As of 15 July 2008, Stanley held 28.4%

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

The lightweight iChange (1,050 kg, 2,300 lbs) is equipped with a 150 kW, 370 Nm electric motor, powered by a 576V lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO 4 ) battery pack available in two different stack configurations for short- and long-distance driving. Both systems are designed to meet the specific requirements of electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

Toyota recently kicked off its global demonstration program involving approximately 600 Prius plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHV). When fully charged, the vehicle is targeted to achieve a maximum electric-only range of about 13 miles and capable of achieving highway speeds of more than 60 mph in electric-only mode.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

She certainly is staring at us intensely as we pilot the bright-white three-wheeled craft down the street, gingerly depressing the brake pedal to make sure were under the 30-mph speed limit. The manufacturer provided Edmunds this vehicle for the purposes of evaluation. It is also amazing how stable a three-wheeler can be.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2009

electric vehicle. Renault used the Annual General Meeting of its shareholders today in Paris, France, as the stage for introducing its new prototype electric vehicle, Kangoo be bop Z.E. is an all-electric zero emission (in road use) vehicle. is capped at 130 km/h (81 mph). The Kangoo be bop Z.E.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

At the Frankfurt Motor Show, Renault unveiled four Lithium-ion battery electric concept vehicles that provide a preview of Renault’s range of production electric vehicles to be released from 2011 on: Twizy ZE Concept (city car); Zoe ZE Concept (compact car); Fluence ZE Concept (5 passenger sedan); and Kangoo ZE Concept (electric van).

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