Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 1, 2010

When Ford’s first all-electric car, the Ford Focus Electric, ships in 2011, the recharging system will be remotely managed by Microsoft. . “For Ford,&# Mulally said, “this is a needed step in the development of the infrastructure that will make electric vehicles viable.&#. manage off-hours home electrical usage?

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 27, 2010

The company reaffirmed its original target to begin full commercial operations at the end of 2011, when industry partner Renault plans to offer the first car with a replaceable battery.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 6, 2009

It is expected they will expand production quickly to the tens of thousands in 2011. They seem very comfortable that their car is going to be bulletproof right out of the gate. I heard today that they expect to have 5,000 Nissan EVs for sale by the end of 2010.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 3, 2010

More than 1,000 public stations will be installed by December, Coulomb said, with the remainder in place by September 2011. Would-be buyers of E.V.’s In part because of $5,000 direct subsidies for battery cars like the Nissan Leaf, California could be the biggest early-adopter for E.V.’s.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Marchionne has forecast that Chrysler will be at break-even on a net basis in 2011. The Obama administration, which has set a target of putting 1 million rechargeable cars on the road by 2015, gave Fiat a 20 percent stake in Chrysler in exchange for bringing vehicles and more fuel-efficient engines to Chrysler.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 1, 2010

Japan and Europe in each of 2011 and 2012 and then leap to 500,000 in 2013, when the company says the Leaf will be profitable. Japan’s Nissan Motor Co., for instance, plans to start test-marketing an all-electric compact car called the Leaf in China next year, after the model is launched in Japan, the U.S. and Europe later this year.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 20, 2010

Toyota aims to double its global output of gas-electric hybrid cars to 1 million units in 2011, as it fights to stay in the lead in the growing market for low-emission cars, the Nikkei business reported this month. Orocobre went public in December 2007 and now has a current market capitalization of nearly A$150 million.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

Bob Lutz, the outgoing vice chairman of GM, has said the company will produce about 8,000 Chevy Volts in 2011. Total cars initially available: 4,700. Other automakers are also proceeding cautiously. BMW’s Mini is rolling out its electric car in three phases.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

The Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf will lead the way, with others manufacturers including Ford, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Tesla planning to introduce their electric cars sometime between 2011 and 2012. Last week, the Obama administration announced new fuel economy standards for automobiles that provides some incentives for electric cars.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 21, 2009

For the big car companies, it’s probably going to be 2010, 2011. Q: When do you expect the EV to exact revenge? A: I know that Mitsubishi, Nissan and a lot of smaller companies all will have cars available to buy in 2009. When the EVs are in showrooms for sale, and people are buying them, and the SUVs are sitting unsold everywhere.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Paine’s new movie, The Revenge of the Electric Car, will be released in 2011. . “I think America has been ready for an electric car for a long time, it’s just we’ve never had the ability to buy one,&# he said.

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Our one agreement was that we wouldn't release any footage until 2011. One of my producers, Jessie Deeter, directs for the PBS show Frontline , and we used her guidelines about keeping our integrity about junkets and careful dealings with our subjects and the film was entirely independently financed. There was risk all around.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MARCH 11, 2009

Ford is rolling out an electric four-door sedan in 2011 and Toyota plans to bring an electric car to showrooms in 2012. One example is the much-publicized Chevy Volt, a plug-in hybrid due out in 2010 that ailing General Motors is staking its future on. This is a chance for Florida to take the lead in the electric car movement,” Hasner said.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MARCH 11, 2009

Ford is rolling out an electric four-door sedan in 2011 and Toyota plans to bring an electric car to showrooms in 2012. One example is the much-publicized Chevy Volt, a plug-in hybrid due out in 2010 that ailing General Motors is staking its future on. This is a chance for Florida to take the lead in the electric car movement,” Hasner said.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Robert Hayden, the clean transportation adviser for San Francisco, said the city hopes to have 60 charging stations installed in public garages by year’s end, with a thousand more available across the Bay Area in 2011. And in Oregon, an advisory group is working on charging stations and related issues.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

General Motors plans to unveil the Chevy Volt, a plug-in hybrid, sometime in 2010, and Toyota may begin selling a plug-in Prius in late 2010 or early 2011. After all, Priuses themselves are exempt from smog regulations until 2011.

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