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Ford Starts EV Test Drives

Revenge of the Electric Car

The Dearborn-based company has a target of rolling out an electric-powered version of the Transit Connect commercial van next year, followed by an electric Focus in 2011. To contact the reporter on this story: Chris Reiter in Berlin at creiter2@bloomberg.net.

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Germany Launches H2 Mobility Initiative to Expand Infrastructure for Refueling Hydrogen Vehicles

Green Car Congress

In Phase One partners intend to leverage plans to install new hydrogen fuelling stations by 2011. This will take place within the framework of the German economic stimulus package (Konjunkturpaket II) and other national and state programs to jointly address standardization and cost reduction issues.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

will lead a “smart charging” pilot project, connecting 200 cars to special charging stations that let utilities control the electrical demand at a given moment. And in Oregon, an advisory group is working on charging stations and related issues.