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Deutsche Bank Forecast sees slower transportation electrification and greater gasoline demand near-term; increased confidence in the pace and breadth of long-term shift to efficient transportation systems

Green Car Congress

Key developments in the transportation sector that they note include: Positive for gasoline demand: Strong Chinese car growth in 2010, particularly in the first half of the year, with vehicle sales up 30% year-on-year (YoY) through the first eleven months of 2010. gallon gasoline. Click to enlarge. He also believes that sub-1.6L

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

gasoline-powered vehicles could be delayed. As of March, almost 56,000 people had signed up to reserve Nissan’s all-electric Leaf, due in dealerships by December. •In Nissan is planning to start deploying it in only five states. Yet in the United States and China, automakers’ caution, weak price. “There is.

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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

Plugs and Cars

Nissan appears intent on opening up a market for mid-price range electric cars within two years. Rulemaking will determine the extent to which this new regime will promote plug-in cars beyond the initial tens of thousands that seem slated to appear from the majors beginning with MY 2011. Here's my June column. Such as the $1.1

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NYC Goes EV

Revenge of the Electric Car

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. billion in stimulus grants to the industry. Late this year, a new wave of electric vehicles will begin to arrive on the U.S.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

The first wave of electric car buying is expected to begin around December, when Nissan introduces the Leaf, a five-passenger electric car that will have a range of 100 miles on a fully charged battery and be priced for middle-class families. Nissan plans to build the Leaf in Tennessee eventually.).

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. Nissan, through its joint venture with NEC, has created a battery pack that meets the requirements of the electric vehicle and will produce it in mass volume. Electric vehicles will be available for customers in 2011.

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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Nissan is working on an electric car that it says is on track to have a 100-mile range and 26-minute charge time. The Renault-Nissan Alliance launched a pilot project in Arizona earlier this month to test out a charging network ahead of the planned 2010 launch of its electric vehicle. Gasoline prices change fairly rapidly.