Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 13, 2010

Three vehicles were on display in the Tesla booth at the Detroit auto show: a white Roadster Sport with chassis number 750 that was driven from California some 3,600 miles to the show; another white Roadster Sport, with chassis number 1,000, which signals a milestone in the number of electric cars manufactured and put into service since the company (..)

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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

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. In 2007, the administration announced a plan to replace the city’s 13,000 taxis with conventional hybrid cars by 2012.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 1, 2010

Ford is on a fast track with electric vehicles: the all-electric Transit Connect later this year, the Focus Electric in 2011, and a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (similar to Chevrolet Volt) and two next-generation hybrids in 2012.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 30, 2009

The new digital meters are being installed by the thousands in many utility districts, and in SoCal Edison’s case, they expect to be fully installed by 2012. That should be in plenty of time since even the most optimistic of us (that would be me:~) don’t expect much more than a million vehicles delivered nationwide by 2012.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

“By the time the electric car comes on line in 2012, the economy in California will be in a better place,&# says Driebe, the 2006 chairman of the Nissan Dealer Advisory Board. Production begins in late 2012. The gamble is that Nissan could grab the EV market and dominate it until BYD (China) enters the U.S.,

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 23, 2009

Plug In America calls for one million plug-ins by 2012, the end of the new president’s first term, and 10 million by 2016. Plug In America is very excited with the Obama administration’s plans for one million plug-ins by 2015, but we would like to see it happen even faster.

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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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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 3, 2008

The company plans test deployments of vehicles in 2009 and broad commercial sales in 2012. In late November, the mayors of San Francisco and other major Bay Area cities endorsed the Better Place network to help create an electric recharging network by 2012. Mr. Agassi has raised $200 million in private financing for his idea.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 11, 2009

They’ve applied for $450m of government money — from the DOE’s Advanced Tech Fund — so they can make 50,000 of their 100mpg vehicles by 2012. Behind all the hoopla however, there was a serious purpose to Bright’s trip. So … fingers crossed for Bright.

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