Remove 2012 Remove Automobile Industry Remove Battery Powered Remove Lithium Ion
article thumbnail

Ford and Portland General Electric Partner to Prepare Region for EVs

Green Car Congress

PGE is partnering with state and local government, higher education, the automobile industry, and businesses to expand the electric vehicle infrastructure in Oregon. Ford will introduce its first pure battery electric vehicle, the Transit Connect Electric small commercial van, this year.

Portland 320
article thumbnail

DLR and Wuppertal publish comprehensive global analysis of e-mobility technologies, outlook and lifecycle assessments

Green Car Congress

However, from 2012, the study found an annual decline in newly introduced vehicles. At the moment, the automobile industry in Japan and the United States is pioneering the development of marketable vehicle models; they also produce the highest-selling models on the market.

Global 150
article thumbnail

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. The biggest barrier is the battery." 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009.

Plug-in 45
article thumbnail

GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. Its been improving over time, but the power density and cost issues are still steep for what exists thus far. One wonders if the recent headway at MIT in building lithium ion cells using ?virus? Interesting in any case.

Volt 41