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Reliance buys Na-ion battery developer Faradion

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Patented zero-volt safe transport and storage. Topsoe has been working with Faradion since 2013 and has in the same period been an active shareholder in the company. Sodium is the sixth-most abundant element on the planet. Low cost – total cost of ownership already comparable to lead-acid with potential for further reductions in costs.

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2013 Chevrolet Volt: The Ideal Retirement Car?

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You’re ready to buy a new car, but you want something that’s relatively green and cheap to run. Could the 2013 Chevrolet Volt offer you everything you need in a retirement.

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Cash for Volts?

Revenge of the Electric Car

to offer tax credits for buying all-electric plug-in vehicles as part of a $128 billion program to get seven million such cars on the road by 2018. to offer tax credits for buying all-electric plug-in vehicles as part of a $128 billion program to get seven million such cars on the road by 2018.

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Study: Four of five new-car buyers can charge EVs at home

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To understand how and where those new EVs will be charged, we need to look at the people who will buy them—and not the much larger pool of US drivers overall. To understand how and where those new EVs will be charged, we need to look at the people who will buy them—and not the much larger pool of US drivers overall.

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NY state reports 5,750+ EV rebates in first year of Drive Clean Rebate program

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Cuomo announced that more than 5,750 consumers have received rebates to buy electric cars in New York since the State’s Drive Clean Rebate was launched one year ago. builds on Charge NY, which was launched in 2013 and has a target of 30,000 to 40,000 electric cars on the road by the end of 2018. New York Governor Andrew M. Charge NY 2.0

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IHS Automotive forecasts global production of plug-in vehicles to rise by 67% this year

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Total production of PEVs is projected to rise to more than 403,000 this year, up from slightly more than 242,000 in 2013. Growth will accelerate sharply from the 44% increase in 2013, based on data from the new IHS Automotive Hybrid-EV Portal. share for PEVs in the global market this year.

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Simon Fraser study finds PEV success not tied to awareness of public chargers; implications for policy makers

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A new Canada-wide study conducted by Simon Fraser University researchers found that awareness of public chargers is not a strong predictor of plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) interest; other variables are more important, such as the availability of level 1 (110/120-volt) charging at home. —Bailey et al.

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