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ABB invests $10M in ECOtality

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ABB, a global provider of power and automation technologies, has made a $10-million equity investment in ECOtality, Inc. In addition, ECOtality and ABB have formed a manufacturing agreement establishing ABB as the preferred supplier of ECOtality’s power electronics and component parts in North America.

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Ener1 Establishes European Division

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Our headquarters is in America, but many of our core customer relationships are in Europe, and it now becomes crucial to establish ourselves with a commanding presence in a market where we expect to aggressively build our business both in automotive and in the fast growing market of electricity grid storage and infrastructure.

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ZAP, Zhejiang Jonway Partner to Target China and Export EV Markets

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have entered a commercial agreement to produce electric sport utility vehicles (SUVs), cars and other electric vehicles in China for domestic and global distribution. ZAP and Jonway will jointly market and sell electric vehicles in China, North America and Europe to broaden market reach. Better World International, Ltd.,

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Will Obama’s billions jumpstart the electric car? The Green Piece

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If you listen to US President Barack Obama it has been a long time coming – his decision to pour $2.4billion of stimulus money to make America a global leader in electric and hybrid car development comes as the country plays catch up to the likes of Japan and even China in the green car race (see article ). “I Who will benefit?

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

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incentives, and concerns over the electrical grid are slowing the electric. advocacy group Plug In America.&#. Yet in the United States and China, automakers’ caution, weak price incentives, and concerns over the electrical grid are slowing the electric car’s introduction. IHS Global Insight in Lexington, Mass.,

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How NI plans to innovate in the EV test and measurement industry and unlock the power of data

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For example, very high-voltage stimulus and measurement—those products have been around for decades in other smaller industries, like the electric grid or certain aerospace testing applications. Many of our customers want to have standard solutions with a big global scale. So bringing those technologies together was important.

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Profile: Farmers Ethanol: Focusing on Sustainable Corn Ethanol Production and a Triple Bottom Line

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In 2008, Valero Energy CEO Bill Kless had said that using corn to produce ethanol will make food so expensive in poor countries that it will cause more misery than global warming. They have lots of small restaurants located all over America. It is believed Valero purchased the plants at 30% of their original construction cost. (In