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Nissan Promises EV for 2010

Revenge of the Electric Car

for sale to regular folks. Check out the article: Nissan to launch electric car in Tennessee. Here’s a snippet from the article: A top Nissan official in the U.S. We’re ready to go mass production and mass sales,” he said. Here is the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link] car-tennessee.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles safer than gas-powered cars?

Drive Electric

Throughout this article, we’ll refer to ICEVs and EVs; here’s a quick breakdown explaining the difference between the two. The high voltage systems pose little to no risk of electric shock, either while driving or recharging. Here’s what we discovered. WHAT EV MYTHS HAVE WE COVERED? THE BOTTOM LINE.

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Who is winning the green car race? Part II. The Green Piece

Green Cars News

The company had already delivered more than 700 vehicles by the end of September, 2009 (see article ). It has a 50mile all-electric range and features the Q-Drive technology, a series hybrid system that mates the engine with a generator to provide an electrical connection and recharge the batteries (see article ).

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Tennessee, Nissan and TVA forge a path for electric car | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Chambers Williams III • THE TENNESSEAN• April 26, 2009 Print this page E-mail this article Share Del.icio.us It would then be offered for public use in 2012, said Brian Carolin, senior vice president for sales and marketing at Nissan North America Inc. See instructions for fixing the problem.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

"From what we have seen so far, [Chinese electric vehicle] technology is not that advanced" in terms of things like battery life, driving range and recharging, said Nick Reilly, head of GM Asia-Pacific operations, on Monday. Related Articles UK electric car buyers to get £5,000. " Are you interested in our news stories?

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10 best electric bicycles you can get

Green Authority

You won’t need to be recharging all the time, as this bike can go for 100 km on one charge. The Tern bike blasted through its Kickstarter goal and is now available for sale. This could actually become your favorite item in this article, especially if you are on a tight budget. It is a marvel, though. Neat, right?

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Capstone Turbine To Unveil Prototype Microturbine Range-Extended Electric Supercar at LA Auto Show

Green Car Congress

When the batteries reach a predetermined state of discharge, the Capstone C30 microturbine fires up and recharges the batteries on the fly to extend the driving range up to 500 miles. Capstone’s CMT-380 is just now finishing up the conceptual design and first article testing stage. seconds and has a top speed of 150 mph.

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