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Remembering Lithium-Ion Battery Pioneer John Goodenough

Cars That Think

Today it is being employed by Chinese EV manufacturers including BYD , as well as by Ford , General Motors , and Tesla. National Medal of Science from President Barack Obama. Twenty-five years later, the battery is gaining momentum in the auto industry as a means of reducing the cost of electric cars. Stanley Whittingham.

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US DOE progress report says 1M plug-ins by 2015 ambitious but achievable; not likely to be constrained by production capacity

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released One Million Electric Vehicles by 2015 , a short status report on advances in deployment and progress to date in meeting President Obama’s goal of putting one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) on the road by 2015. Earlier post.).

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

In China, leading automakers BYD and Chery have announced plans to roll out their own electric models within the next two years. In March, BYD chief executive officer Wang Chuanfu announced that in the first half of 2010 the company will sell only 100 e6 cars, to a taxi company in Shenzhen. Investors, too, are excited.

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Firm reveals plug-in hybrid projections

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It predicts that 610,000 vehicles will be sold in the US alone in the next five years - though this would be short of the Obama administration’s one million plug-in vehicle targets.

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Goodbye GM, Hello Tianjin-Qingyuan Electric Vehicle Company?

Plugs and Cars

As March came to a close, the Obama administration found GM and Chrysler’s restructuring plans “not viable.” Obama should take extraordinary steps to empower the electric upstarts to prove their mettle. Tags: byd tianjin-qingyan electric charging infrastructure battery electric car. Here's my April column.

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Market Forecast Projects Cumulative 1.7M PHEVs Globally by 2015, 36% in the US

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The Obama Administration is targeting 1 million plug-ins in the US by 2015.) However, he adds that emerging Chinese manufacturers such as Chery and BYD Auto are a market force that should not be ignored in the longer term. A new report from cleantech market intelligence firm Pike Research forecasts that by 2015 a total of 1.7

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

How many plug-in electric vehicles does President Barack Obama wish to see on U.S. Warren Buffett is an investor in China’s BYD, which is making a compact fully electric vehicle to be sold in China later this year. See the complete Energy report. roads by 2015? Five million. Two million. One million. Fisker Automotive.

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