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Route Zero Relay Kicks Off EV Road Trip

Electric Auto Association

The cross-country Route Zero road trip highlights the push for more robust air standards and no-emission vehicles — both consumer and commercial. >> Each stop will different but some will include press conferences, local speakers on no-emission or EV topics, and informal EV car showcases. Specialist grantgerke@myeva.org.

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Ford and Smith Terminate Partnership on Electric Transit Connect Project for US; Ford Now Partnering with Azure Dynamics to Deliver the Vehicle in 2010; Smith Partnering with AM General on Electric Vans for USPS

Green Car Congress

Ford Motor Company and Smith Electric Vehicles US (SEV US) have mutually agreed to terminate the development project of an electric car-derived van based on Transit Connect. It was concerned that the market for electric car-derived vans would become increasingly competitive. Battery electric Ford Focus passenger car in 2011.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

Green Car Congress

billion in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce batteries and their components and to expand battery recycling capacity; $500 million in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce electric drive components for vehicles, including electric motors, power electronics, and other drive train components; and. Indianapolis, IN.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

Wireless charging is nothing new— Charged has covered wireless EV charging since at least 2011—but it may be that its true value is only coming into focus now, as more and more commercial and transit fleets are electrifying. John Holland: We fasten the receiver plate underneath the car. John Holland: Yes.