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smart USA and Nissan to Collaborate on New Gasoline-Powered B-Segment Vehicle for the US Market

Green Car Congress

smart USA Distributor LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Penske Automotive Group, Inc., has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Nissan Motor Co., for collaboration on a new vehicle for sale in the United States. The new vehicle is expected to be available for retail sale in the fourth quarter of 2011.

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Nissan Promises EV for 2010

Revenge of the Electric Car

Nissan is a first tier OEM building a pure EV in the U.S. - 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.

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Hertz adds smart fortwo EVs to rental fleet, partners with Starwood Hotels on Hertz Global EV program

Green Car Congress

The Hertz Corporation and smart USA, a subsidiary of Penske Automotive Group, Inc., are partnering to bring smart fortwo electric drive vehicles to Connect by Hertz car sharing and Hertz Rent A Car locations in New York; Washington, DC; and San Francisco. smart fortwo electric drive. kWh lithium-ion battery.

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Toyota electric ute could be less than 12 months away from Australia, but will fast-tracked HiLux and Ranger-sized dual-cab finally silence diesel-loving doubters?

EV Central

Toyota’s accelerated global roll-out of battery electric vehicles seems certain to benefit Australia where the Toyota electric ute could be on-sale as soon as 2024. The as yet unseen electric ute is part of Sato’s expansion plan. And before you ask me, in 2024 we will have good numbers of those vehicles for sale.”

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

will be unveiling its IDEA, a 100 miles-per-gallon plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. is already selling an all-electric, zero-emission Roadster. and Nissan Motor Co. The 100 m.p.g.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Until then, we can always program the ESS to make what Lotus refers to as "more futuristic sounds for electric vehicles [that] can be created using sampled sounds and generated waveforms." This is especially important for electric and hybrid vehicles which can be difficult to hear at lower speeds due to their drive mechanism.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna. Nissan Includes PHEVs in its long-term development program. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10.

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