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Kia Georgia to expand to accommodate EV9 production

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This more than $200-million expansion will create nearly 200 additional jobs in Troup County with EV9 joining the Telluride, Sorento and Sportage SUVs and the K5 mid-size sedan as the fifth model to be assembled at Kia Georgia. Best of all, it will be assembled in West Point, Georgia. and began mass production on 16 November 2009.

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Chevrolet Volt demo vehicles begin arriving at dealerships

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Chevrolet dealerships in the initial launch markets of California, Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Virginia and Washington, DC will be receiving dedicated Volt demonstration vehicles for customer test drives over the next few weeks. Chevy expects to deliver Volts in all 50 states by the end of 2011.

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Chevrolet accelerates Volt rollout; available nationwide by end of 2011

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Chevrolet is stepping up the national rollout of the Volt, and plans to have Volts in all participating dealerships in every state by the end of this year. Chevrolet Volts have been delivered to customers in the Washington DC area, as well as California, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Texas. —Harry E.

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Chevrolet Canada begins taking orders for the Volt starting at C$41,545; Volts a showroom draw in US

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Participating Chevrolet dealers in seven key launch markets across Canada have begun taking orders for the all-new 2012 Chevrolet Volt, with an MSRP starting at C$41,545 (US$43,568). Within twelve months of the retail launch, Volt will be available at dealerships nation-wide.

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Unico's Battery Testing Enters a Competitive Industry

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Paul Kohl, Georgia Institute of Technology At the battery seminar, Wright showed off a BAT300 test channel designed to convert a 400 or 800 volt direct current down to a 10 volt current for cell formation or cell testing. Battery companies have expended enormous effort on predictive modeling.” But important questions remain. “It

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EIA: California home to almost half of US plug-in electric vehicles

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Georgia offers a zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) tax credit of 20% of the cost, up to $5,000. For instance, DTE Energy in Michigan offers customers discounted electricity rates at off-peak hours if they install a 240-volt Level 2 charger. Washington has exempted EVs from the state''s 6.5% sales and use tax.

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The New, New Transistor

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Alan Doolittle , a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Georgia Tech. It’s the energy, in electron volts, needed for an electron in the semiconductor lattice to jump from the valence band to the conduction band, where it is free to move around in the lattice and conduct electricity. electron volts; for GaN it’s 3.40

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