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Honda announces second plug-in vehicle testing program; Japan joins US, China may follow

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In addition to Japan and the United States, Honda is considering the possibility of conducting a similar program in China. In the US program, the city of Torrance, California along with Stanford University and Google Inc., Li-ion, Toshiba. 6 kWh Li-ion, Blue Energy. Li-ion, Toshiba.

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Nissan introduces updated 2013 LEAF; US assembly in Smyrna

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plant, with battery production taking place next door in the country’s largest lithium-ion automotive battery plant. LEAF’s 24 kWh Li-ion battery comprises 48 modules of four laminated cells each (192 cells total), which allows a high degree of packaging flexibility. Earlier post.).

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Not to be outdone, on Tuesday the Norwegian electric car startup, Think, was in Portland being wooed by the state as one of 8 potential places to site their first car manufacturing facility in the United States. Although Think has been plagued by bad financial news recently, the company’s North American C.E.O.,

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