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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

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Plug-in cars are inevitable. Nissan appears intent on opening up a market for mid-price range electric cars within two years. The other carmakers domestic and foreign have less firm but well press-released plans for plug-ins. President Obama has stated a commitment to 1 million plug-in cars by 2015.

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What Is Acoustic Vehicle Warning System & Its Importance on The Roads?

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Although the legislation compels plug-in vehicles to emit artificial noise until they reach 20 or 30 km/h, we must remember that electric vehicles are far quieter than combustion vehicles. How does AVAS Impact On Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles? What kind Of Noise Does AVAS Make? So… Evs Are No More Silent?

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Coulomb, MasterCard, and the future of public charging

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The charge stations and installations were paid for with federal stimulus and California Energy Commission grants won by Coulomb. Nissan LEAF buyers are excluded. If you are a business in a program area, you can get the same deal - free charge stations paid for by stimulus money. Ecotality's EV Project got an exclusive.)

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Underwriters Laboratories Named Exclusive Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory for The EV Project

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The EV Project began in October 2009 when ECOtality’s eTec was awarded a federal stimulus grant of nearly $100 million from the DOE, and will deploy 4,700 Nissan LEAF EVs for the three-year study. to test and certify eTec’s vehicle charging stations that will be used in the project.

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Ener1 Establishes European Division

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This follows on from the recently announced collaboration with Volvo on the plug-in hybrid V70 demonstration vehicles being tested in Europe this fall, which also feature EnerDel lithium-ion batteries. European automakers are really setting the pace in terms of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle development.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

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Still, the company will respond to a push by theObama administration for carmakers to sell plug-ins, he said. “We and Nissan MotorCo., We are thinking about plug-in hybrids, but we aren’tthinking about commercializing one right away,” Fukui said. We are thinking aboutextending that application to plug-in hybrids.”

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

advocacy group Plug In America.&#. . advocacy group Plug In America.&#. As of March, almost 56,000 people had signed up to reserve Nissan’s all-electric Leaf, due in dealerships by December. •In This Christian Science Monitor article takes an in-depth look at an age. By Jaeah Lee for the Christian Science Monitor.

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