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Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

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Source: Nissan Click to enlarge. Nissan provided a list of the top 15 markets in the US for the Nissan LEAF battery-electric vehicle. Nissan LEAF sales in the United States are up by 335% year-over-year since the launch of the enhanced 2013 model in March. —Erik Gottfried, Nissan director of EV Sales and Marketing.

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Nissan Announces Dates for US LEAF EV Tour

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The Nissan LEAF all-electric car will make its North American debut in Los Angeles on 13 Nov. Portland, Ore.: The Los Angeles showing will be the first time people in the United States will be able to see the five-passenger, five-door, gasoline-free car, which is embarking on a nationwide tour. Los Angeles: Nov. Orange County: Nov.

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Notes from the road: a guest post from Portland

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As Portland, OR gears up for yet another screening of Revenge, local EV'er and filmmaker J Bills recounts the scene at the Portland premiere back in November: Here in Portland, we still talk about the last time Chris Paine rolled through town with a movie; an early screening of 2006’s seminal “Who Killed the Electric Car?”

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. Portland General Electric. Binghamton University (State University of New York). Binghamton University (State University of New York).

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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as well as 600 universities throughout the country. Its car share program, Hertz on Demand, launched in December 2008 and grew to more than 1,000 vehicles, 85,000 members and more than 500 locations worldwide, including corporate fleets, airports, hotels, utilities, government, and universities. Zipcar’s potential is enormous.

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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

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Companies and universities in Michigan are receiving more than $1 billion of the grants. Headquarters: Phoenix, AZ Manufacturing: Phoenix, AZ and Northern California Deployment: Portland, Salem, Eugene and Corvallis, OR; Seattle, WA; San Diego, CA; Phoenix and Tucson, AZ; Nashville, Chattanooga, and Knoxville, TN. Purdue University.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

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According to Ceder, the compound, known as lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4), has a crystal structure that creates “perfectly sized tunnels for lithium to move through,&# allowing the team to reach “ridiculously fast charging rates.&# » See also: Nissan Planning Electric Car Battery Plant in Portugal » Get Gas 2.0

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