Revenge of the Electric Car

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REVENGE Director Gallivants Across Europe

Revenge of the Electric Car

After speaking in Copenhagen on June 30th about Revenge of the Electric Car and on the importance of confronting the oil disaster in the United States, he’s headed to the Roskilde Music Festival. He’ll be participating in another electric car rally, then filming the grand opening of the new Danish Tesla dealership.

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David Robbins, Composer, On Board

Revenge of the Electric Car

With well over 20 years of film and theatre composing under his belt, our new best friend David has documentary film credits that include 2010’s Casino Jack and the United States of Money and 2008’s Project Kashmir. He has also composed for narrative films such as War Inc.

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Feds Offer Free Chargers

Revenge of the Electric Car

Nine United States regions will receive 4,600 free chargers for public and private use through the ChargePoint America program, funded in part by $15 million in stimulus funds administered by the Energy Department. Read more in the article: Get in Line for 4,600 Free Electric Car Battery Chargers.

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U.S. Battery Makers Power Up

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James Greenberger, a Chicago attorney who is leading the alliance effort, said the group would seek to develop one or more manufacturing and prototype development centers in the United States. The centers could carry a total price tag of between $1 billion and $2 billion over the next five years.

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Yet in the United States and China, automakers’ caution, weak price. Yet in the United States and China, automakers’ caution, weak price incentives, and concerns over the electrical grid are slowing the electric car’s introduction. Electric-car ventures made up nearly 40. percent of $1.9

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Enter the Russians

Revenge of the Electric Car

In August, the alliance unveiled a zero-emission, hatch-back vehicle called “Leaf;&# it plans to start selling the first cars in the United States, Japan and Europe towards the end of 2010 at prices comparable to those of a gasoline-engine cars of the same size.

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Bring Back the EV1 Press Conference

Revenge of the Electric Car

.&# At the very least, members of the electric car family demand that the conditions that were incorporated in the funding legislation of the $25 Billion loan package of September 2008 be adhered to.

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