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Aptera delays 2e until 2010

Revenge of the Electric Car

Big changes at Aptera … more details ( plus official press release ) after the jump: Officially Official: Aptera production pushed back to 2010. Here is the full text of the blog post, and the Press Release from Aptera Motors: [link]. Officially Official: Aptera production pushed back to 2010. VISTA, Calif.

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Welcome to Revenge of the Electric Car!

Revenge of the Electric Car

Welcome to our blog and Chris Paine’s new film, “Revenge of the Electric Car.&# (slated for Spring, 2010)! Every week, we’ll be posting production stories, insider information, and late breaking news from the world of plug-in vehicles. Tags: Production Diary About Us. Chris Paine, Director.

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Changes Delay Phoenix

Plugs and Cars

Just as major and mid-size auto makers are announcing what seem to be real electric cars for 2009-2010, for example here (Subaru) and here (Mitsubishi iMiev), newly formed independents are finding it difficult to get product out. TeslaMotors' delays have received attention in the blogs and mainstream media.

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Mississippi State University Takes First in Year Two of EcoCAR Competition With Biodiesel EREV

Green Car Congress

Students from Mississippi State University placed first in the 2010 EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge finals in San Diego, Calif. The winning teams will come together to answer questions about their work and vehicles during an online chat on 4 June at 3 pm EDT on the Inside the Green Garage blog. The winner: the MSU biodiesel EREV.

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GE Commercializing New, Tough Ceramic Composite Materials for Gas Turbines in Aviation and Energy

Green Car Congress

A pair of videos embedded in a post on the GE Global Research blog shows the catastrophic failure of the silicon carbide material compared to the resilience of the CMC material. Flight-testing of this engine will begin in 2010, and this CMC vane could be the first production application of HiPerComp. Tags: Brief.

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PIP Declares Victory

Plug In Partners

Here's the press release: PLUG-IN PARTNERS DECLARES VICTORY In January 2006, Austin Energy launched the national Plug-In Partners campaign, a grassroots effort to demonstrate to automakers that there is sufficient demand to support the mass production of flexible-fuel plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Tags: Plug in Partners.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

Green Car Congress

GM also gave a tour of the pre-production area where we could see production-intent Chevy Volts being assembled. The people I talked about realized you only get one second chance, were very thankful for the government support and were enthusiastic about the products they had coming out over the next 24 months. Click to enlarge.

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