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California Startup Aurica Motors Trying to Keep NUMMI Plant Open for Manufacturing Electric Cars, Battery Swap System

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Under the proposed plan, the NUMMI plant in Fremont, California would be converted into the manufacturing facility for the Aurica Motors E-Car, an all-electric vehicle, as well as Aurica’s proposed PEP (Power Exchange Package) battery swap system. The PEP station concept is not compatible with the Better Place system.

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First fleet of 100 Mercedes-Benz Vito E-Cell electric vans covers 650,000 km in customer use; more model variants planned

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Mercedes-Benz delivered the first vehicles for field testing to testing partners in Berlin at the beginning of September 2010, and in Stuttgart in January 2011. The two promotional initiatives are part of the German federal government’s second economic stimulus package.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

February 15, 2010. and San Diego, a combination of green consciousness and enthusiasm for new technology seems to be stirring public interest in the cars. Here’s the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car. By TODD WOODY and CLIFFORD KRAUSS.