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Mitsubishi Motors, NewMotion, Nuvve in vehicle-to-grid pilot in Netherlands with Outlander PHEV

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In this demonstration, MMC will provide services for capacity reserve and balancing services by utilizing NewMotion’s charging infrastructure (with Enel V2G chargepoint hardware) and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEVs parked at home or at work in the city of Amsterdam linked to Nuvve’s Grid Integrated Vehicle platform (GIVe). Earlier post.).

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China publishes plan to boost fuel-efficient and new energy vehicles and domestic auto industry; targeting 500K PHEVs and EVs in 2015, rising to 2M by 2020

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China’s State Council has published a plan to develop the domestic energy-saving and new energy vehicle industry, which includes battery-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and fuel cell vehicles. China has made big progress in electric car technologies but still lags behind other countries in certain areas, said the report.

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2015 BMW i3 Updates, Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Still Delayed, Gas Prices And Electric Cars: Today's Car News

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Today we''ve got news of small updates for the 2015 BMW i3 electric car, confirmation that the U.S. launch of the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid is still far off, and why low gas prices likely won''t hurt electric-car sales. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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SEAT unveils first all-electric car and PHEV

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SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, is unveiling the prototype Altea XL Electric Ecomotive as well as the prototype Leon TwinDrive Ecomotive, a plug-in hybrid. SEAT envisages the launch of its first electric plug-in hybrid car in 2015, to be followed a year later by an all-electric vehicle.

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Daimler managers to drive PHEV company cars

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As policy, Daimler managers will be driving electrified company cars—mainly its plug-in hybrid (PHEV) models. In a pilot project in the wider Stuttgart region, managers across different levels have been driving the battery-electric B 250 e since April 2015. He will succeed Professor Dr. Thomas Weber.).

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Volvo Cars unveils CMA-based 40 series concepts; battery-electric and PHEV versions; first production in 2017

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The announcement that Volvo will also deliver a battery electric vehicle based on its CMA products follows a commitment to produce a pure electric car on its larger Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) by 2019. Hybridized 7-speed Dual Clutch Transmission on T5 Twin Engine PHEV. to 120,591 cars. Click to enlarge.

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IEA: Electric vehicles posted strong gains in 2016; 2M now in global parc

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With more than 750,000 units sold over the year, the number of electric vehicles in the global parc—primarily Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs)—surpassed 2 million units in 2016, following a year of strong growth in 2015, according to the International Energy Agency’s Global EV Outlook 2017.

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