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Norwegian Investors Rally to Revived Think Electric Car

Plugs and Cars

The Aftenposten reports (in English) on the success Jan Olaf Willums is having at the helm of the revived Think Global. My first electric car was a Think City, produced when the company was owned by Ford. This "smarter than Smart" city car was a revelation to me when I leased it in 2001.

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First New Th!nk City Rolls Off Line

Plugs and Cars

Automotive News (subscription required) reports: Think Global has launched production of an electric minicar for European markets. On Wednesday, the first City minicar rolled off the assembly line at Think’s plant in Aurskog, northeast of Oslo. Tags: zebra battery think city. This project is on time.

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Tesla Battery Biz Put on Back Burner, Th!nk To Get Energy Elsewhere

Plugs and Cars

nk Global for its revived City electric car. nk with batteries after all. nk Global has therefore had to to look elsewhere for batteries. nk Global has therefore had to to look elsewhere for batteries. nk has settled on Lithium for all the new cars, it won't be producing until late 2008.

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Ener1 to Take 31% Stake in EV Maker Think Global; Think City Production Moves to Valmet in Finland

Green Car Congress

is taking the lead among a group of investors that plans to inject $47 million of equity funding into Think Global AS, the Norwegian electric vehicle producer. is the parent company of EnerDel, a leading manufacturer of advanced lithium-ion automotive battery systems based in Indianapolis and an existing supplier to Think.

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US DOE progress report says 1M plug-ins by 2015 ambitious but achievable; not likely to be constrained by production capacity

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released One Million Electric Vehicles by 2015 , a short status report on advances in deployment and progress to date in meeting President Obama’s goal of putting one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) on the road by 2015. Think City EV. Nissan LEAF EV. SEV Newton EV.

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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

Plugs and Cars

Out in the desert as part of Burning Man , our encampment, Snow Koan Solar, is setting up a solar photovoltaic EV Charging Station (at 7:30 and Desert) for electric scooters, golf carts, sofas and barstools. We'll also be taking Burning Man art projects off petroleum generators by switching them to solar electricity. Google Guys Th!nk

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Some of the first plug-in electric passenger vehicles are slated to roll onto U.S. For all the fanfare, sales of electric cars are currently negligible (outside of golf courses, that is). How many plug-in electric vehicles does President Barack Obama wish to see on U.S. Which electric-car developer counts former U.

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