Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2010

Commuter Cars, Tango (Spokane, WA) Battery Electric. X-Tracer, E-Tracer 7002 (Switzerland) Battery Electric. X-Tracer, E-Tracer 7009 (Switzerland) Battery Electric. Amp, amp’d Sky(Cincinnati, OH) Battery Electric. Aptera, Aptera 2e (San Diego, CA) Battery Electric.

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Aptera Tango San Diego Switzerland 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The rebooted Aptera Motors has teamed with Elaphe Propulsion Technologies on a long-range, volume production electric vehicle powered by in-wheel motors. Aptera, initially known as Accelerated Composites, formed in 2005 to bring highly efficient, three-wheeled vehicles to the market ( earlier post ), went out of business in 2011.

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Aptera Motor Motors Motoring 332

Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2010

X-Tracer, E-Tracer #72 (Switzerland), Battery Electric. X-Tracer, E-Tracer #79 (Switzerland), Battery Electric. Aptera, Aptera 2e (San Diego, CA), Battery Electric. Li-ion Motors, Wave II (North Carolina), Battery Electric. RaceAbout Association, RaceAbout (Finland), Battery Electric.

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Aptera San Diego Switzerland North Carolina 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2010

Electric car company Aurica Motors, which plans to retool the NUMMI plant in California to build not only electric cars but compatible battery charging stations ( earlier post ), has entered two partnerships in support of its mission. Motive develops concept vehicles for major automakers such as Dodge, Hyundai, Suzuki, Chrysler, and Toyota.

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Manufacturer Companies Electric Cars Motor 186

Plug In Partners

APRIL 21, 2008

Although consumer tax credits for PHEVs enjoyed bipartisan support in both houses of Congress, concerns over other tax portions of the energy bill resulted in the entire tax package being removed from the original bill. The base credit will be $4,000 for a PHEV with a battery of at least 5kwh.

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Tax Credit EPRI Las Vegas PHEV 100

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2010

In a press conference in Carlsbad, California, Aptera Motors unveiled the pre-production version of the electric three-wheel, 200+ mpg Aptera 2e along with 23 strategic suppliers , including GE; A123Systems for the Li-ion battery pack; Remy International for the drive motor ( earlier post ); and BorgWarner for the single ratio transaxle.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Batteries not ready. Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids. 2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries.

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