Green Cars News

AUGUST 11, 2009

If you listen to US President Barack Obama it has been a long time coming – his decision to pour $2.4billion of stimulus money to make America a global leader in electric and hybrid car development comes as the country plays catch up to the likes of Japan and even China in the green car race (see article ). “I Who will benefit?

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 4, 2009

In the US, Chrysler and General Motors fell into bankruptcy; while in Japan even its major automakers have been left reeling from significant profit falls. With the Nissan LEAF still around a year away from hitting the streets, Mitsubishi has stolen a march on its rival by introducing the i-MiEV in Japan (see article ).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Sven Thesen, the communication and technology director for Better Place , a start-up that is gaining traction (see this recent New York Times article ) in its effort to create a network for electric cars in various countries, likened the concept of electric cars to cellphones. Fifteen years ago, how many people had a cellphone?”

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

But with Japan mandating that 70 percent of the countrys new houses will be powered by photovoltaic solar energy by 2020, "that creates a market," McCabe notes. (It The state of Michigan, which has seen its economy decimated by the collapse of the gas-powered auto industry, is pouring incentives into the alt-car market.

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EV Sales

MARCH 22, 2021

Since the general auto market remained slumped, global EV market share increased nicely from 2.8% France’s auto industry is probably the largest Western auto industry that goes completely under the radar in the US. If Norway also had an auto or EV-battery industry, no country could catch it in the charts. Yup, yup, yup.

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