Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2013

Echo Automotive, Inc., a developer of technologies enabling the conversion of existing fleet vehicles into plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, completed a $3-million financing with United Fleet Financing, LLC, through a private placement offering and mezzanine financing.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

Project Plug-IN, which will integrate plug-in electric vehicles and smart grid technologies to provide a green transportation solution to Central Indiana commuters in one of the nation’s first large-scale pilot projects. John Waters, President & CEO, Bright Automotive. Mike Hudson, President, I-Power Technologies.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 26, 2009

When most people think of US Army vehicles, they naturally picture gas guzzling tanks or far from fuel efficient patrol vehicles. They will also work with the Army to demonstrate the ability of plug-in hybrid vehicles to deliver power to the grid as part of a $1.4million contract. fuel efficient vehicles.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 23, 2009

This announcement assures that large numbers of electric vehicles will be available to U.S. I’m betting that Bright Automotive in Indiana will be on the next list of recipients. I assume some will go toward building their new EV with the help of Canadian parts supplier, Magna. There will more announcements to come.

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Nissan Ford Grant Bright Automotive 154

Green Cars News

AUGUST 12, 2009

Bright Automotive may only be considered a start-up company, but it is about to have a significant impact on one of the most important car manufacturers in the world - Volkswagen. The goal for Bright meanwhile, is to prove the platform works and get it into play.

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IDEA Bright Automotive Plug-in Conversion 36

Green Cars News

APRIL 24, 2009

The event was organised by Bright Automotive to showcase its IDEA - a 100mpg plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that it hopes to market to both Government and commercial fleets. The company has also applied for funding through the Federal Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Loan Programme.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Next generation electric vehicles need higher capability and lower cost. GM Ventures also had a stake in Bright Automotive ( earlier post ), which shut down earlier this year. It’s not just about scale, it’s getting through those cycles of learning, getting to a more capable technology.

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GM International Li-ion Bright Automotive 271

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

WEBSTER • FREE PRESS AUTOMOTIVE EDITOR• April 21, 2009 Print this page E-mail this article Share this article Del.icio.us Facebook Digg Reddit Newsvine More evidence that we are approaching an exciting new frontier in the automotive industry will be on display today on Capitol Hill. The 100 m.p.g. Right Now can be seen here.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2010

It is to be expected that the launch of the new type of electric vehicles will, in the next step, involve the introduction of small quantities. Separately, the US Postal Service has awarded EDAG one of the five contracts for an electric postal delivery vehicle (LLV); EDAG is partnering with Bright Automotive on that contract.

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Light Concept Cars Bright Automotive 186

Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Founded in 2003, Silicon Valley based Tesla Motors is currently the only car manufacturer in the US or Europe manufacturing and selling highway capable electric vehicles in serial production. It has garnered more attention in recent years thanks to a collaboration with NICE to produce electric vehicles such as the NICE Mega City.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

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. The president is hoping to use incentives to get one million plug-in hybrid vehicles to consumers by 2015. Bright Automotive.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

Until then, we can always program the ESS to make what Lotus refers to as "more futuristic sounds for electric vehicles [that] can be created using sampled sounds and generated waveforms." When applied externally, Electronic Sound Synthesis, provides engine sound for hybrid or electric vehicles.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 13, 2009

Coulomb takes a networking approach and applies that technology to the job of charging electric vehicles. Their goal is nothing short of fueling the electric transportation industry. Their new charging infrastructure builds on their expertise in fast charge systems for existing industrial electric vehicles.

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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. Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 11, 2009

YOU KNOW THE times are a changin’ when you see Republican senators like Richard Lugar turning out for the launch of an electric vehicle. We interviewed Senator Lugar in DC recently — as we caught the Capitol Hill debut of Bright Automotive’s Idea — a plug-in hybrid electric delivery vehicle.

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