Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

By 2040, the report proposes, 75% of the light-duty vehicle miles traveled in the US should be electric miles. order to reach the goal of 75 percent electric miles by 2040, the US light-duty vehicle market will need to have reached a tipping point by 2020. Reuben Munger, Chairman, Bright Automotive, Inc.

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All Cars Electric

OCTOBER 21, 2009

In response to owners of the IDEA PHEV commercial vehicle, Bright Automotive has upgraded the vehicle to deliver 40 miles of electric only range and almost 40 mpg in hybrid mode. As Bright Automotive said CEO John E.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

John Waters, President & CEO, Bright Automotive. Mark Miles, President & CEO, Central Indiana Corporate Partnership. Mike Hudson, President, I-Power Technologies. Amory Lovins, Chairman & Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute. France Cordova, President, Purdue University.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Bright Automotive Inc has launched eSolutions in an effort to accelerate worldwide electrification and overall platform efficiency and at the heart of the new programme is a newly announced contract from the US Army TACOM to conduct a demonstration project on a low-cost plug-in hybrid electric solution for non-tactical military vehicles.

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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. Tags: Green cars Latest news Bright Automotive Capitol Hill Senators. All of the cars ran on electricity or biofuels in addition to petroleum.

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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

The battery capacity of 22 kWh gives the driver of the EDAG “Light Car - Open Source” a maximum range of 150 kilometers (93 miles) and a top speed of 140 km/h (87 mph). Compared to lithium-ion battery engineering, this technology offers enhanced safety properties with regard to thermal and mechanical damage. EDAG CEO, Jörg Ohlsen.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Bright Automotive: Has launched the Bright IDEA, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle and recently signed a contract with the US Army (see article ). Coda Automotive: Founded this year, the company has created the Coda Sedan, which is an all-electric four-door saloon car expected to have a range between 90 and 120 miles.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Bright Automotive. Coda Automotive. Fisker Automotive. Coda popped onto the electric-vehicle stage in June 2009 as an offshoot of Miles Electric Vehicles, a maker of electric light trucks in China. Fisker Automotive. Bright Automotive. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson as an investor?

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

At 1,500 pounds, a single charge will take it 112 miles. In fact, he was in Anderson Thursday taking pictures of an electric delivery van being designed by Bright Automotive. Thursday evening, the man who may know more than just about anyone else about electric cars spoke to a group at the art museum.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

We always seem to hear that one coming from a mile away. 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." Alternatively, may we suggest the sound of the neighborhood ice cream truck?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Establishing dealer network.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 11, 2009

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. That’s because the Idea will operate in all-electric mode for the first 30 miles before switching to hybrid mode for a full range of 400 miles.

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