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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Renewable energy projects are frequently financed with project rather than corporate finance. by Bill Cooke.

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California Startup Aurica Motors Trying to Keep NUMMI Plant Open for Manufacturing Electric Cars, Battery Swap System

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Startup electric car company Aurica Motors announced a plan to keep the NUMMI plant, which employs 4,700 people, from shutting down when Toyota leaves on 31 March. Planned production would be 5,000 cars in the first year of production, moving up to 50,000+ within three years.

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EnerDel Plans to Invest $237M in New Indiana Lithium-Ion Battery Plant

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The new Indiana plant will give EnerDel the capacity to produce battery packs for approximately 600,000 hybrid electric vehicles, or 60,000 battery-electric cars. EnerDel is referring to the latter as “electric-vehicle equivalents” —about 20-25 kWh.) The Indiana plant will be financed through a $118.5 Earlier post.)

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Energy storage: why do we need it? The Green Piece.

Green Cars News

With electric cars inching ever closer to a mainstream reality, questions are raised as to how the grid will cope with increased demand. In 2009, for example, the US Stimulus Plan helped finance research into energy storage with [.]. August 22, 2011. The Green Piece Column.

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Ford Starts EV Test Drives

Revenge of the Electric Car

For more details, follow the link … Ford Plans to Start Electric-Car Tests in Germany Next Month. will start a two-year test program of electric Focus compact cars and Transit vans in Germany on Jan. Ford Plans to Start Electric-Car Tests in Germany Next Month. Ford is starting EV trials in Germany.

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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

Plugs and Cars

I write a column for the Electric Auto Association newsletter, Current EVents. Plug-in cars are inevitable. Nissan appears intent on opening up a market for mid-price range electric cars within two years. The taxpayer is financing the American automakers’ survival and their future. Here's my June column.

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Tesla + Toyota

Revenge of the Electric Car

Tesla has breathed new life into the recently shut down NUMMI plant in Fremont, announcing its plans last week to team up with Toyota to start making its $50,000 electric Model S at the NUMMI plant. “Now we can become the electric-car capital of the United States.&#. plant shut down April 1. Advertisement. Despite an 8.4

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