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50 by 20: Wireless EV Charging Hits Key Benchmark

Cars That Think

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee recently announced that they have set a record for wireless EV charging. Impressive,” says Duc Minh Nguyen , a research associate in the Communication Theory Lab at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology ( KAUST ) in Saudi Arabia. times that range.

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Elektromotive Extends European Recharging Network to Belgium and Luxembourg

Green Car Congress

UK-based Elektromotive has appointed The PluginCompany to install networks of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across Belgium and Luxembourg. A further 90 fully-operational Elektrobay charging stations have been installed in cities and shopping centres around the UK. The Elektrobay. Click to enlarge.

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Elektromotive to make breakthrough in Saudi Arabia

Green Cars News

Saudi Arabia is probably the last place you’d expect to see a concerted shift towards emission free motoring - after all, the Kingdom is the world’s leading oil producer and exporter.

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Fisker reports more than $100M in revenue Jan-Apr 2012; more than $1B in funding since 2007

Green Car Congress

Al-Futtaim and its network of experienced retailers will allow Fisker to reach customers in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, and Egypt. The default Stealth mode maximizes efficiency, giving the car its greatest range on battery power before activating the gas engine-driven generator to sustain battery charge.

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Elektromotive heads to Belgium and Luxembourg

Green Cars News

UK based Elektromotive is making headway in the electric vehicle recharging market after appointing ThePluginCompany to install networks of charging stations across Belgium and Luxembourg. Elektromotive has also exported its technology to the Netherlands, Iceland, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Germany and Sweden.

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Elektromotive Lands EV Infrastructure Deal with KAUST in Saudi Arabia

Green Car Congress

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology ( KAUST ), a new graduate-level research university located in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, has commissioned UK-based Elektromotive to install 150 Elektrobay charging stations across its campus by September 2009—one of the largest single EV infrastructure deals so far.

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Energizing America

Plug In Partners

As a practical matter that means enriching with wealth transfers those who are the principal financiers of Islamofascist terror — notably, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Those costs can be reduced far more if such vehicles' batteries can be charged by the electrical grid. Secondly, we have a proven model for doing things differently.

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