Green Car Congress
MARCH 12, 2010
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. Aurica is trying to obtain Federal economic stimulus funding to convert NUMMI to electric car manufacturing, but is also open to private financing.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 8, 2009
Then, Chrysler announced that it intended to apply to the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Transportation Electrification stimulus program for a federal grant, which would enable Chrysler to establish a nationwide demonstration fleet of zero-emission electric minivans that could be used by the US Postal Service for mail delivery.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 6, 2010
Under our base case assumptions, life cycle costs and GHGs of HEVs and PHEVs are comparable, particularly for drivers who charge frequently, and the least-cost solution is sensitive to the discount rate and the price of gasoline, electricity, and batteries. Relative to our base case of $3.30/gal gal gasoline, $0.11/kW —Shiau et al.
Plugs and Cars
JUNE 4, 2009
Toyota, the automaker arguably best positioned and most experienced in the ways of electric drive, has scarcely hidden its intention to go slow on plug-ins while touting small incremental mileage gains on the gasoline-only Prius and the green glitz of an optional solar roof. But their dreams haven’t yet been sunk. Such as the $1.1
Revenge of the Electric Car
APRIL 6, 2010
Will Electric Cars Give New York a Charge? Will Electric Cars Give New York a Charge? The Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf will lead the way, with others manufacturers including Ford, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Tesla planning to introduce their electric cars sometime between 2011 and 2012. by Lars Vercelli for the Gotham Gazette.
Plug In Partners
FEBRUARY 6, 2006
They are similar to hybrids like the Toyota Prius, but they have bigger batteries and at night would be plugged into a standard 120-volt outlet to charge the batteries. should promise to order 50,000 fleet vehicles of the first viable plug-in hybrid — that would be just the stimulus the carmakers need. Instead, the U.S.
Spirit of DC - PHEV3A
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
along with a 110-v AC opportunity charge provided as well. Particularly to the Plug-in Hybrids Electric Vehicle (PHEV) like the Toyota Prius before them as well as converting internal combustion engines into pure Electrics! After all, if the US Stimulus Package program could do "Cash for Clunkers," then why not "Cash for Conversions!".
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