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What Is Acoustic Vehicle Warning System & Its Importance on The Roads?

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The purpose of an AVAS system for electric vehicles is to inform pedestrians, cyclists, and/or adjacent persons who use personal mobility vehicles, particularly blind or visually impaired people who require a sound stimulus to recognise and understand a vehicle is nearby. ”

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ECOtality Wins $2.87M in Bay Area contracts, expands EV Project to the San Francisco Bay Area

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ECOtality will also implement a DC Fast Charger Program, from a $614,800 Air District award, that will allow the Company to install 20 Blink DC Fast Chargers, out of the 30 total chargers installed throughout the program. The project is funded by the us Department of Energy through a federal stimulus grant of $114.8 Through a $2.2-million

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Underwriters Laboratories Named Exclusive Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory for The EV Project

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The company signed a memorandum of understanding with Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), a wholly owned subsidiary of ECOtality, Inc. to test and certify eTec’s vehicle charging stations that will be used in the project.

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Nissan reports significant net loss

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Nissan has followed Honda and several other Japanese carmakers by announcing significant losses in its financial results for the fiscal year ending in 2008. During the year, Nissan sold a total of 3,411,000 vehicles worldwide which is down 9.5%. Its net revenues of $83.78billion were accompanied by a net loss of $2.32billion.

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Ener1 Establishes European Division

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The European division is being created to meet growing demand for electric drive and battery technology among Europe’s top car companies as well as other business opportunities involving energy storage applications. Ener1 has announced active relationships with Think Global, Fisker and Volvo, and has a research program with Nissan.

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Coulomb, MasterCard, and the future of public charging

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The charge stations and installations were paid for with federal stimulus and California Energy Commission grants won by Coulomb. Nissan LEAF buyers are excluded. If you are a business in a program area, you can get the same deal - free charge stations paid for by stimulus money. Ecotality's EV Project got an exclusive.)

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Volvo to Introduce Proprietary Medium-Duty Engine in 2010

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The company is already planning to apply the Volvo Group heavy-duty (HD) engine platform in all HD trucks. The MD engine project is a result of the Nissan Diesel acquisition ( earlier post ). MD and heavy-duty engines will be produced on the same line in Ageo, Japan. Leif Johansson.

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