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GM, Samsung win tax breaks for proposed $3.5B battery plant in Indiana

Baua Electric

Normal Motors seems to be transferring ahead with a plan to manufacture an electrical car battery plant in northern Indiana. Development of the Indiana facility — two structures totaling 3 million sq. Development of the Indiana facility — two structures totaling 3 million sq. The automaker has proposed spending $3.5

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EnerDel to Supply Batteries for Japanese Electric Bus Demo

Green Car Congress

It is the third such announcement from the “Green Crossover Town,” an EnerDel-ITOCHU collaboration, previewed at EnerDel’s technical seminar last week in Indiana. EnerDel’s heavy duty battery systems are also being used in 16 fuel cell buses made by coach builder Van Hool and UTC Power, a unit of United Technologies Corporation.

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UAW crash with Detroit 3 displays a extra confrontational union as collision time limit looms

Baua Electric

As well as, he famous, the automakers are all set to let fall a slew of pristine electrical cars that may be not on time via a collision. And they have got just a restricted provide of cars to resist a chronic walkout. Fain reiterated Monday that each one 3 corporations stay collision objectives.

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Feature: The Genesis Experience

Clean Fleet Report

Feature: The Genesis Experience Son-Nim – “Honored Guest” Corporations are well-known for saying how much they care about and value their customers. Not all succeed as talk is cheap, actions are tough, and many don’t do so well following through.

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Ford and Smith Terminate Partnership on Electric Transit Connect Project for US; Ford Now Partnering with Azure Dynamics to Deliver the Vehicle in 2010; Smith Partnering with AM General on Electric Vans for USPS

Green Car Congress

Ford Motor Company and Smith Electric Vehicles US (SEV US) have mutually agreed to terminate the development project of an electric car-derived van based on Transit Connect. It was concerned that the market for electric car-derived vans would become increasingly competitive. Earlier post.). Ford and Azure.

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THINK delivers 17 EVs to utility fleet customers and employees in Indiana

Green Car Congress

THINK has delivered 17 THINK CIty electric cars to utility fleet customers and employees in Indiana. received 10 electric THINK City cars, and the remainder were delivered to Indianapolis Power & Light for company fleet use. Electric utilities and their employees are a natural extension of our fleet strategy.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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. Raising money to bring a PHEV to market.

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