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Pike forecasts growth for wireless charging for plug-in vehicles, but tied to overall growth of plug-in market

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There are signs that such systems, installed at the factory or added at the dealership, could become a market differentiator for EV models, Pike suggests. Sacramento will round out the previously announced list of Apollo participants including Bosch Automotive Service Solutions, Duke Energy, Google, DTE Energy, and The Hertz Corporation.

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First drive with Mercury Marine’s electric Avator motors: A smooth, quiet ride (for small boats) [Video]

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The noted developer of marine technologies has launched its five initial outboards under its new Avator lineup of all-electric motors, and I got the chance to test each of them out in Charleston, South Carolina. Having spent over eight decades specializing in combustion engines, Mercury is admittedly new to the EV game.

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Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Sprout at Plug-in 2010

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Earlier this year, Nissan Nissan North America (NNA) selected AeroVironment to supply electric vehicle home-charging stations and installation services supporting the introduction of the LEAF. Eaton Corporation displayed its electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and Eaton-branded Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle (iMiEV) car.

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SAE World Congress panel highlights progress on H2 infrastructure and fuel cell vehicle commercialization

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The Hyundai Fuel Cell also won this year’s Wards “10 best engines” which is a first for this technology. Recently Linde sold 28 hydrogen stations—with this compressor—for fuel cell vehicles to Japan to Iwatani Corporation. With this “small series” infrastructure commercialization, production costs were reduced 33%.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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General Motors Corporation. General Motors Corporation. KEMET Corporation. Electric Transportation Engineering Corp. Morgantown, WV State of South Carolina. Advanced Vehicle Research Center; Auto Exposure LLC; Big Fish Advertising and Public Relations; MotorWeek; Sabre Engineering; Northeast Utilities.

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DOE awards $25M to improve natural gas operations

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The University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) plans to develop, build, and validate a low-cost, field-installable, remotely-controlled natural gas compressor retrofit kit. Successful demonstration of this integrated self-healing valve system will advance the goal of reducing natural gas emissions across thousands of installed pneumatic controllers.

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BMW MINI E Powered by AC Propulsion?

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Could it be that BMW has seen the brilliance in AC Propulsion’s decades of electric drive system engineering and refinement and teamed with them in order to produce these 500 fantastic electric MINIs? Specially engineered for automobile use, the battery technology will have a range of more than 240 kilometers, or 150 miles.

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