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Eltek Valere Awarded Battery Charger Contract for THINK City

Green Car Congress

Norway-based Eltek Valere will deliver battery chargers to THINK City. The THINK City is being produced in Valmet, Finland, and now is ready for orders. The EV Powercharger 3000 IP houses a Powercharger 3000 in an IP 67 box, and can be mounted anywhere in the engine compartment. EV Powercharger 3000 Quick Specs.

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EVs represented 0.25% of vehicle registrations in France in February; diesels gain 4 points of share

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The Think City, which registered 102 units in February 2011 as courtesy vehicles for the Norauto centers, is no longer on sale. Gasoline-engined vehicle lost 4 share points in the month, while diesels gained 4 points to reach 73.6%. Hybrid vehicles represented 0.7% of the market in February, with 1,174 registrations.

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THINK Restarts Production of EVs in Finland

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THINK, the Scandinavian electric vehicle (EV) maker, has re-started production of the THINK City—one of the first urban EVs—at a new facility with manufacturing partner Valmet Automotive in Uusikaupunki, Finland. The THINK City in production at Valmet. Click to enlarge.

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Russian entrepreneur Boris Zingarevich buys EV maker Think

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is the winning bidder for Think Global AS, following a bankruptcy proceeding initiated by the Norwegian carmaker last month. and Finnish automobile engineering and manufacturing concern Valmet Automotive, Inc. to cooperate in relaunching Think. A new sales and service structure for Think will be announced soon.

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Sit and Spin in a Th!nk City

Plugs and Cars

Norwegian engineering and humor at its finest! Tags: norway autobloggreen electricaid think city battery electric car. And the Swedes are investing in the company and ordering cars, including the Royals, according to a Norwegian story translated by Autobloggreen.

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Green Crossover Project in Japan Showcases Li-ion Stationary Storage for EV Charging; EnerDel Providing Packs for Vehicles and Stationary Storage

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The project uses a 24-kilowatt-hour fixed storage EnerDel battery pack, originally designed for the THINK City electric vehicle. Separately, the Nikkei had reported that JFE Engineering Corp. It also allows drivers to recharge the car without drawing power from the grid, an advantage at peak load times.

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

Steiner, a retired IBM Systems Engineer who is now servicing EV trucks and other commercial vehicles for a battery manufacturing company, launched Waverley Electrics as an April Fools joke in 2011. “I But then I realized that I’m an engineer, not a dealer of anything. I had planned to sell them at first.

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