Green Car Reports
AUGUST 9, 2019
Tesla faces a lawsuit over lost range in some older models. Startup heavy truckmaker Nikola won a federal grant to improve fuel cells. Mini may go all-electric with its next generation of models. And a European project worked out how to get as much range and efficiency from natural-gas engines as from gasoline.
Revenge of the Electric Car
MAY 25, 2010
Tesla has breathed new life into the recently shut down NUMMI plant in Fremont, announcing its plans last week to team up with Toyota to start making its $50,000 electric Model S at the NUMMI plant. Resurrection of NUMMI auto plant by Tesla and Toyota lifts spirits all over Fremont. By Patrick May. pmay@mercurynews.com. Despite an 8.4
Plugs and Cars
MAY 24, 2011
With the city budget constrained just as investment in EV charging infrastructure has become warranted, one would think the City would jump at the opportunity for seventeen n0-cost new units to serve LEAFs, Volts and Teslas now. These ClipperCreek chargers would be simple to use - just park and plug in.
Revenge of the Electric Car
JUNE 3, 2010
A new Federal Grant will enable many electric vehicle early adopters to get their chargers for free. (A Fully funded, the ChargePoint America program would cost $37 million, with some of the shortfall for the actual station installations being addressed, the organizers hope, through state and local grants.&#. A $2,000 value!).
Plugs and Cars
JULY 13, 2011
Surprising to many, including I suspect Tesla Motors itself, they found that about half the charging of Roadsters at home in the U.S. Despite the fact that it takes 38-60 hours to charge a Tesla from empty to full at 120V. Something Ecotality couldn’t do even with $100 million in federal grant money. is at 120V.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 11, 2010
The FCCC electric WIV also marks the first commercial vehicle application of a Tesla Motors Li-ion battery pack, which provide up to a 100-mile driving range on a single charge. FCCC initiated our all-electric project well before stimulus money and federal grants were available for alternative-power transportation projects.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 1, 2010
Powered by Tesla Motors’ lithium-ion batteries, the chassis is 100% electric, including the HVAC system. FCCC is the first company within the industry to utilize Tesla batteries for commercial applications. The MT-EV all-electric chassis utilizes Enova Systems’ 120kW all-electric drive system technology.
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