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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Were told that the agreement includes nods of acceptance from the likes of Volkswagen, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Fiat, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Eon, Vattenfall, EDF, Npower, Endesa and Enel, and while theres no time frame for when itll be introduced, were pretty stoked to hear that at least something has been decided upon. In a word, no.

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Visiting PURE EV factory | Startup Showcase | ETryst electric motorcycle first look

Plug In India

So PURE ’s working capital seems to be dealer financed to a large extent. On the finance front though the valid crib is about finance options for prospective buyers. And also a Toyota 5 Why approach to problem solving - so that the defects get removed at the design stage itself. And so is the margin.

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2010 Aptera 2e First Drive and Video on Inside Line

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cd of the 2010 Toyota Prius. The initial funding has come from serious investors, including Idealab, the business incubator of entrepreneur Bill Gross, as well as google.org, the green-investments arm of Google. The company so far has been operating on just $30 million in start-up financing. Cd of a 2010 Toyota Prius.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Peter Roach, Birmingham, UK Nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries powered the late GM EV1 and still power hundreds of Toyota RAV4 EVs, some over 100,000 miles. Is it becuase US market prefers a "home" product? Also, Firefly batteries now being produced use lead foam in lead-acid configuration, cutting their weight almost in half.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

People-Oriented Development Current Status of REDD Financing the Fifth Fuel Peak Phosphorus - Commence Urine Recyling on Space. Review of Forestry Carbon Standards 2008 Ford Partners to Commercialize Electric Vehicles A New "Green" Deal.Direction for the economic re. Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. SZ (1) 6753.T

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Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The city has not committed to buying plug-in cars, although it is modifying some hybrid Toyota Priuses to be plug-ins, Nickels said. "We Dan Davids, president of Plug In America , drove his plug-in Toyota RAV4 to Tuesdays news conference and lauded Nissans announcement. Hats off to Nissan. "I Soundoff (79 comments) What do you think?

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