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Renault-Nissan Alliance opens Silicon Valley research office

Green Car Congress

The Renault-Nissan Alliance will open a research office later this month in Mountain View, California, directly across from the Google campus. Nissan will use the Silicon Valley office to focus on vehicle IT research, including graphical user-interface displays, in-car Internet connectivity and smart-grid research.

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Meet the cute, capable and affordable Renault 5 E-Tech. Will this reborn icon make Europe relevant in the electric car era?

EV Central

When they arrive all will be based on the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance’s ‘AmpR Small’ platform (formerly CMF-BEV), which shares as much as 70 per cent of parts from the CMF-B combustion platform that’s used for the current Renault Clio. inch Google-powered infotainment system. 2025 Renault 5. 2025 Renault 5 interior.

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Hyundai introduces US market version of Kona Electric at New York show; 250-mile range

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In addition, Kona Electric energy efficiency is internally-estimated at 117 MPGe, superior to Nissan Leaf (112 MPGe), Tesla Model S (104 MPGe), and Tesla Model X (93 MPGe). Plus, users can search for points of interest using Google with voice or text and have the directions when they start their Kona Electric.

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Advocating electric in the heartland

Electric Auto Association

These homeowners generate their electricity and many of them put energy back into the grid, and they’ve still had to pay these ridiculous charges,” said MAEAA President Al Pugsley. Clyde Schwanke’s backyard in Topeka, complete with his Nissan LEAF and Ford C=max Plugin. For hybrids, there’s a $50 charge.” “If

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The Future @ Smart Garage

Revenge of the Electric Car

The list of invitees was pretty impressive with representation from, “auto manufacturers like Nissan and GM, utilities such as PG&E and Duke Energy, IBM, P&G, Wal-Mart and Google, among many others&#. The Smart Garage concept has become RMI’s means to describe the integration of the grid and the electric vehicle.

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The Workplace Charging Challenge

Plugs and Cars

Although Tesla gets the headlines (and stock price boost), Nissan and Chevrolet make the sales. The Google example of an expensive networked, free Level 2 charger in every employee’s slot is unrealistic, unaffordable and unnecessary in the real world. It’s also grid-friendly. They should be encouraged.

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Conference confirms plug-in fever

Plugs and Cars

Coming on the heels of the Google/Brookings event in Washington, D.C., One week earlier, former Vice President Al Gore issued his well-received challenge to make the American grid 100% renewable in ten years. Nissan and Renault have now promised tens of thousands of EVs on three continents by 2011.

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