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THINK and Migros Team-up with Swiss Eco-Tourism Group to Offer EV Rentals in Alps

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Scandinavian electric vehicle (EV) maker, THINK, and its Swiss distribution partner, M-Way, have teamed-up with Alpmobil to make available a fleet of 60 THINK City EVs available in the Goms and Haslital region of the Swiss Alps.

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Tesla Battery Biz Put on Back Burner, Th!nk To Get Energy Elsewhere

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nk Global for its revived City electric car. Tesla Energy Group is on hold, while TeslaMotors concentrates on getting the delayed Roadster produced. Tags: ener1 think global think city enerdel tesla motors tesla energy now. Seemed a great synergy at the time. Now CNet is reporting that Tesla won't be supplying Th!nk

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Think enters French electric car market

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Electric car maker Think is set to enter the French market after appointing a new distribution partner. The manufacturer of the Think city car has contracted the Mobivia Groupe and its newly established sustainable mobility division, O2City to handle the retail and distribution of its electric cars in the country.

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Tesla Powered Th!nks?

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Martin Eberhard, CEO of Tesla Motors, said that Tesla has formed a group called Tesla Energy Now to sell battery packs to other companies. "A nk City was stopped on the assembly line when Ford killed its electric program. Since being taken over by a Norwegian investment group last year, Jan-Olaf Willums, president of Th!nk

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Ener1 to Take 31% Stake in EV Maker Think Global; Think City Production Moves to Valmet in Finland

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is taking the lead among a group of investors that plans to inject $47 million of equity funding into Think Global AS, the Norwegian electric vehicle producer. is the parent company of EnerDel, a leading manufacturer of advanced lithium-ion automotive battery systems based in Indianapolis and an existing supplier to Think.

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President Obama Awards $2.3B for Tax Credits for New Clean-Tech Manufacturing Jobs; GE Gets Largest Battery-related Award

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Among the vehicle credits, Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations LLC requested a $150-million tax credit for its plant in the area, and Think North America will receive a $16,970,145 credit to support the establishment of a US manufacturing operation/facility (a vehicle assembly operation as well as facilities for fabricating vehicle components) (..)

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Are You Plugged In?

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And Reuben Munger, former managing partner at investment firm Baupost Group LLC, is a founder and chairman of Bright, which developed a fully electric delivery van called Idea. A: Think Global’s Think City. Google Inc. co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have invested in Tesla. Which has the longest range?

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