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Evicted — electric tractor company Solectrac hasn’t made rent in months

Baua Electric

I do think the electrification bubble has popped,” one former Solectrac dealer told Rural Lifestyle Dealer. But the subcompact market is a different market, and I just don’t know if that market will pay extra for an electric vehicle or even purchase an electric vehicle.” The news gets worse from there. They left a ton of property.

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Tesla Hacking, i-MiEV Driven, Norway's Zero-Emission-Car Plan: The Week In Reverse (Video)

Green Car Reports

And, who's talking up electric cars in the pickup-heavy heartland of Oklahoma oil country? What's Norway's ambitious plan to get rid of gasoline cars altogether? This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, August 7, 2015.

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Chevrolet Spark EV EPA-rated at 119 MPGe and 82-mile range

Green Car Congress

By comparison, the 2013 Scion iQ EV is EPA-rated at 121 MPGe; the Honda Fit EV at 118 MPGe; the Fiat 500e at 116 MPGe; the i-MiEV at 112 MPGe; the Ford Focus Electric at 105 MPGe; and the smart fortwo electric at 107 MPGe. The GM designed oil-cooled, permanent magnet motor is the heart of the Spark EV’s propulsion system.

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Ground breaks on Washington West Coast Electric Highway

Green Car Congress

When complete, the network will enable electric vehicle drivers to travel 276 miles of I-5 between Washington’s borders with Oregon and Canada. The transition from gasoline and foreign oil to alternative fuels, such as electricity, for transportation requires a huge first step—infrastructure.

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2010 LA Auto Show: Mitsubishi Plug-In Hybrid SUV For 2013

Green Car Reports

Mitsubishi rolled out the tiny "i" electric minicar (nee i-MiEV) during last week’s 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show, confirming its eventual sale in the fall of 2011.

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Postcard From Iceland (1 of 2)

Revenge of the Electric Car

I came as a guest for Driving Sustainability , Iceland’s conference for the future of cars. Yet-Ming Chiang from A123 Systems in Cambridge, Bill Dube, from the Killacycle , Sven Thesen and John Proctor from Better Place , the MiEV team from Mitsubishi, and on and on. They lined up an international and terrific schedule.

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Near-Term Prospects for Automotive Li-ion Batteries: 21% of Hybrid and EV Market by 2011

Green Car Congress

As one example of factors contributing to that decision, a survey of projected oil prices returned values between $30 and $250 a barrel, he said.). About half of those, he suggests, could be the mini-EVs of the i-MiEV type. By 2015, he suggests, full hybrids (e.g.,

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