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International Alliance on ZEVs seeks to accelerate ZEV adoption; 11 founding government members from N America and Europe

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Eleven European and North American governments are the founding partners of the International ZEV Alliance, which has the mission of accelerating global adoption of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). A new report released by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) outlines an agenda for expanding collaboration.

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Navistar First Launching eStar All-Electric Truck Sales in Portland, Oregon

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Portland, Oregon will be the initial launch market for Navistar’s new eStar electric truck. Navistar also announced its eStar dealer for the Pacific Northwest market: Cascadia International Trucks of Tacoma, Wash. and Modec Limited of the United Kingdom. Earlier post.).

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Navigant’s analysis indicates that only buyers in California and Oregon will purchase sufficient numbers of vehicles in order to meet the ZEV requirement in 2018 and 2019. Throughout 2014, Tesla Motors fortunes will have tongues wagging (and international car buyers salivating) as the brand becomes a global phenomenon.

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DARPA SubT Finals: Meet the Teams

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USA, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Norway. Oxford Robotics Institute, United Kingdom. Oregon State University. Robotika International, Czech Republic and United States. Team CERBERUS. Team CERBERUS. University of Nevada, Reno. ETH Zurich, Switzerland. University of California, Berkeley. Team Explorer.

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The Tailwinds Behind Massive Growth of EV Charging

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But we’re barely scratching the surface of EV growth: While electric vehicles sales are still comparatively low stacked up to traditional internal combustion vehicles, the EV market share is expected to top 10% within the next four years. Many other governments have expressed a desire to achieve similar goals in future years.

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Nissan signs electric car alliance with Europcar

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Electric vehicles will be rolled out in France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand and will be subsequently extended to other countries, as part of the alliance.

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Mitsubishi to begin offering customers test drives of North American spec i-MiEV in November

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By the end of that year, the EU version of the Mitsubishi i-MiEV was launched in Germany, followed by the United Kingdom at the beginning of 2011. Following its launch at home, the i-MiEV entered into the Hong Kong and Australian markets in 2010. Mitsubishi i-MiEV, North American-Spec. Click to enlarge. Subjective impressions.

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