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2012 Think City EV's New Lithium-Ion Battery A Welcome Upgrade

All Cars Electric

Just like their gasoline counterparts, drivers want to know their first electric car won't leave them foundering at the lights, stranded on the freeway, or taking forever to recharge. These are the three most important questions asked of any electric car coming to market. For the number of small electric cars.

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Nissan sketches electric commercial vehicle; envisions electric ambulance

Plugs and Cars

It is a somewhat stylized take on the NV200 light commercial gasoline van Nissan sells in Japan and Europe. Tags: EV ambulance nissan electric ambulance think city battery electric car. The press release from Nissan highlights the potential use as an ambulance which could drive directly into a hospital. Yet another market.

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THINK electric cars arrive in Indiana

Green Cars News

The US state of Indiana is among the first to go electric after THINK delivered 17 of its THINK City electric cars to customers and employees across the region. Duke Energy in Plainfield, Indiana, took 10 of the vehicles; with the remainder going to Indianapolis Power & Light for company fleet use.

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President Obama issues Memorandum on Federal fleet performance to push for alternative fueled vehicles; GSA pilot project on EV purchases

Green Car Congress

In the Memorandum, the President specifically directs that by 31 December 2015, all new light-duty vehicles leased or purchased by agencies must be alternative fueled vehicles, such as hybrid or electric, compressed natural gas, or biofuel. Contracts were awarded for Chevrolet, Nissan, and Think City vehicles.

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Mayor of London proposes $1.4B cycling plan for the city; “Crossrail for the bike”

Green Car Congress

It means more seats on the Tube, less competition for a parking place and fewer cars in front of yours at the lights. TfL (Transport for London) is conducting off-site trials of new, cyclist-friendly innovations, such as “Dutch-style” roundabouts and eye-level traffic lights for cyclists.

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

Green Car Congress

To foster investment and job creation in clean energy manufacturing, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act included a tax credit for investments in manufacturing facilities for clean energy technologies (the Section 48C program).

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US DOE progress report says 1M plug-ins by 2015 ambitious but achievable; not likely to be constrained by production capacity

Green Car Congress

of sales through 2015 (assuming sales of 12 million light-duty vehicles per year, according to the report. Think City EV. Conventional hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) have been on sale in the US for more than ten years; new vehicle hybrid sales in 2010 were approximately 2.5%. Production capacity. Nissan LEAF EV. SEV Newton EV.

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