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Eltek Valere Awarded Battery Charger Contract for THINK City

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Norway-based Eltek Valere will deliver battery chargers to THINK City. In addition to the contract with THINK, we expect to gradually develop business with other customers within this segment. Eltek Valere’s Chief Marketing Officer Morten Schøyen. This contract shows new areas of application for the company’s technology.

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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

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released One Million Electric Vehicles by 2015 , a short status report on advances in deployment and progress to date in meeting President Obama’s goal of putting one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) on the road by 2015. Think City EV. Estimated US supply of PEVs from 2011-2015.

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EnerDel Partners with Mazda, Itochu, and Others for Smart Grid Integration Project in Japan

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US-based lithium-ion battery producer EnerDel will supply the advanced battery systems at the heart of a new project, based in Tsukuba City, Japan, combining electric vehicles (EVs), stationary grid storage, solar power and a rapid charging infrastructure a in a real-world operating environment. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Financial Times on Th!nk

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10,000 Think City electric cars in 2009. Online marketing and sales. Think says it has battery supply contracts with three companies, and is moving into production. nk will fare as established carmakers bring electric cars to market. GM's Vue and Volt plug-ins have no firm date to appear in showrooms.

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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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At full capacity the plant could produce approximately 10 million cells capable of generating 900 megawatt-hours of energy per year—the equivalent of the battery power required for 45,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles with an 80-mile range or enough energy to support 1,000 GE Evolution Series hybrid locomotives.

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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

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A few items before I head out to Black Rock City for two weeks. Although Black Rock City probably has the worst air in the west during its brief annual existence, it is where I had my first electric transport epiphany. Their Rechargeit.org campaign really makes the connections between renewable power and plug-in cars.

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Think makes breakthrough in Japan

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Norwegian electric vehicle manufacturer Think Global has teamed with Ener1, one of its battery partners, to make a significant breakthrough in the Japanese market. It was initially developed for the Think City electric car - a three-door, two-seat electric vehicle that is powered by a 30kW electric motor.

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