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IBM and EKZ partner to make plug-in charging more convenient with new smartphone application

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IBM Research has teamed with EKZ, the electricity utility provider of the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland, on a new pilot project that will allow consumers conveniently to charge electric vehicles and monitor their energy costs, using mobile devices. According to the latest statistics available, approximately 55.6%

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Audi offering A3 e-tron customers in Germany green electricity in cooperation with LichtBlick

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As an accompaniment to the market launch of the A3 e tron plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ), Audi is offering customers in Germany green electricity: Audi energy. The power all comes from renewable energy sources and is generated exclusively at hydro-electric power stations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The Audi A3 e?tron

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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And yet, what about recharging? That means I'd have to recharge at least once. Like a lot of people, I've been thinking about trading in my car. The case, morally and even financially, for an all-electric car is becoming stronger and stronger. Can I get from Pittsburgh to New York's Hudson Valley—a trip I make a dozen times a year?

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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And yet, what about recharging? That means I'd have to recharge at least once. Like a lot of people, I've been thinking about trading in my car. The case, morally and even financially, for an all-electric car is becoming stronger and stronger. Can I get from Pittsburgh to New York's Hudson Valley—a trip I make a dozen times a year?

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“Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case

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Underneath the e-fuels banner, Audi also includes renewable electricity for recharging its e-tron vehicles (“e-power”) and, should the market so require it, “green” hydrogen (e-hydrogen, derived in the e-gas process). Now we imagine the maximum scenario: e-tron plug-in hybrid drive under the hood and e-fuel in the tank.

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American and European Standards organizations agree to strengthen transatlantic cooperation on standards for electric vehicles

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Cooperation on eMobility standardization was the focus of discussion during a Transatlantic Roundtable organized by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC), and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), which took place in Brussels on 28-29 November.

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Volkswagen’s first two production battery-electric vehicles debut at Frankfurt

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Heinz-Jakob Neußer, of the Volkswagen Brand and Stephan Grühsem of Volkswagen AG present the new Volkswagen eGolf and the new e-up! in Frankfurt. Click to enlarge. Volkswagen marked its serious entry into the battery-electric vehicle market with the introduction in Frankfurt of its first two series production EVs: the e-up! and the e-Golf.