Green Cars News
JUNE 26, 2012
Hybrid taxi service Climatecars appointed Siemens to install its first charging post as the London-based firm expands its fleet to include new, rechargeable models. Two new Renault [.].
Green Car Congress
JUNE 24, 2009
The project will include 15 Nissan cars, 10 Smith electric taxis, five Smith people carriers, a Smith executive minibus, two AVID saloon cars and two Liberty urban Range Rovers, alongside a network of charging points. The research will include a focus on domestic recharging behavior over a 12-month period.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 28, 2009
Cd of the 2010 Toyota Prius. The Prius engineers were celebrating a big victory when they managed to shave their cars Cd by 0.01 Ride quality is about halfway between what youd expect from a decent small car and the bounce and jounce youd expect when taxiing a small plane on a dirt runway. Cd of a 2010 Toyota Prius.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
A chemist and government researcher, Wang raised some $300,000 from relatives, rented about 2,000 square meters of space, and set out to manufacture rechargeable batteries to compete with imports from Sony and Sanyo. Wang Chuan-Fu started BYD (the letters are the initials of the companys Chinese name) in 1995 in Shenzhen, China.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
It was started by a chemist and government researcher named Wang Chuan-Fu in 1995 (same year as Yahoo) to make rechargeable batteries, which it learned to do very well. And if you doubt that they will learn, check out my cover story about BYD in the new issue of FORTUNE, headed to subscribers and newsstands this week.
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