Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

International Battery (IB), a US manufacturer and developer of large-format lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, has been chosen as the battery system provider for the first-of-its-kind Community Energy Storage (CES) systems, developed by S&C Electric Company for American Electric Power (AEP).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2012

The plug-in hybrid system uses energy from its battery pack to improve efficiency and power during driving, operate quietly in an all-electric mode at the job site, and is recharged using cleaner domestically produced electricity from the grid. The Terex Commander 4042 digger derrick features a DUECO, Inc. ComEd received a $1.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2010

million federal stimulus grant to build electric trucks. When it returns to its home base at the end of the day, it can be plugged in and fully recharged within 6-8 hours. e-Star Quick Specs. 80 kWh Li-ion pack. 70 kW, 300 N·m (221 lb-ft) motor. Max speed: 50 mph (80 km). Range: 100 miles (161 km). GVWR: 12,100 lbs. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

This will take place within the framework of the German economic stimulus package (Konjunkturpaket II) and other national and state programs to jointly address standardization and cost reduction issues. In Phase One partners intend to leverage plans to install new hydrogen fuelling stations by 2011.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2012

The two promotional initiatives are part of the German federal government’s second economic stimulus package. The batteries of Vito E-CELL vans are recharged at these locations outside of operating hours. The energy suppliers have now provided charging stations to operators at their depots.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

ZAP hopes to leverage a stimulus from the government for plug-in forms of transportation. In 2009, China overtook the United States as the world’s largest automobile market with sales increasing 46 percent from 2008 to 13.6 million vehicles in 2009, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

Most electric-car makers are working under the assumption that once the battery runs down, cars will recharge at home rather than on the road – limiting the cars to short distances. The firm eTec got $100 million in funding from the US Department of Energy through the stimulus bill. “That’s going to be tough.&#.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

Instead, while you recharge your battery after a long day at work, your new electric car could be recharging as well. billion in stimulus grants to the industry. Many things in your life haven’t changed since 2010 but one thing certainly has: You won’t need to buy gas in order to drive. roads by 2015 and has provided $2.4

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

are rushing out cars that can be recharged at electrical outletsas the U.S. Tax Credits Instead, Obama backed tax credits of as much as $7,500 inthe stimulus package approved in February for buyers of plug-incars. “Naturally, we’regoing to have to accommodate that too.” General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan MotorCo.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Owing to limits in battery capacity and driving range (currently 100-200 km (62-124 miles) for a medium-sized car) and a current recharging time of several hours, BEVs are ideally suited to smaller cars and shorter trips, i.e. urban driving (including new transportation models such as car sharing).

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Some transportation experts are skeptical that electric vehicles will catch on anywhere in the country, in large part because the batteries and the installation of home recharging units are expensive.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 19, 2009

Nobody was recharging any cell phones or laptops during the 1976 bicentennial year. (I But now all of you can do the same things I did, and you’ll soon be able to get some government stimulus money to use instead of the savings you no longer have. Just like almost everyone else we know today&#. How powerful will that make you?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Bob Lutz’s Latest Volt Test Drive Sprinting for Green Stimulus Dollars New Subsidies for Electric Cars in Britain Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You G.M. The fuel engine on the Volt is used to run the generator to recharge the battery when a trip exceeds 40 miles, and it’s rage on a full tank is around 400 miles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

GE: The global stimulus bellwether FORTUNE 500 Current Issue Subscribe to Fortune (Fortune Magazine) -- Warren Buffett is famous for his rules of investing: When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is usually the reputation of the business that remains intact.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. As part of the solution framework, the Israeli government will provide tax incentives to customers, Renault will supply the electric vehicles, and Project Better Place will construct and operate an Electric Recharge Grid across the entire country. SZ (1) 6753.T

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

A key thing, he said, will be to recharge the batteries at an acceptable time for the electricity grid — to “make sure people aren’t charging at the very peak, peak time,” like late afternoon when the electricity grid is already weighted down by demands like air conditioning. In fact, almost none at all.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

For the standard version, Tesla plans to use a battery that can recharge at a typical 220V outlet in about four hours. Earlier this month, researchers from MIT said they had developed a process that within three years could lead to electric car batteries able to recharge in as little as five minutes. I asked Mike Omotoso, J.D.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

The new plug-in vehicle will be able to exceed highway speed limits, go 100 miles on a charge and recharge in four to eight hours using a 220-volt line, similar to those for clothes dryers, said Mark Perry, director of product planning for Nissan North America.

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