Hawaii has seen an ever larger increase in solar electricity production from solar farms and residents. Hawaii electricity comes from its imports of diesel, low sulfur fuel oil (LSFO), and naphtha, but with government incentives, increased ...
Germany-based Siemens introduced an environmental portfolio in 2011 to help reduce gas emissions by 317 million tons. According to Peter Loscher, president and CEO of Siemens, climate change has been affecting people's lives and it is ...
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Manufacturer of lithium-based battery cells China BAK has secured an order from FAW-Volkswagen Automotive to supply a sample of its lithium-ion batteries. The company will delivery three of its lithium-ion battery units to FAW-Volkswagen ...
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GM Holden is planning to assemble 126 electric Holdens at its Adelaide plant in Australia as a trial run that could lead to mass production and the export of local technology. The 120 e-Commodores and six left-hand-drive e-Caprices are ...
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Europe based electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure firm, DBT CEV, and Matra, Light Electric Vehicles manufacturer have unveiled the Bat’Lib battery swapping system for e-bikes and e-scooters. The new system will allow the ...
Hitachi Europe said it will co-ordinate on a new EUR4.3m pan-European research project to develop smart infrastructure to support the use of electric cars. The project, named efficient Cooperative infrastructure for Fully Electric ...
German carmaker Audi has completed the three year e-performance research project to develop a technology platform for electric mobility. Commenced in October 2009, the project involved Audi's collaboration with Robert Bosch and ...
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IBM has partnered with electric cars and vehicles charging infrastructure company ESB ecars to develop an integrated electric vehicle smart charging IT system that will manage electric vehicle public charge points in Ireland. Under the ...
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IBM said Asahi Kasei and Central Glass will join its 'Battery 500 Project' that aims to develop a new lithium-air battery technology capable of powering an electric car for about 500 miles (800km) on a single charge. As partners in the ...
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Green Automotive (GACR), a US-based importer and distributor of Eco-friendly vehicles, has acquired UK-based Liberty Electric Cars for $17m in an all-stock deal. The combined company will now have operations in North America, Europe and ...
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Better Place,a venture started by Israeli businessman Shai Agassi has begun started rolling out nationwide electric car network in the country. According to the company,the concept was aimed at eliminating the hurdles to environmentally ...
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Spanish carmaker Seat has delivered three prototype electric cars to Barcelona for testing the vehicles in its municipal car fleet for six months ahead of mass production. During the testing period,SEAT will collect the feedback and ...
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South Korean scientists have developed a new material for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to cut down the charging time for electric vehicles. Scientists at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology said that they developed a ...
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Taipei, Nov. 2, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan’s Farglory Land Development recently announced to tie up with local counterparts Delta Electronics, Inc., Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (CHT) and Hotai Motor Co. Ltd. (local agent of Toyotas and Lexus) ...
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Solar Lights the Way to the Rechargeable Revolution An entirely new market category of LED products fueled by compact, highly efficient, rechargeable batteries is "paving the way" for new forms of pedestrian-scale lighting – and ...
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