British manufacturer of sport utility vehicles (SUV), Land Rover will unveiled seven models of the new Electric Defender at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show that will be held in Switzerland during 05-17 March 2013. The vehicles will be ...
Quebec’s Bell Centre, home to the Montreal Canadiens, is the newest member of The Electric Circuit, and is set to deploy two public charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) in its parking lot in the coming weeks, said ...
Tags: Quebec, The Electric Circuit, public charging stations, electric vehicles
Automaker Renault has secured two contracts to supply electric vehicles (EV) to the Union des Groupements d'Achats Publics (UGAP), a public procurement group, in France. Under the contract, the company will deliver 2,100 vehicles in the ...
NETZSCH INSTRUMENT NORTH AMERICA, LLC (NETZSCH) and the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY’S (DOE) NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABOROATORY (NREL) are pleased to announce a joint collaboration to develop an instrument designed to test the ...
They came, they rode, they smiled. “This is sooooo much fun,” enthused a writer for O, the Oprah magazine, as she returned from a spin on a new Electra electric bike. A handful of mainstream media representatives, from ...
The global gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor device market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18% over 2012-2016, forecasts a new report from TechNavio (the market research platform of Infiniti Research Ltd). ...
Tags: GaN Device, Lighting Market, Lighting
One in five Chinese LED lighting companies may fail this year as falling prices and oversupply batter an industry that Beijing bankrolled to try to build an energy-efficient future. About 4,000 companies in China are producing LEDs, or ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED lighting sector, LED
The inverter market grew significantly to $45bn in 2012, and will reach $71bn by 2020, according to Yole Développement in a report on ‘Inverter market trends for 2013-2020 and major technology changes’. “More than ...
Electric vehicle owners in Oakville, Ont., are now able to charge their cars while enjoying a Tim Hortons coffee, as the restaurant chain installed its first EV charging stations as part of a new pilot project. Charging stations are now ...
Israel-based electric vehicle network provider Better Place has cut funding of its Australian division, placing the rollout of charging and battery-swapping infrastructure across our country under a cloud. Better Place confirmed the ...
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The Australian launch of the battery-swapping Renault Fluence Z.E. electric car has stalled. Renault Australia today confirmed it has been forced to postpone the local introduction of the Fluence Z.E. “until further notice” ...
ChargePoint will install seven units of networked electric vehicle (EV) charging stations for the Lanier Parking Solutions in Atlanta, US. Locations of the EV charging stations include Downtown, Midtown, and Buckhead, which are expected ...
French engineering and technology consulting firm, Alten, is planning to set up an automotive testing facility in Chennai, India. The facility is aimed at assisting automobile manufacturers surrounding Chennai to outsource testing of ...
Tags: Alten, automotive testing facility, India
Geely Automobile's Hong Kong-based subsidiary Shanghai Maple Guorun has signed a deal with Zhejiang Kandi Vehicles to set up a 50-50 joint venture (JV) in China. The new JV to be called Zhejiang Kandi Electric Vehicles Investment (JV ...
Tags: Geely Auto, EVs, Electric Vehicles
US-based United Parcel Service (UPS) has added 100 electric commercial vehicles to its fleet in California to deliver packages in the state. The company expects to reduce the motor fuel consumption by about 126,000 gallons annually with ...