Protean Electric announced that it received $70m in new funding from GO Scale Capital, Zhejiang VIE Science & Technology Co. Ltd., and Tianjin THSG Corporation. The investment follows Protean's announcement in May that the Company is ...
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Volkswagen is planning to build electric vehicles in North America by 2020, in a bid to regain its lost image following the diesel emission scandal. The announcement was made by newly appointed Volkswagen America head Hinrich Woebcken ...
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South Korean electronics giant Samsung has acquired a 2% stake in Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD for $455m. This move is being seen as an attempt by the South Korean firm to foray into automotive industry. Many technology ...
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The number of public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in North Carolina will jump 30 percent thanks to a new project from Duke Energy. Duke Energy's "EV Charging Infrastructure Support Project" will provide $1 million to help ...
XL Hybrids has received approval from California Air Resources Board (CARB) for incentive vouchers for converting hybrid-electric vehicles to fleet vehicles. The approval for the first California Heavy Duty Voucher Incentive Project ...
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Lyft and General Motors (GM) have expanded their Express Drive short-term vehicle access program to California and Colorado, including the all-new 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV. Launching in San Francisco in the summer of 2016 and in Los Angeles ...
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IKEA announced that it has installed three Blink electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at its Las Vegas, Nevada store in partnership with Car Charging Group which owns the Blink Network and Blink EV charging stations. IKEA store manager ...
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Hanergy Holding Group launched four full solar power vehicles at a grand ceremony arranged outside its headquarters in Beijing. Over 4,000 guests from all sectors of society attended the event. A sports car named "Hanergy Solar R" made ...
With the rapid growth of the domestic electric vehicle industry, as the key material of electric vehicle batteries, lithium has become hot. The price per ton from 2015 at the beginning of a few million Yuan has been up to hundreds of ...
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Ceres Power has now finalised all agreements to begin its new relationship with Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd and M-Solv, as part of the funding arrangement from Innovate UK and The Office for Low Emission Vehicles ("OLEV") as ...
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Daimler is planning to invest more than €7bn over the next two years on green powertrain technologies, including a plug-in hybrid electric-hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. The company will invest €14.5bn in research and development ...
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Nissan is working on a system that will power cars with electricity generated from bio-ethanol. The Solid Oxide Fuel-Cell (SOFC) system is claimed to be the world first for automotive use. It features an e-Bio Fuel-Cell with an SOFC power ...
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Electric Car Insider magazine has developed an interactive mobile EV Buyers Guide app for iOS tablets and mobile devices. The app helps people interested in electric cars learn about electric vehicle technology and find a car that fits ...
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Sugar Bowl Bakery has introduced a new compostable packaging for its organic product line at the International-Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association show being held in Houston, Texas, US. The new compostable packaging has been designed for its ...
Nissan Motor's Joint Research Center for Intelligent Mobility and Tsinghua University (Department of Automotive Engineering) announced a collaboration in Beijing. The collaboration will work on research and development of electric vehicle ...
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