The UK government has announced to add 100 plug-in electric cars and vans to its fleet. The latest addition is a part of the government's initiative to promote green transportation for which the government previously invested ...
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Chinese new energy vehicle maker BYD is planning to sell its electric vehicles to the South Korea market before the end of 2015, according to a senior company executive. BYD, a rising Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer, has brought its ...
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Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Vehicle Electrification Market by Product Type, Degree of Hybridization & Region - Trends & Forecast to 2019"report to their offering. In this research study global vehicle ...
All-electric vehicles (EVs) run on electricity only. They are propelled by one or more electric motors powered by rechargeable battery packs. EVs have several advantages over vehicles with internal combustion engines, such as energy ...
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Lentuo International ("Lentuo" or the "Company"), a leading non-state-owned automobile retailer headquartered in Beijing, today announced that it has begun a strategic expansion into the electric vehicle ("EV") and plug-in hybrid EV ("PEV") ...
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A 1,200-kilometer highway that links two of China's biggest cities is being equipped with a charging system for electric vehicles, a big sign of improvement in the development of such facilities. Despite a number of measures taken by the ...
Leshi Internet Information & Technology founder Jia Yueting is planning to apply for a license to manufacture and sell electric vehicles (EV) in China. Leshi Internet makes web-enabled televisions and has already made an electric car, ...
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The Renault-Nissan Alliance has sold its 200,000th electric vehicle and has a leading 58% market share for zero-emission cars. Together, Renault and Nissan EVs have driven approximately 4 billion zero-emission kilometers - enough to ...
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A group of researchers from Canadian Light Source (CLS) and Western University are using cheaper materials with higher energy and better recharging rates to develop batteries for electric vehicles. The new technology is aimed at improving ...
The nation’s first operational, all-electric car share service launched in Golden, Colo. eThos Electric Car Share will provide the Golden and Denver-metro area with American-made, all-electric sedans (EVs) for short-term rental. "We ...
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KIA has started selling the electric version of the Soul car in the UK, which is subsidized under the UK governments plug in car grant. The car is powered by a 27 Kwh battery which enables it to go to a maximum range of 132 miles, and ...
The City of Hermosa Beach and NRG eVgo (ee-vee-go), a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc., introduced the first electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging Freedom Station installation on public land in California today. Mayor Michael DiVirgilio and ...
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Those making or intending to make electric cars or their components have big strategy decisions ahead. These decisions must be made in the context of all car-like vehicles, whether homologated as cars or as something else. As the new ...
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ZAP (ZAAP), an Electric Vehicle (EV) automotive company incorporated in California and headquartered in Santa Rosa, California, and its subsidiary Jonway Auto are realigning its resources to support volume production of their EV product ...
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Wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductor materials such as silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) are best positioned to address emerging power electronics performance needs in electric vehicles (EVs), with SiC displacing silicon as early ...
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