December 12, 2012 - Coulomb Technologies Inc. has officially changed its name to ChargePoint Inc. and, today, announced their electric vehicle (EV) charging station network has reached several major milestones. ChargePoint has more than ...
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Four-cylinder petrol engines have dominated the 2013 Ward's 10 Best engines awards,while almost a dozen energy-efficient hybrid and electric propulsion systems were considered for a prize but ultimately overlooked. This year's winner list ...
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December 13, 2012 - Pierre-Luc Desgagne, senior director Strategic Planning at Hydro-Quebec, took the opportunity to announce—on behalf of The Electric Circuit's founding partners—the selected locations for the first public ...
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December 12, 2012 - The founding partners of The Electric Circuit—Les Rotisseries St-Hubert, Rona, Metro, the Agence metropolitaine de transport (AMT) and Hydro-Quebec—confirmed an agreement with the City of Joliette to install ...
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Ontario says it is helping eligible electric vehicle (EV) owners install charging stations at their homes and businesses by offering a rebate of 50% (to a maximum of $1000) of the total purchase and installation cost of an electric vehicle ...
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Consumer Reports' headquarters is 115 miles from our test track, or about 35 miles longer than the measured range on our Ford Focus Electric. When I was assigned to drive our test car from our New York headquarters back to the Connecticut ...
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The price of the Nissan Leaf has been cut to$46,990 driveaway for a limited time as part of a three-pronged effort by Nissan Australia to shift more units of its slow-selling electric car. With a recommended retail price of$51,500,the ...
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Automaker Toyota Motor will conduct plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHVs) and electric vehicles (EVs) charger infrastructure verification tests in Aichi Prefecture, Japan from November 2012 to March 2013. Toyota will conduct the tests together ...
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Japanese carmaker Nissan's Chinese joint venture Dongfeng Motor (DFL) is planning to invest $800m to build a new vehicle manufacturing facility in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China. The Dalian plant is scheduled to begin the production of ...
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German carmaker Volkswagen's Chinese joint venture Shanghai Volkswagen is planning to build a new assembly plant in the North Western part of the country. The new facility in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will be built with an ...
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Mitsubishi Motors North America Inc. is supporting the University of Southern California (USC) and its Viterbi School of Engineering as it develops a campus-wide smart grid 'living laboratory' project, which includes the use of Mitsubishi ...
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US based EcoMotors International has completed its Series C funding worth $32.5m to expand its research and development capability for the Opposed-Piston-Opposed-Cylinder (opoc) diesel engine development. This round of funding was led by ...
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US based electric motor systems manufacturer KLD Energy Technologies has partnered with diesel and LPG powertrains maker Cenntro Group to develop 4-wheel electric vehicles (EVs) that incorporate KLD's electric vehicle drive system ...
The increase in production of electric vehicles (EV) is expected to rise 80% until 2017, which will lead to jump in demand for plastics used in EVs, according to a report. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Strategic Analysis of Plastics ...
US based company, A123 systems has unveiled a new lithium ion battery technology, the Nanophosphate EXT, which will enable the pack to operate at extreme temperatures without requiring thermal management. The electric vehicle battery ...
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