Automotive electronics supplier, Paragon's electric-vehicle (EV) division has secured a EUR1.6m contract to supply battery packs for the electric bus manufacturer Vossloh Kiepe. As part of the deal, the supplier will equip a fleet of ...
Sales and production of the Mitsubishi i-MiEV and Outlander PHEV have been halted in Japan as the manufacturer recalls the vehicles for an issue related to their lithium-ion battery packs. Industry journal Automotive News reports that ...
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Cadillac, the luxury automotive division of General Motors has rolled out its first ELR from its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant in the US. The company had unveiled the plug-in electric luxury coupe in 2013 Detroit Motor Show. Powered ...
June 1, 2013 - Georgian College students and faculty will initiate research on power use, quality, consumption and costing for electric vehicles (EVs) thanks to a “first-of-its-kind” charging station supported by PowerStream and ...
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Renault has acknowledged the decision of electric vehicle network provider Better Place to file for liquidation, but says the move will not negatively impact its own electric vehicle strategy. In a brief release, Renault said that while ...
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Automotive supplier Continental has signed a contract with the Swiss high-tech industrial Group Oerlikon for the joint development and marketing of integrated motor and transmission systems for hybrid and electric vehicles. With the ...
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The boss of Tesla has revealed plans for an affordable compact electric vehicle that is set to go on sale early in the second half of the decade. Fresh from the announcement that the company had paid back its US government loan in full, ...
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Electric vehicle network provider Better Place has filed for liquidation, effectively switching off its global operations. The Israel-based EV infrastructure start-up filed a motion with the Lod District Court near Tel Aviv on May 26 ...
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Automotive supplier Continental has unveiled its 'Simplify your Drive for Electric Vehicles (EV)' concept vehicle technology. The technology acts a navigation device, fuel gauge and displays the range to be travelled by the remaining ...
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An image depicting a Renault Zoe cabriolet has appeared on the French brand’s dedicated electric vehicle Facebook page. While it looks convincing, the image is a computer generation created by a fan of the zero-emission Zoe city ...
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A contract between Nissan and the city of New York for a fleet of taxis is before the courts, with a New York Supreme Court Justice ruling that part of the program’s deal is “null, void and unenforceable”. Industry ...
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Tesla Motors has paid off the remaining portion of the loan granted to it by the US Department of Energy in 2010. The California-based electric vehicle manufacturer transferred US$451.8 million ($464.0 million) this week to clear its debt ...
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Infiniti, the luxury car manufacturing division of Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Company plans to bring out a luxury model of Nissan Leaf electric vehicle. The new model will feature induction-based charging technology which will not ...
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Japanese carmaker Nissan has formed a joint venture (JV) with the US based Car Charging Group (CCGI) to increase the availability of the electric vehicle (EV) charging and expand consumer awareness of the electric car market. Both the ...
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Carmaker Nissan has begun the field tests of the pure electric e-NV200 compact van in Saitama City of Saitama Prefecture in Japan. The tests are part of the agreement signed between Saitama City and Nissan for the E-KIZUNA Project in 2009 ...
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