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Study Finds 40% of American Adults wil test EV

2010-08-27

Forty percent of consumers report they are likely to test drive an electric vehicle, according to a new study of online American adults from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The study, Electric Vehicles: The Future of Driving, suggests electric vehicles entice consumers with improved environmental quality and potential cost savings, but leave them with questions about battery life and convenience of battery charging.
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Better Place Extends Tokyo Battery Swap Trial

2010-08-26

Better Place has extended its switchable-battery electric vehicle (EV) taxi pilot in Tokyo to operate through the end of the year. By extending the trial-which involves three exchangeable-battery EV taxis-Better Place says it will be able to further evaluate and optimize the design and integration of the components of the system including the battery switch station (BSS), the EV taxis, battery performance and charging as well as driver behavior and consumer acceptance.
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Nissan’s US Roll-Out Plan for the LEAF

2010-07-28

Nissan's LEAF EV first will be available to consumers in December, in California, Washington, Oregon, Arizona and Tennessee. These areas are home to The EV Project-the largest electric vehicle and infrastructure deployment yet undertaken. The EV Project is a result of a partnership with charging infrastructure provider ECOtality and partially funded by a grant from the US Department of Energy.
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GE and Nissan Team on Smart Charging for EVs

2010-04-26

GE and Nissan have signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore new technologies that are needed to build a reliable, dynamic smart-charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.
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France orders 50 000 EVs

2010-04-26

The French central purchasing authority UGAP (l'Union des groupements d'achats publics) has issued a call for tenders for the grouped purchase of approximately 50,000 electric vehicles, announced earlier by Jean-Louis Borloo, Minister for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Marine Affairs
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BMW Megacity EV to Launch in 2013

2010-04-22

The BMW Group will launch its Megacity Vehicle in 2013, said Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, on Thursday ahead of the Auto China 2010 show in Beijing. The Megacity Vehicle will be the Group's first series-production electric-drive model on the market.
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EnerDel Partners with Mazda, Itochu, and Others

2009-12-01

US-based lithium-ion battery producer EnerDel will supply the advanced battery systems at the heart of a new project, based in Tsukuba City, Japan, combining electric vehicles (EVs), stationary grid storage, solar power and a rapid charging infrastructure a in a real-world operating environment. The project involves more than a dozen major partners, including Mazda Motor Corporation and the Japanese industrial trading giant Itochu Corporation.
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Volvo Working on Battery-Electric C30

2009-09-17

In addition to its planned market introduction of a plug-in hybrid in 2012 Volvo Cars is currently evaluating the viability of a fully battery-electric vehicle (BEV). This year, Volvo has built and been internally testing a small number of prototype versions of a BEV version of its C30. In addition to focusing on performance and safety, much of the focus is on integration of the electric propulsion system with the rest of the car.
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Benefits of buying a hybrid car in Europe

2009-08-13

The majority of European countries give tax rebated to hybrid cars buyers in an effort to stimulate hybrid car sales, or even VAT breaks, owners paying only 50% of the car's price or even a bonus of up to 6,400 euros, while in Netherlands, hybrid car drivers pay half of all road taxes.
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About Power Circle

Power Circle's objective is to work towards electric and power technology to be strengthened and having the industry support a positive sustainable community of development. This is made possible through our active involvement in ensuring that the Swedish electric power industry reaches its fullest potential by supporting its competencies, by giving the appropriate amount of attention to promoting and furthering power technology's role and position within the community as well as commercializing new technology.


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The Copenhagen summit and Electric Vehicles

Power Circle as national coordinator of electric vehicles (EV:s) underlines that the introduction of EV:s would contribute substantially to the CO2 goals which are scrutinized in Copenhagen. The goal for 2020 with 600.000 EV:s in Sweden, corresponding to 14 % of the total fleet of cars in the country, implies a 20% reduction of the CO2 emissions from cars in Sweden.


Power Circle is organizing the introduction via a network of so called demo-sites where consumers in various segments are motivated to the take the necessary purchasing or leasing decisions. It is only via this market push a broad early adapters strategy can be pursued.


New project for Power Circle

The headlined project constitutes a logical continuation and up scaling of the project Driven by the Wind, however with the important difference that focus now lies completely on industrial implications for wind power.

 

Project leader for the project is Christer Asplund. The project will be conducted during the period 22/6/2009 - 31/12/2009 and has a total budget of 3,9 MSEK.


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Christina Lampe-Önnerud Earns Top Sustainable Lead

Boston-Power®, Inc., the rapidly growing provider of next-generation lithium-ion batteries, today announced that company founder and CEO Dr. Christina Lampe-Önnerud has earned the prestigious 2010 Sustainable Leadership Award. Presented by the Swedish Association of Environmental Managers and adding to an expanding list of international accolades for Dr. Lampe-Önnerud's contributions to combating climate change and fostering environmental sustainability, the award ceremony was a highlight of Sustainability Day in Sweden.


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Green Highway

Sundsvall-Östersund and Trondheim municipalities collaborate in three areas which may contribute to a positive development within the municipalities.  Green Highway and the electric car project is one part in the effort to develop the infrastructure and valid communications.

Green Highway is a venture to create a green transport axis along a renewable energy belt, including investments in electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, renewable fuels, testing and development, as well as building up and spreading knowledge of this.


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