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Electric Vehicle News This Week - EDTA Media Watch
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With Subsidies, Electric Cars Gaining Foothold in Texas Texas Tribune July 23, 2010
-- By the end of this year, Austinites should be able to buy the new electric car from Chevrolet, called the Volt. By next February, hundreds of Leafs, Nissan's plug-in car, will be on the roads around Houston, which also announced on Thursday that it would allow purchasers of the Volt to charge their cars for free. Already, at least 30 Texans own Teslas, a high-end plug-in roadster.
Have you driven a gas-electric hybrid Ford Lincoln lately? CBC News July 23, 2010
- I am not generally a Ford Lincoln kind of guy. More of a subway and rusty four-banger type. Today, however, North America's only truly solvent car giant announced it would reduce the price of the gas-electric hybrid version of its MKZ sedan to that of its normal gas-only version, a car that uses twice as much gasoline. Even if you have no intention of ever driving a Lincoln, that's exciting news.
Anaheim Transportation Network Selected to Test Bus Conversion from Diesel to Electric Scottrade July 23, 2010
-- The Anaheim Transportation Network (ATN) announced a partnership with NexGen Power Group Inc., based in San Clemente, CA, to test a fully functional heavy-duty, zero-emission, battery-powered transit bus for one year beginning December 2010. NexGen Power will retrofit two buses from diesel to an electric operating platform to perform a full operating day.
All-electric vehicle drives along Pan-American Hwy ABC 7 - KGO (San Francisco) July 22, 2010
-- A head-turning vehicle is in San Francisco is on the quest for an impressive first. The team behind it hopes it will be the first electric vehicle to travel the full distance of the Pan-American Highway.
Plug-in hybrid bill OK'd The Detroit Free Press July 22, 2010
-- A Senate committee approved two proposals Wednesday to boost plug-in hybrid vehicles and expand a $25-billion loan program for fuel-efficient vehicles to include commercial trucks and possibly more money.
Dorgan Pushes Electric Car Legislation NBC 5 - KFYR (Bismarck, ND) July 22, 2010
-- Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., says the country needs to make the switch to electric vehicles, and legislation he helped write gives the incentive. The bill passed the Senate`s Energy and Natural Resources Committee yesterday.
Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car is spunky, fun and promising USA Today July 22, 2010
-- Whew. Made it. The cute battery car had said it was full; enough juice to go 55 miles. The airport here was 45 miles distant — via the dreaded Washington, D.C., Beltway and thence the equally unpredictable I-95. No way to accurately forecast how much sitting in traffic, or dashing at breakneck speed, or spurting then languishing on the main north-south road along the East Coast of the U.S. No place to pull over and plug in, and even if there were, there was no time. Gotta catch a flight.
State readies for home charging of electric vehicles Oregon Statesman Journal July 22, 2010
-- To support the roll-out of electric vehicles in Oregon later this year, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, Building Codes Division has made the permitting process for home charging units cheaper and easier.
Bill Would Make Half of All Cars Electric By 2030 The Wall Street Journal (Blog) July 22, 2010
-- Imagine every other car on the road emitting a muted turbine hum as they glide past on battery power. That would be the scene in 20 years under legislation the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved yesterday.
Electricity drives our energy future Politico (Blog) July 22, 2010
-- The White House is fanning out in force.
Last week, President Barack Obama visited Michigan, for the groundbreaking of a battery manufacturing plant; Labor Secretary Hilda Solis spoke at Celgard, a North Carolina lithium battery-parts producer, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan traveled to an electric vehicle recharging station project in New York; and other administration officials went to Vermont, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
When can you buy an electric car? The Chicago Tribune July 21, 2010
-- When can you join the electric car race? The answer is right now, if you have $100,000 for the all-electric Tesla Roadster. Don't worry, though. More practical and less-expensive electric options are on the way, and by late 2010, the 2011 Chevrolet Volt and 2011 Nissan Leaf are scheduled to go on sale in select markets.
Palm Springs Receives $60,000 Grant for Electric Vehicle Pilot Program The Desert Sun July 21, 2010
-- As Palm Springs continues on its path to becoming a more sustainable community, the City is excited to announce the Office of Sustainability has received at $60,000 grant from the Coachella Valley Air Quality Enhancement Grant Program for a new Electric Vehicle Pilot Program.
Portland passes wide-ranging electric vehicle policy Sustainable Business Oregon July 20, 2010
-- The Portland City Council unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday to enact a new plan for electric vehicles that includes supportive city policies for electric cars — such as streamlined permitting and designated charger-equipped parking — as well as purchasing electric vehicles for the city's fleet and promoting their benefits.
VW sales to be 3% hybrid and electric vehicles by 2018 USA Today July 20, 2010
-- Drive On's James R. Healey is in San Francisco today for Volkswagen's international ride-and-drive to show off their new 2011 Jetta (more about that later). But today he got more details on the company's "E-Mobility" strategy for hybrids and all-electric vehicles.
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