User-Friendly Electric Vehicle Chargers for Residential Market From Legrand/Pass & Seymour
Jul 7, 2011
PR Newswire SYRACUSE, N.Y., July 7, 2011 SYRACUSE, N.Y., July 7, 2011 -- Legrand, the world specialist in products and systems for electrical installations and information networks, introduces its new electric vehicle chargers for residential and light commercial applications. The charging stations are weatherproof rat ... Continue reading
Electric Vehicle Conversion Industry Gets Its Own Gathering
Jul 7, 2011
EVTV, producers of the highly successful weekly "Friday Show", announced the Electric Vehicle Conversion Convention (EVCcon) to be held in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, September 21 -- 25, 2011. Originally proposed as a small gathering of EVTV viewers, the concept grew into more of a convention within two weeks of the anno ... Continue reading
Entergy Will Fund And Donate 16 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Jul 6, 2011
Entergy Corporation today announced it is working with Coulomb Technologies to fund and donate 16 electric vehicle charging stations at college campuses in and around Entergy's four-state service area. The first two Entergy-funded charging stations were unveiled during a special event at Louisiana State University as E ... Continue reading
Jul 6, 2011
The Dow Chemical Company and Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube) today announced an agreement to form a joint venture to manufacture and market formulated electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in energy storage applications. The 50-50 joint venture, named Advanced Electrolyte Technologies LLC, is expected to be finalize ... Continue reading
Balqon Corporation Noticed for All-Electric Drive For Commercial Vehicles
Jul 5, 2011
Balqon Corporation (OTCBB: BLQN), developer of the all-electric drive system for commercial electric vehicles, was featured in a Coalition for Clean Air (CCA) report, "Shipping Clean, Growing Green: How companies are earning more by polluting less at California ports." The report highlights case studies illustrating th ... Continue reading
Utah's Energy Dynamics Laboratory Quickly Charges Electric Car
Jul 5, 2011
Utah State University Research Foundation's Energy Dynamics Laboratory recently operated the first high-power, high-efficiency wireless power transfer system capable of transferring enough energy to quickly charge an electric vehicle. The lightweight, low-profile system demonstrated 90 percent electrical transfer effic ... Continue reading
Jul 3, 2011
AUTO CENTRAL - July 1, 2011: Once again The Auto Channel will be presenting its exclusive Energy Independence Day fireworks show. The complete Internet video broadcat is nearly 30 minutes long and it is available in HD. The fireworks show will take place on two days, this coming Sunday and Monday at 9:15 PM eastern tim ... Continue reading
SAE's "Green" Piece on Nissan Leaf Gets APEX Award
Jul 1, 2011
SAE International Assistant Editor Matthew Monaghan has won an Award of Excellence as part of the 23rd Annual Awards for Publication Excellence Competition (APEX). Monaghan is being honored in the "Green" Magazines & Journals category for his Nissan Leaf issue of Vehicle Electrification, SAE International's digital mag ... Continue reading
Toyota Dealer Pays More for Used Prius Than It Was Sold For New
Jul 1, 2011
Washington DC July 1, 2011; The AIADA newsletter asked is the Prius really so valuable? According to Auto Remarketing, a Toyota dealership recently announced it bought one of these used models back from a customer after more than a year for $1,500 more than it was originally sold for. Is this the result of high gas pri ... Continue reading
Toyota Plans Media Blitz for Camry Launch This Fall
Jun 30, 2011
Washington DC June 30, 2011; The AIADA newsletter reported that Toyota Motor Corp., seeking to rebuild U.S. sales momentum for its flagship Camry sedan, plans to position the redesigned car as "smart, safe, and worry-free" during a fall media blitz. Automotive News reports that Toyota executives told a meeting of 1,223 ... Continue reading
Electric Drive Transportation Association Adds Pepco Holdings
Jun 30, 2011
Pepco Holdings, Inc. (PHI) has joined the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA). PHI's membership in EDTA provides access to a diverse representation of vehicle and equipment manufacturers, energy providers, component suppliers and end users. ... Continue reading
Sporty New Looks Available for the 2011 Toyota Prius
Jun 30, 2011
The Toyota Prius, the best-selling hybrid in America, offers an exciting new accessory package for 2011. First debuted at the 2010 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show -- the Prius PLUS Performance Package features components of the new PLUS hybrid performance line from Toyota Racing Development (TRD). ... Continue reading
Zytek's 25kW E-Drive Powertrain Moves To Phase 2
Jun 29, 2011
Partially funded by £1.5m investment by the Technology Strategy Board, Zytek set out to develop a new powertrain with the goal of being the most compact, power dense drivetrain available for use in lightweight, low cost electric vehicles. Key to meeting these ambitious challenges was that Zytek were responsible for al ... Continue reading
EV Motoring: Building Charging Stations for Plug-in Cars to Approach $13 Billion in 2016
Jun 29, 2011
development of charging infrastructures for plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles. A new study forecasts that by 2016, there will be nearly three million vehicle charging stations up and running worldwide, with annual revenues associated with the purchase and installation of those stations growing to nearly $13 billion ... Continue reading
Jun 29, 2011
toyota recall, recall involving approximately 45,500 Highlander Hybrid and 36,700 Lexus RX 400h vehicles sold in the U.S. No other Toyota or Lexus vehicles are involved. The Intelligent Power Module (IPM) located inside the Hybrid System Inverter contains a control board with transistors. ... Continue reading
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