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Azure Dynamics Receives Record Hybrid Electric Truck Order From Purolator Couriers

Azure Dynamics Receives Record Hybrid Electric Truck Order From Purolator Couriers

OAK PARK, MI, Dec. 14 -- Azure Dynamics Corporation (TSX: AZD) - ("Azure") or (the "Company"), a leading developer of state-of-the-art green technologies that address environmental and cost issues for the commercial transportation industry, announced today that Purolator Courier Ltd. ("Purolator") has placed an order f ... Continue reading

Toyota to Debut Dedicated Hybrid Concept at 2010 North American International Auto Show

Toyota to Debut Dedicated Hybrid Concept at 2010 North American International Auto Show

TORRANCE, Calif., Dec. 14 -- Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. will stage the world debut of a new dedicated hybrid concept vehicle during the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The vehicle will be revealed during a news conference held on Monday, January 11th in the Riverview Ballroom at COBO Hall. Ne ... Continue reading

A Photographic Look At The 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show

A Photographic Look At The 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show

© 2009 by Carey Russ After a few years of the usual modus operandi at the LA Auto Show press preview days -- running with the herd to all the various new car and concept vehicle presentations, and dealing with trampling crowds worthy of a soccer riot to get press kits afterwards -- I decided to take a more relaxed app ... Continue reading

2009 Los Angeles Auto Show Press Conferences - COMPLETE VIDEO COVERAGE

2009 Los Angeles Auto Show Press Conferences - COMPLETE VIDEO COVERAGE

The Auto Channel presents exclusive video coverage of all press conferences from Media Days at the 2009 LA Auto Show. ... Continue reading

Electric Car Company, Inc. Finalizes Agreement with Electric Vehicle Performance Conversions, LLC.

Electric Car Company, Inc. Finalizes Agreement with Electric Vehicle Performance Conversions, LLC.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.--Electric Car Company, Inc. (OTCBB:ELCR), a vehicle conversion Company that specializes in electric conversions and manufacturing for the Livery and Fleet Markets, today announces that it has finalized the Agreement with Electric Vehicle Performance Conversions, LLC. (EVPC) of West Palm Beach, Florida. ... Continue reading

ALTe's Innovative Range Extended Electric Powertrain Technology Poised to Revolutionize Sustainable Mobility

ALTe's Innovative Range Extended Electric Powertrain Technology Poised to Revolutionize Sustainable Mobility

The engineering and technology company also named former Chrysler executives Tom LaSorda and Steven Landry to its Board BLOOMFIELD, Mich., Dec. 10 -- ALTe LLC, the Michigan-based engineering and technology company dedicated to advancing sustainable mobility, is featured in the latest issue of Forbes (http://tinyurl.com ... Continue reading

The Better Place Plan for Denmark...and the World - EXTENSIVE HD VIDEO

The Better Place Plan for Denmark...and the World - EXTENSIVE HD VIDEO

COPENHAGEN - December 10, 2009: Timed to coincide with the meetings in Copenhagen on "Global Warming" Better Place, the innovative company that is suggesting some great ways to "electrify the auto world" has released two new videos to explain how their system works. Then, there's a third video with Better Place's CEO S ... Continue reading

EV Innovations, Inc. Promising Results Achieved With Lithium Truck Highway Test Reaching 72MPH

EV Innovations, Inc. Promising Results Achieved With Lithium Truck Highway Test Reaching 72MPH

MOORESVILLE, NC December 9, 2009; EV Innovations, Inc., 21st Century Design & Engineering of emission-free automotive propulsion systems using the latest lithium battery technology, is pleased to announce the engineering team has released its first all electric 13,000 lb. GVWR cab and chassis to the Test and Tune Depar ... Continue reading

Eco-friendly New and Used Car Search Option on CarLocate.com Helps Consumers Get Green and Get Going

Eco-friendly New and Used Car Search Option on CarLocate.com Helps Consumers Get Green and Get Going

"Green Search" Feature Quickest and Easiest Way to Shop for Hybrids and Other Environmentally Friendly Cars DAYTON, Ohio, Dec. 9 -- CarLocate.com, a nationwide new and used vehicle search Web site, today unveiled its latest search feature - "Green Search" - that enables consumers to quickly and easily shop for eco-frie ... Continue reading

GM Sees Very Limited Share For EV's In Mid-Future

GM Sees Very Limited Share For EV's In Mid-Future

LOS ANGELES,December 3, 2009; Kevin Krolicki writing for Reuters reported that General Motors Co sees limited sales of electric cars over the next five years and will ramp up output of its much-anticipated Volt plug-in cautiously, the automaker's vice-chairman said on Wednesday. "This is uncharted territory for all of ... Continue reading

Nissan, San Francisco Collaborate to Develop Bay Area EV Charging Network

Nissan, San Francisco Collaborate to Develop Bay Area EV Charging Network

Nissan LEAF Electric Car Available in Bay Area Next Year SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7 -- Nissan North America, Inc., today announced that Nissan and the City of San Francisco, on behalf of the Bay Area EV Corridor program, are working to advance zero-emission mobility by promoting the development of an electric vehicle (EV) c ... Continue reading

GM Invests $336 Million in Detroit-Hamtramck Plant to Build Chevrolet Volt

GM Invests $336 Million in Detroit-Hamtramck Plant to Build Chevrolet Volt

DETROIT, Dec. 7, 2009; General Motors will invest $336 million in the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to begin production of the Chevrolet Volt electric car, with extended-range capabilities, in 2010. This brings GM's combined Volt-related investments in Michigan to $700 million, covering eight facilities. Detroit-Ham ... Continue reading

GM to Invest $336 Million in Detroit-Hamtramck Volt Assembly Plant

GM to Invest $336 Million in Detroit-Hamtramck Volt Assembly Plant

DETROIT, Dec 7, 2009; Soyoung Kim writing for Reuters reported that General Motors Co [GM.UL] will invest $336 million in a Detroit-area plant to produce its heavily anticipated Chevrolet Volt electric car beginning next year, the No. 1 U.S. automaker said on Monday. Assembly of Volt prototype vehicles will begin in th ... Continue reading

Lithium Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles to Approach $8 Billion in Sales by 2015, Forecasts Pike Research

Lithium Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles to Approach $8 Billion in Sales by 2015, Forecasts Pike Research

See Also: EV-MOTORING.COM BOULDER, Colo. December 3, 2009; As the global market for electrified vehicles grows rapidly over the next several years, lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries in a variety of chemistries will be the technology of choice for auto manufacturers. The opportunity for Li-ion batteries will be primarily d ... Continue reading

2009 LA Auto Show: GM's Lutz Calls For Electric Evolution

2009 LA Auto Show: GM's Lutz Calls For Electric Evolution

Los Angeles December 2, 2009; Transcript of Bob Lutz' Key Note Opening Speech 2009 LA Auto Show Thanks, Aaron [Aaron Robinson, MPG President and Technical Editor, Car & Driver magazine] for that kind introduction. It�s always a pleasure to come to California[and the L.A. Auto Show]� and that�s espe ... Continue reading

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