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Azure Dynamics and Collins Bus Sell First Hybrid Electric Type A School Bus

Azure Dynamics and Collins Bus Sell First Hybrid Electric Type A School Bus

OAK PARK, MI, Aug. 18 -- The NAPA Valley Unified School District (NAPA) in California has purchased the nation's first NEXBUS, the only hybrid electric Type A school bus available in North America. NEXBUS is produced by Collins Bus Corporation and features Azure Dynamics Balance(TM) Hybrid Electric drive train which is ... Continue reading

Tesla to Open Power Train Facility in Palo Alto, California

Tesla to Open Power Train Facility in Palo Alto, California

PALO ALTO, Calif.--The City of Palo Alto and Tesla Motors announced today that Tesla will develop and manufacture electric vehicle components in a renovated building in the Stanford Research Park in Palo Alto. Tesla, the only automaker that is already producing and selling highway-capable electric vehicles, will lease ... Continue reading

FEV, Inc. Announces Cooperation with EIG on Lithium-Ion Battery Pack Development

FEV, Inc. Announces Cooperation with EIG on Lithium-Ion Battery Pack Development

Cooperation with EIG, Ltd, Will Utilize Capabilities of FEV's Auburn Hills, Michigan Hybrid Electric Vehicle Development Center AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Aug. 17 -- FEV, Inc., (FEV) a leading, global developer of advanced powertrain and vehicle technologies, announced today that it will harness the advanced capabilities of ... Continue reading

BYD to supply lithium batteries to a major Chinese automaker

BYD to supply lithium batteries to a major Chinese automaker

BYD to supply lithium batteries to a major Chinese automaker http://autonews.gasgoo.com/auto-news/1011787/BYD-to-supply-lithium-batt eries -to-a-major-Chinese-automaker.html Shanghai, August 17 (Gasgoo.com) Chinese battery and electric car maker BYD Co has reached an agreement with one of China's top three auto groups ... Continue reading

U.S. Representative Sander Levin Previews Eaton Hybrid Technologies, Highlights Benefits of New Hybrid Tax Credit Bill

U.S. Representative Sander Levin Previews Eaton Hybrid Technologies, Highlights Benefits of New Hybrid Tax Credit Bill

SOUTHFIELD, Mich.--U.S. Representative Sander Levin today previewed innovative commercial vehicle hybrid power systems developed by diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation at the company’s Michigan Innovation Center in Southfield. In addition, Rep. Levin highlighted the importance of legislation to e ... Continue reading

2010 Honda Insight 5-Door EX Hybrid

2010 Honda Insight 5-Door EX Hybrid

2010 HONDA INSIGHT 5-DOOR EX A Nice Hybrid for the Green Crowd By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau It was a busy week here in Michigan, as is always the case in early August. We cover the most prestigious collector auto show east of the left coast, the Meadow Brook Concours d’Elegance, then head immed ... Continue reading

Lexus Announces Prices for Select 2010 Models

Lexus Announces Prices for Select 2010 Models

TORRANCE, Calif., Aug. 14 -- Lexus today announced Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Prices (MSRP) for the 2010 IS 250 and IS 350 luxury sport sedans, IS 250 C and IS 350C luxury hard-top convertibles, IS F high performance sedan, SC 430 hardtop convertible, RX 350 luxury utility vehicle, RX 450h luxury hybrid utility ve ... Continue reading

Electric Drive Transportation Association Media Watch August 14, 2009

Electric Drive Transportation Association Media Watch August 14, 2009

Electric car is easy to live with National Post August 14, 2009 --Going into the test of the Mitsubishi i MiEV, I half expected to find something akin to an overblown electric golf cart. But nothing could be further from the truth. This little car is the real deal. CLICK HERE for complete story Brooklyn-based renewable ... Continue reading

California Governor Hopeful Gavin Newsom Rips President Obama at Plug In 2009 for Lack of Electric Car Commitment - EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

California Governor Hopeful Gavin Newsom Rips President Obama at Plug In 2009 for Lack of Electric Car Commitment - EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

LONG BEACH, CA - August 12, 2009: San Francisco's Mayor Gavin Newsom delivered the opening keynote speech on Tuesday at the Plug In 2009 Electric Vehicle conference in Long Beach, California. Newson, who has declared himself a gubernatorial candidate for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office, used the Plug In exposition ... Continue reading

Electric-Powered MINI E Trial Provides Practical, Real-World Feedback From Hundreds of Drivers

Electric-Powered MINI E Trial Provides Practical, Real-World Feedback From Hundreds of Drivers

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Aug. 13 -- Two months into its pioneering field trials of electric-powered automobiles, MINI USA is gathering valuable, real-world data from 450 drivers of MINI E electric-powered vehicles. These vehicles are now in daily use in metropolitan New York, New Jersey and Los Angeles, where they are bei ... Continue reading

BMW ActiveHybrid 7 - THREE VIDEOS!

BMW ActiveHybrid 7 - THREE VIDEOS!

Based on the BMW 7 Series, this unique car sets new standards for effi ciency in the luxury class. BMW ActiveHybrid 7 is the fi rst car in the world to combine a V8 gasoline engine, eight-speed automatic transmission and an electric motor as a mild hybrid concept. ... Continue reading

Coulomb Technologies Announces Nashville as Latest City to Install Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles

Coulomb Technologies Announces Nashville as Latest City to Install Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--Coulomb Technologies, the leader in charging station infrastructure, today announced that the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County is the first municipality in the State of Tennessee to install and deploy ChargePoint™ Networked Charging Stations for plug-in electric vehicles. ... Continue reading

Battery Manufacturer Electrovaya Gets Boost from Ontario, Canada

Battery Manufacturer Electrovaya Gets Boost from Ontario, Canada

TORONTO--Ontario, Canada is helping to bring batteries to market for the next generation of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The Ontario government investment in Electrovaya, headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, will help create 240 jobs and support 50 existing positions. The company's patented battery technolog ... Continue reading

The 2010 BMW ActiveHybrid X6 - American Market Version

The 2010 BMW ActiveHybrid X6 - American Market Version

Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, 13 August 2009; BMW announced today the production version of the BMW ActiveHybrid X6. The BMW ActiveHybrid X6 will make its world premiere at the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) in September and will reach US BMW Centers in fourth-quarter 2009. ActiveHybrid technology provides a glimpse into the ... Continue reading

GridPoint Partners with EVSE Manufacturers to Create a Network of Intelligent Charging Infrastructure

GridPoint Partners with EVSE Manufacturers to Create a Network of Intelligent Charging Infrastructure

Plug-In 2009 Conference and Exposition that electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) manufacturers CabAire, eVco and Plug Smart™ Intelligent Energy Solutions have joined the GridPoint smart charging network. GridPoint’s EVSE integration partnerships, which already include Coulomb Technologies, have been estab ... Continue reading

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