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UQM Technologies Will Display All-new PowerPhase HD Drive System at 2012 HTUF

UQM Technologies Will Display All-new PowerPhase HD Drive System at 2012 HTUF

UQM Technologies, Inc. (NYSE MKT: UQM) will display its newest product for vehicle electrification September 18-19, 2012, at the Hybrid, Electric and Advanced Truck Users Forum (HTUF) national conference and expo in Charlotte, NC. The PowerPhase HD 220 is the most powerful electric motor UQM has ever manufactured, and ... Continue reading

Jaguar Land Rover to Demonstrate Advanced XJ_e Plug-in Hybrid Engineering Research Vehicle at CENEX 2012

Jaguar Land Rover to Demonstrate Advanced XJ_e Plug-in Hybrid Engineering Research Vehicle at CENEX 2012

Jaguar Land Rover will demonstrate the ultra-low carbon XJ_e plug-in hybrid engineering research vehicle at the 2012 CENEX Low Carbon Vehicle Event today. The innovative XJ_e project forms part of JLR's strategy to develop best-in-class, low-carbon premium products, and follows other successful hybrid research demonstr ... Continue reading

Mahindra & Mahindra Successful in Challenging Clains Brought by Global Vehicles

Mahindra & Mahindra Successful in Challenging Clains Brought by Global Vehicles

As previously reported, Mahindra & Mahindra Limited ("Mahindra") successfully challenged claims brought by Global Vehicles ("GV"), culminating in an arbitration award dated 24 February 2012, which included an award of costs of over $2 million in Mahindra's favour. In March of this year, GV commenced proceedings in Engl ... Continue reading

NVMN: Expert Reports Electric Cars Could Drive up Lithium Prices an Additional 20 Percent Annually

NVMN: Expert Reports Electric Cars Could Drive up Lithium Prices an Additional 20 Percent Annually

Nova Mining Corp. (OTCBB: NVMN) management was pleased to learn that on Friday, International Business Times reported that "Growing global demand for electric cars like the Tesla Model S and Ford Focus Electric could drive demand for lithium up by as much as 20 percent per year, benefiting chemical and mining companies ... Continue reading

Ford Opens New Era at Flat Rock Assembly Plant, Source of 1,200 New Jobs and U.S. Production Home of All-New Fusion

Ford Opens New Era at Flat Rock Assembly Plant, Source of 1,200 New Jobs and U.S. Production Home of All-New Fusion

Ford celebrates opening of a new era at Flat Rock Assembly Plant, new U.S. production home of the 2013 Ford Fusion as well as the iconic Mustang Supporting its Fusion production growth plans, Ford is adding 1,200 jobs, a second production shift, and investing $555 million, taking full management control of the former A ... Continue reading

Plugging Into The Reality Of Electric Vehicle Ownership At The Motor Press Guild's September Luncheon

Plugging Into The Reality Of Electric Vehicle Ownership At The Motor Press Guild's September Luncheon

The Motor Press Guild (MPG), the largest automotive media association in North America, will host a diverse panel of experts on Sept. 11 that will discuss the current realities facing EV owners, automakers and infrastructure providers, as well as what's next for the electric car. MPG's September meeting will be held at ... Continue reading

POD Point Launches New Electric Vehicle Charging Technology That Brings us Closer to the Smart Grid

POD Point Launches New Electric Vehicle Charging Technology That Brings us Closer to the Smart Grid

POD Point, the UK's leading electric vehicle charging company, is launching an innovative new charging technology - a communicating charge point that turns the charging location into a smart energy hub, by providing local energy management. The Solo2 communicating charge point will be unveiled this week at the Low Carb ... Continue reading

2nd International Li-battery Separator Summit 2012 Will Be Held on November 1st-2nd in Shenzhen, China

2nd International Li-battery Separator Summit 2012 Will Be Held on November 1st-2nd in Shenzhen, China

In 2012, enormous attention is being drawn to the development of new energy vehicles. With the increasing global demand and China's new incentive policies, investment has rushed into the Li-battery separator industry in China. According to China's 12th Five-year Planning for dynamic sectors, the capacity and sales volu ... Continue reading

Nissan Brings Ideas to Life by Kick-Starting Next Great Innovation

Nissan Brings Ideas to Life by Kick-Starting Next Great Innovation

Computers, the electric car, music --some of the world's best ideas‚ have been‚ born in garages. To celebrate "everyday ideas" and inspire‚ the‚ creation of the‚ next great innovation,‚ Nissan is launching‚ "Nissan Innovation Garage,"‚ a social movement that offers‚ everyone‚ an opportunity to‚ showcase‚ th ... Continue reading

SAE International Global Technology Library-Electric Vehicle Adds News Books, Content Partners

SAE International Global Technology Library-Electric Vehicle Adds News Books, Content Partners

Launched in June, as the industry's premier online resource for vehicle electrification, SAE International has updated its Global Technology Library -- Electric Vehicle database. The enhancements to the Library include the addition of adding three new books and four content publishing partners. The new book titles incl ... Continue reading

2014 Honda Accord Plug-in Hybrid Specs

2014 Honda Accord Plug-in Hybrid Specs

TORRANCE, Calif. September 5, 2012; The 2014 Honda Accord Plug-in Hybrid Sedan will provide the athleticism and craftsmanship of the all-new Accord platform, charged with a remarkable dose of hybrid efficiency and electric torque. Set to go on sale in early 2013, the 2014 Accord Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) Sedan will offer p ... Continue reading

Better Place Consortium Delivers EU Showcase in Amsterdam

Better Place Consortium Delivers EU Showcase in Amsterdam

AMSTERDAM--Better Place today announced that it is taking another step forward in Europe by bringing its award-winning electric car network solution, beginning with the launch of a marque electric taxi project at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The company also announced the appointment of Paul Harms as CEO of Better Place ... Continue reading

First Mass-Production, Remote-Driving-Enabled Sedan Goes on Sale in China

First Mass-Production, Remote-Driving-Enabled Sedan Goes on Sale in China

This week BYD, the company that delivered the world's first mass-production, dual-mode Electric Vehicle --the F3DM, is now bringing to market another first: the first remote-driving-enabled 5-seat, family sedan -- the BYD “Su Rui" (pronounced “suri"). Consumer sales launched in Beijing with prices starting at just un ... Continue reading

Ford eNews -- Aug. 29, 2012

Ford eNews -- Aug. 29, 2012

Explorer Sport to deliver class-leading fuel economy Ford's new Explorer Sport will stand in a class of one when it goes on sale next month with an EPA-certified 22 mpg highway rating --the only seven-passenger, high-performance SUV on the market to do so.‚ more... ... Continue reading

PlugShare Furthers Title of World's Largest Electric Vehicle Charging Network System Surpasses 100,000 Users and 11,000 Charging Stations

PlugShare Furthers Title of World's Largest Electric Vehicle Charging Network System Surpasses 100,000 Users and 11,000 Charging Stations

Xatori Inc. today announced that PlugShare, the community-driven electric vehicle (EV) mobile and web application to find and share public and private EV charging stations, has further expanded its leadership in the electric vehicle market, growing its charging network to more than 100,000 users and 11,000 charging sta ... Continue reading

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