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Avnet Express' Drive for Innovation Donates Chevrolet Volt to Chances for Children Arizona

Avnet Express' Drive for Innovation Donates Chevrolet Volt to Chances for Children Arizona

Approximately 17 percent of American children between the ages of two and 19 are obese, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention figures indicate -- and those numbers climb even higher for children in low income families. Arizona-based charity Chances for Children works to give children in low-income families a chanc ... Continue reading

ALTe Powertrain Technologies Pledges Clinton Global Initiative "Commitment to Action" to Facilitate Electrification of Global Fleets

ALTe Powertrain Technologies Pledges Clinton Global Initiative "Commitment to Action" to Facilitate Electrification of Global Fleets

ALTe Powertrain Technologies, developer of the first range-extended plug-in electric hybrid powertrain for light commercial fleet vehicle applications, today announced that it has created a Commitment to Action as part of the Clinton Global Initiative America (CGI America) meeting. ALTe has committed to spur adoption o ... Continue reading

BYD Wins European Electric Bus Orders for Netherlands Schiermonnikoog

BYD Wins European Electric Bus Orders for Netherlands Schiermonnikoog

An island which is home to the Netherlands first National Park is about to launch Europe's cleanest bus fleet. The city of Schiermonnikoog in the province of Friesland, Netherlands is nestled on this 16 km long island and is virtually car-free. While home to about 1000 residents, over 350,000 people visit the island ev ... Continue reading

80 Percent of Electric Vehicles Will Include Advanced Telematics Systems by 2017, According to Pike Research

80 Percent of Electric Vehicles Will Include Advanced Telematics Systems by 2017, According to Pike Research

Automobile manufacturers began to introduce mass marketed plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in 2010. Most of these vehicles include at least basic telematics systems that not only enable the driver to check on charging station locations and the state of the battery charge, but in the future will also provide details on ... Continue reading

2013 Honda Fit EV Rated by the EPA at 118 MPGe; Receives Best-Ever Consumption Rating of 29 kWh/100mi

2013 Honda Fit EV Rated by the EPA at 118 MPGe; Receives Best-Ever Consumption Rating of 29 kWh/100mi

The 2013 Honda Fit EV tops all other EV offerings in efficiency ratings, providing the most mileage for your electric dollar The 2013 Honda Fit EV, has received a combined adjusted Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mile-per-gallon-equivalency rating of 118 MPGe, and an unprecedented low consumption rating of just 2 ... Continue reading

UQM Technologies PowerPhase HD Electric Drive Systems Selected to Power Boulder EV Delivery Vans for FedEx Express

UQM Technologies PowerPhase HD Electric Drive Systems Selected to Power Boulder EV Delivery Vans for FedEx Express

UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC., has begun supplying the PowerPhase HD 220 electric drive systems to Boulder EV to build delivery vans for FedEx Express. 'We look forward to working with UQM on this and future programs.“We just introduced the PowerPhase HD 220 electric drive system last month at EVS26 and have been selected to ... Continue reading

PECO Gets Charged Up About Electric Vehicles!

PECO Gets Charged Up About Electric Vehicles!

--PECO: WHAT: From Philadelphia's own Ben Franklin charging a brand new Chevy Volt -- now part of PECO;s growing environmentally friendly fleet; to a check presentation for the first PECO Smart Driver Rebate customer; to getting up close and personal with other electric cars like the Nissan Leaf, Mitsubishi MiEV, Fiske ... Continue reading

Green Automotive to Join Forces with Liberty Electric Cars Limited

Green Automotive to Join Forces with Liberty Electric Cars Limited

Green Automotive Company announced today that it has entered into detailed discussions with Liberty Electric Cars Limited a UK-based developer of Electric Drive Trains, unique Battery Management Systems and provider of full support programs for all types of Electric vehicles. These discussions will lead to Liberty tech ... Continue reading

Quantum to Demonstrate Its Plug-In Hybrid Electric F-150 Pick-Up Truck at the Electric Utility Fleet Managers Conference in Williamsburg, VA

Quantum to Demonstrate Its Plug-In Hybrid Electric F-150 Pick-Up Truck at the Electric Utility Fleet Managers Conference in Williamsburg, VA

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. , a global leader in natural gas, hydrogen and hybrid/electric vehicle technologies, today announced that it will demonstrate its clean, fuel efficient, Plug-In Hybrid Electric (PHEV) F-150 pickup truck to nation's leading fleet managers at the 2012 Electric Utility Fle ... Continue reading

What Us Worry About Obama's "All-of-the-above" Alt-fuel Energy Policy

What Us Worry About Obama's "All-of-the-above" Alt-fuel Energy Policy

Auto Central, Louisville KY February 27, 2012; Big Oil and It's Sycophants, Screw America's Economy, Free Will, By The People FOR The People, Foreign Policy, Military Options and Reduces Freedom, While Oil Bought and Paid For Politicians Fiddle-faddle While Americans Burn...ENOUGH ALREADY! SEE ALSO: Survey Finds Majori ... Continue reading

T3 Motion Launches Electric Vehicle in Korea at KOBA 2012 International Broadcasting Tradeshow

T3 Motion Launches Electric Vehicle in Korea at KOBA 2012 International Broadcasting Tradeshow

T3 Motion, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: TTTM) a producer of clean/green technology, announced that it launched the T3 Motion Korean brand initiative at the 22nd Annual KOBA International Tradeshow in South Korea. KOBA International is among South Korea's largest media tradeshows and hosts thousands of media representatives every y ... Continue reading

Electric Car Makers Can Sell Their ZEV Credits So Other Car Makers Can Continue To Sell Gasoline Powered Vehicles in California

Electric Car Makers Can Sell Their ZEV Credits So Other Car Makers Can Continue To Sell Gasoline Powered Vehicles in California

electric car makers are finding a new set of buyers: other car companies. But they may not actually want to take a supply of electric cars. Rather, they want the credits in places like California, reports USA Today. California is requiring that automakers sell a certain percentage of emission-free cars this year, meani ... Continue reading

Ford eNews -- May 30, 2012

Ford eNews -- May 30, 2012

Sounds of Fusion Three Detroit-area Techno musicians used the sounds produced by the 2013 Ford Fusion to make original electronic music. They recorded doors slamming along with a sound bank of Fusion chimes and tones. Ford was there to capture the event, and the results are tunes that groove. more... Craig Daitch | cda ... Continue reading

Quantum Announces First Delivery of Plug-In Hybrid Electric F-150 Pick Up Truck to Florida Power & Light

Quantum Announces First Delivery of Plug-In Hybrid Electric F-150 Pick Up Truck to Florida Power & Light

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. , a global leader in natural gas, hydrogen and hybrid/electric vehicle technologies, today announced that it has delivered the first pilot version of its plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) F-150 pickup truck to Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), in association with Dow Ko ... Continue reading

West Coast Electric Highway Expands to Washington, Now Extends to Canadian Border

West Coast Electric Highway Expands to Washington, Now Extends to Canadian Border

The border-to-border vision of the West Coast Electric Highway moves closer to becoming a reality today with the opening of new EV charging sites, extending the highway to the Canadian border and opening it to electric vehicle (EV) drivers from both countries. 'Creating a sustainable transportation system protects our ... Continue reading

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