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Hybrid and Plug-In Electric Vehicles to projected a less than 5% of Total U.S. Vehicle Sales by 2017, According to Pike Research

Hybrid and Plug-In Electric Vehicles to projected a less than 5% of Total U.S. Vehicle Sales by 2017, According to Pike Research

The early market for electric vehicles is proving that demand for the vehicles exists across the globe. The combination of consumer purchase incentives, rising fossil fuel costs, and exciting new vehicle models is fueling a strong early adopter market. Production of electrified vehicles is gearing up all over the world ... Continue reading

Assets of Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Aptera Motors to Be Auctioned

Assets of Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Aptera Motors to Be Auctioned

CARLSBAD, Calif December 8, 2011; Heritage Global Partners will conduct a global online exclusive auction of assets held by the Assignee, pursuant to a General Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors of Aptera Motors, Inc., a company located in Carlsbad, California which developed concept fuel-efficient road vehicles. ... Continue reading

Electric Car Maker Tesla Value Rating Dropped - Duh! Says We

Electric Car Maker Tesla Value Rating Dropped - Duh! Says We

NEW YORK December 8, 2011; The AP reportrd that shares of Tesla Motors Inc. tumbled Thursday after a Morgan Stanley analyst cut his rating and price target for the electric car company, saying that consumer interest in electric vehicles hasn't been as high as he previously expected it would be. THE SPARK: Analyst Adam ... Continue reading

T3 Motion Launches Consumer T3 Electric Vehicle

T3 Motion Launches Consumer T3 Electric Vehicle

T3 Motion, Inc. (NYSE AMEX:TTTM), a producer of clean/green technology, announced its newest product launch T3 power sports product. With this product launch, T3 Motion is entering into the consumer market, leveraging years of expertise in the law enforcement, security and military industries. This new product line wil ... Continue reading

Assets of Concept Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Aptera Motors to Be Auctioned on December 20-21, 2011

Assets of Concept Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Aptera Motors to Be Auctioned on December 20-21, 2011

Heritage Global Partners will conduct a global online exclusive auction of assets held by the Assignee, pursuant to a General Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors of Aptera Motors, Inc., a company located in Carlsbad, California which developed concept fuel-efficient road vehicles. As part of the company's liquidati ... Continue reading

AMP to Show a New All-Electric SUV at Detroit International Auto Show

AMP to Show a New All-Electric SUV at Detroit International Auto Show

AMP Holding Inc. (OTCBB and OTCQB: AMPD), an electric vehicle company, specializing in SUV Electric Vehicles, today announced that the company will unveil an expansion of their product line with an iconic American SUV -- now 100% electric. The new AMP model is based on a vehicle with an All-American image. The new mode ... Continue reading

Plug-In Vehicles are Key Pillar in U.S. Energy Security Strategy

Plug-In Vehicles are Key Pillar in U.S. Energy Security Strategy

Economic and national security costs of oil dependence far outweigh costs of accelerating deployment of electric vehicles As the plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) industry begins to gain a foothold in the U.S. automotive market, it will be critical that the nation's leaders do not let short-term obstacles derail important ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors Makes First Fleet Delivery of the 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV (Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle) to Bay Area's City CarShare

Mitsubishi Motors Makes First Fleet Delivery of the 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV (Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle) to Bay Area's City CarShare

Representatives from Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc., (MMNA), along with San Rafael Mitsubishi, conducted the very first fleet delivery of the all-new 100% electric-powered 2012 Mitsubishi i to the California Bay Area's City CarShare in a special ceremony held at the Green Vehicle Showcase located in front of San ... Continue reading

ECOtality To Offer Silver Spring Networks' Platform to Enable EVSE Load Control Solutions

ECOtality To Offer Silver Spring Networks' Platform to Enable EVSE Load Control Solutions

Grid-Interop 2011 ECOtality, Inc. , a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, and Silver Spring Networks, Inc., today announced an agreement to integrate ECOtality's Blink electric vehicle (EV) charging stations with the Silver Spring Smart Energy Platform. ECOtality will market and sell the i ... Continue reading

First Drive: 2012 Toyota Prius v Two (prototype) Review by Henny Hemmes +VIDEO

First Drive: 2012 Toyota Prius v Two (prototype) Review by Henny Hemmes +VIDEO

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel REDONDO BEACH, CA - December 6, 2011: When unveiling the FT-CH Concept in Detroit in 2010, Toyota announced their plan to use the Prius name for a line of new hybrid models, not hybrid variants of existing ones. Therefore, the FT-CH Concept is considered as the pr ... Continue reading

T3 Motion, Inc. to Present at the LD MICRO Conference - Thursday, December 8, 2011

T3 Motion, Inc. to Present at the LD MICRO Conference - Thursday, December 8, 2011

T3 Motion, Inc. (NYSE Amex: TTTM), a producer of clean/green electric personal mobility vehicles, will be presenting at the LD MICRO Conference on Thursday, December 8 at 3:00 pm PST. The conference will be held at The Luxe Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Kelly Anderson, Chief Financial Officer of T3 Motion, Inc., wi ... Continue reading

Coulomb Technologies New ChargePoint Blackberry Application for Electric Vehicle Drivers Now Available

Coulomb Technologies New ChargePoint Blackberry Application for Electric Vehicle Drivers Now Available

Coulomb Technologies today introduced its latest ChargePoint application, for Blackberry smart phones. Now available for free from the Blackberry App World store, the updated ChargePoint app provides electric vehicles (EV) drivers new features including the ability to locate and check occupancy status and make reservat ... Continue reading

California Captures 69 Percent of Global EV Investment in 2011, Ranks First in Nation in EV Patents, EV Jobs Increase During Downturn

California Captures 69 Percent of Global EV Investment in 2011, Ranks First in Nation in EV Patents, EV Jobs Increase During Downturn

As California is poised to adopt a new round of car standards designed to cut emissions and expand the market for electric vehicles (EV), a new report provides insight into California's emerging leadership role in this fast-growing economic sector. New data reveals that California took in $467 million in global EV vent ... Continue reading

"Dock+Go" Rinspeed Concept at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show

"Dock+Go" Rinspeed Concept at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show

Everybody has two axles. Why not simply take three of them instead of two - but only if you need them! It is that third axle with two wheels that is the key feature of the innovative modular mobility system from Swiss automotive visionary Frank M. Rinderknecht. “Dock+Go” is the name the bustling Swiss has giv ... Continue reading

Dreams on Wheels: International Concepts at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show +VIDEO

Dreams on Wheels: International Concepts at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show +VIDEO

Special To The Auto Channel by Marty Bernstein AIADA Contributing Editor Concept cars are a multi-million dollar investment for automakers. As the “cool” cars that seldom make their way into mass production, they are designed and hand-crafted to capture the attention and accolades of both the public and the m ... Continue reading

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