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The Business of Plugging-in - Talking Electric Vehicles in Detroit

The Business of Plugging-in - Talking Electric Vehicles in Detroit

TALKING ELECTRIC CARS IN DETROIT The Business Case for Electric Cars By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Detroit October 13, 2010; The Center for Automotive Research is hosting a conference this week focused on the business case to be made for electric cars. CAR has brought together experts from the ranks ... Continue reading

Coulomb Technologies and Aker Wade Power Technologies Announce Availability and Sale of First Networked DC Fast Charging Station

Coulomb Technologies and Aker Wade Power Technologies Announce Availability and Sale of First Networked DC Fast Charging Station

DETROIT--Coulomb Technologies and Aker Wade Power Technologies today announced the availability of their Networked DC Fast Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles (EVs). The ChargePoint® CT3000 family of Networked DC Fast Charging Stations are capable of charging the battery of electric vehicles in half an hour ... Continue reading

Business of Plugging In 2010: Michigan Readies as the U.S. Prepares for Electric Vehicles

Business of Plugging In 2010: Michigan Readies as the U.S. Prepares for Electric Vehicles

PR Newswire DETROIT, Oct. 12 DETROIT, Oct. 12 -- More than 5,300 home and workplace charging stations are planned to be installed in Michigan as the state prepares for the introduction of new electric vehicle technology. General Motors and its partners are teaming up to help give Chevrolet Volt buyers more options for ... Continue reading

GM Reaffirms Volt's Status as an Electric Vehicle - Edmunds.com Wrong, Again

GM Reaffirms Volt's Status as an Electric Vehicle - Edmunds.com Wrong, Again

Looking to create controversy where none exists, Edmunds steps in “it” again By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL Ever since Edmunds.com starting raising and pissing away millions of investors' dollars in an attempt to convert itself from a car price guide to a broader automotiv ... Continue reading

The Key to Restoring Our Economic Health is the Quick and Absolute Adoption of Alternative Energy Technologies, Fuels and Vehicles

The Key to Restoring Our Economic Health is the Quick and Absolute Adoption of Alternative Energy Technologies, Fuels and Vehicles

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL • Economic growth and prosperity will not come about by doling out more welfare. • It will not come about because we make temporary repairs to our nation’s roads. • And it will certainly not come about because we have tried to fix a ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Volt Turns Home Garages Into Modern Day Filling Stations - VIDEO STORY

Chevrolet Volt Turns Home Garages Into Modern Day Filling Stations - VIDEO STORY

SEE ALSO: DETROIT - October 11, 2010: Chevrolet says it will take about 10 hours to fully charge a Volt's battery with a standard 120 volt outlet. For battery-only cars a 120 volt charge could take more than 16 hours. To alleviate long charge times, a 240-volt home charging unit can be installed on the wall of almost a ... Continue reading

First Drive of the New 2011 Lincoln Hybird MKZ

First Drive of the New 2011 Lincoln Hybird MKZ

2011 LINCOLN MKZ: A NEW GREEN VEHICLE FOR LUXURY BUYERS by Marty Bernstein Senior Editor The Auto Channel It’s been ten years since the first electric-gasoline hybrid was successfully introduced to celebrities, early adaptors, the environmentally concerned and some just curious buyers. It was an odd looking car, h ... Continue reading

ECOtality to Unveil New Fast Charging Technology at the Business of Plugging In 2010

ECOtality to Unveil New Fast Charging Technology at the Business of Plugging In 2010

SAN FRANCISCO--ECOtality, Inc. , a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, announced today the company will reveal its commercial DC Fast Charging station at the Business of Plugging In 2010 during a press conference on Wednesday, October 13th at 12:30 p.m. at the ECOtality booth (#9). The cha ... Continue reading

CODA Automotive & Enterprise Rent-A-Car Help Accelerate the Adoption of All-Electric Cars With 100% Electric CODA Sedans

CODA Automotive & Enterprise Rent-A-Car Help Accelerate the Adoption of All-Electric Cars With 100% Electric CODA Sedans

PR Newswire SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 11 SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 11 -- CODA Automotiveâ„¢, a California-based electric car and battery company, and Enterprise Rent-A-Car, today announced a planned program to introduce up to 100 all-electric CODA Sedansâ„¢ to car rental locations throughout 201 ... Continue reading

New Survey Finds Majority of Americans Are Confused About Alternative Fuel Options - VIDEO ENHANCED

New Survey Finds Majority of Americans Are Confused About Alternative Fuel Options - VIDEO ENHANCED

MONTVALE, NJ For 50 years, Americans focused on things like horsepower, color, and design when deciding which car to buy. Today, that decision includes even more mystifying choices, including how the vehicle is powered – Is it a hybrid? Is it electric? Does it take regular gasoline or diesel fuel? A new survey fro ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi : Electric Vehicle Drivers Enjoy Increased Confidence And Low 'Refuelling' Costs

Mitsubishi : Electric Vehicle Drivers Enjoy Increased Confidence And Low 'Refuelling' Costs

The second results of a UK-wide electric and low carbon vehicle testing project are published today. The West Midlands-based CABLED project reports six months into the year-long trial of 25 Mitsubishi i-MiEVs ... Continue reading

2011 Chevrolet Volt Reinvents Automotive Transportation in a Complete, No-Compromises Electric Package - 4 Videos

2011 Chevrolet Volt Reinvents Automotive Transportation in a Complete, No-Compromises Electric Package - 4 Videos

DETROIT, Oct. 10 DETROIT, Oct. 10 -- World's first mass-produced, plug-in electric vehicle with a range-extending onboard engine Revolutionary Voltec propulsion system delivers between 25 and 50 miles of electric driving (depending on terrain, driving techniques and temperature) with a long-life, 16-kW lithium-ion batt ... Continue reading

Utilities Mapping Strategies to Embrace More Electric Vehicles on the Roads, New Chartwell Report Shows

Utilities Mapping Strategies to Embrace More Electric Vehicles on the Roads, New Chartwell Report Shows

PR Newswire ATLANTA, Oct. 7 ATLANTA, Oct. 7 -- An increasing number of North American utilities are implementing or considering programs to prepare for the inevitable rise in electric vehicle use, new Chartwell survey data reveals. Utilities have discovered they can facilitate economic growth, encourage energy efficien ... Continue reading

Ford Focus Electric Convenience Cord Gives Owners Easy Handle on Recharging

Ford Focus Electric Convenience Cord Gives Owners Easy Handle on Recharging

PR Newswire DEARBORN, Mich., Oct. 7 DEARBORN, Mich., Oct. 7 -- Ford Focus Electric, which debuts in late 2011, will bring enhanced recharging flexibility with a 120V convenience cord to allow users to recharge the all-electric vehicle at remote locations; the convenience cord will serve as a backup to an optional 240V ... Continue reading

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