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2009 LA Auto Show: BMW-MINI Press Conference - COMPLETE VIDEO

2009 LA Auto Show: BMW-MINI Press Conference - COMPLETE VIDEO

The Auto Channel presents the entire combined BMW-MINI Press Conference from Media Days at the 2009 LA Auto Show. Click PLAY to watch the complete video LOS ANGELES - December 2, 2009: The BMW Group used the days longest time slot to present a combined BMW-MINI Press Conference featuring news about the hybrid X6 and 7 ... Continue reading

Elektromotive Launches Danish Ev Charging Infrastructure in Time For COP15

Elektromotive Launches Danish Ev Charging Infrastructure in Time For COP15

BRIGHTON, UNITED KINGDOM December 01, 2009 : Brighton-based Elektromotive is to play a pivotal role in the introduction of an electric vehicle (EV) recharging infrastructure in Denmark, with the installation of the first Elektrobay roadside charging stations scheduled for completion in time for this month�s COP1 ... Continue reading

2010 Washington Auto Show: Green Car Journal Announces Finalists for 2010 Green Car Vision Award

2010 Washington Auto Show: Green Car Journal Announces Finalists for 2010 Green Car Vision Award

WASHINGTON, DC November 30, 2009; The auto enthusiast magazine Green Car Journal has announced five finalists for its 2010 Green Car Vision Award(TM), which will be presented at The Washington Auto Show�, "Change Happens Here" on January 26. The 2010 finalists include the Nissan Leaf, Coda Sedan, Ford Focus BEV, ... Continue reading

Southern California Edison Sponsors "Getting Ready for Plug-In Electric Vehicles" Booth at 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show

Southern California Edison Sponsors "Getting Ready for Plug-In Electric Vehicles" Booth at 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show

WHAT: Plug-In Electric Vehicles (PEV) are expected on the market in 2010. With them come important changes required to power these vehicles using alternative fuel sources. Where will these new vehicles get the necessary electricity? What are the anticipated rate and charging options? How is Southern California Edison ( ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation Deliver 4 i-MiEV Electric Vehicles to the Principality of Monaco

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation Deliver 4 i-MiEV Electric Vehicles to the Principality of Monaco

Tokyo,; Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) jointly delivered 4 units of the new-generation electric vehicle (EV) i-MiEV to the Principality of Monaco on November 25th. A number of related parties including His Serene Highness Prince Albert II were present at the delivery ceremony held a ... Continue reading

Delta Develops Electric Vehicle Propulsion System: Test Vehicle Now On the Road

Delta Develops Electric Vehicle Propulsion System: Test Vehicle Now On the Road

TAIPEI, Taiwan--Rather than entering the automobile electronics sector through onboard IT devices like other electronics companies, Delta Electronics has now successfully integrated existing automation, motor, servo-motor and electrical electronics technologies to develop its own petrol-electric hybrid propulsion syste ... Continue reading

BMW Comes Clean With Three North American Premiers at LA Auto Show

BMW Comes Clean With Three North American Premiers at LA Auto Show

Below is the announcement of three US premiers for BMW at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Additional information can be found at www.bmwusanews.com<http://www.bmwusanews.com/> and www.press.bmwgroup.com/us.html<http://www.press.bmwgroup.com/us.html >. Best regards, THREE NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERES FOR BMW AT L.A. AUTO SHOW Wo ... Continue reading

Elektromotive Extends European Recharging Network to Belgium and Luxembourg

Elektromotive Extends European Recharging Network to Belgium and Luxembourg

Brighton, Based Elektromotive has appointed green mobility experts, The PluginCompany, to install networks of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across Belgium and Luxembourg. Pilot schemes will see the installation of 20 Elektrobay units in the two countries by the end of this year, ahead of significant further p ... Continue reading

GM To Incorporate A Safe Sound Alert For Electric Vehicles And Hybrids

GM To Incorporate A Safe Sound Alert For Electric Vehicles And Hybrids

DETROIT November 25, 2009; Chevrolet, General Motors and the National Federation of the Blind are cooperating to identify a safe level of sound to alert the blind and other pedestrians to the presence of near silent-running electric and hybrid vehicles. “We are confident electric vehicles can produce a safe and ac ... Continue reading

BMW to Supply 4,000 Green Vehicles to London Olympics in 2012 - VIDEO ENHANCED

BMW to Supply 4,000 Green Vehicles to London Olympics in 2012 - VIDEO ENHANCED

BMW becomes a Tier One Partner and exclusive automotive sponsor of the 2012 Games LONDON - November 25, 2009: Lord Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has today announced that BMW has become the Automotive Partner of London 2012. BMW will provide ... Continue reading

Tesla Opens Monaco Store

Tesla Opens Monaco Store

MONACO--Tesla Motors has opened a regional sales and service center in Monaco on 24 November 2009. The Monaco store, located in the Golden Square of the State, le “Carré d’Or”, will serve all of Southern Europe. The Monaco store is the third in Europe following stores in London and Munich. Tesla has a ... Continue reading

Aptera Electric Vehicle Makes Houston Debut at Monday Night Football

Aptera Electric Vehicle Makes Houston Debut at Monday Night Football

HOUSTON--Highlighting that electric vehicles can come in many shapes and sizes, Reliant Energy, an NRG Energy company , teamed up with the Houston Texans and electric vehicle manufacturer Aptera to bring Aptera’s prototype electric vehicle to Houston for Monday Night Football. Texans fans had the opportunity to ex ... Continue reading

Volvo Group is Launching an Online Service for Green Commuting - VIDEO ENHANCED

Volvo Group is Launching an Online Service for Green Commuting - VIDEO ENHANCED

The Volvo Group is launching Commute Greener, a new online service which helps commuters become more environmentally aware. The service is accessed through a mobile phone or a web site on the internet, enabling a commuter quickly to see by how much carbon dioxide emissions are reduced, for example by car pooling. Volvo ... Continue reading

Nissan Announces First Fuel Cell Vehicle Lease in North America; 'Coca-Cola Zero' X-Trail FCV Promotes Zero Emissions

Nissan Announces First Fuel Cell Vehicle Lease in North America; 'Coca-Cola Zero' X-Trail FCV Promotes Zero Emissions

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 24 -- Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today announced the lease of a X-TRAIL Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCV) to Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc. Nissan, which began development of fuel cell vehicle technology in 1996, has previously used FCVs in demonstration fleets in Japan and in California t ... Continue reading

International Battery Chosen to Provide EV Battery Packs for Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Contestant BDCOTSRUS

International Battery Chosen to Provide EV Battery Packs for Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Contestant BDCOTSRUS

ALLENTOWN, Pa.--International Battery (www.internationalbattery.com), a U.S. manufacturer and developer of large-format lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, today announced that it will supply the battery plant for the super fuel-efficient car that team BDCOTSRUS has built for the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZ ... Continue reading

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