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ONE MORE FOR THE GOOD GUYS: U.S. Firms Join Forces to Build Car Batteries

ONE MORE FOR THE GOOD GUYS: U.S. Firms Join Forces to Build Car Batteries

Leading U.S. battery and advanced materials companies, with support from one of the country’s largest national laboratories, have formed the National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Battery Cell Manufacture, known as the “Alliance,” to manufacture advanced lithium ion battery cells for transportatio ... Continue reading

Dongfeng Nissan May Make Electric Vehicle

Dongfeng Nissan May Make Electric Vehicle

Dongfeng Nissan may make electric vehicle http://www.gasgoo.com/auto-news/1008766/Dongfeng-Nissan-may-make-electr ic-ve hicle.html Shanghai, December 18 (Gasgoo.com) Nissan China has recently announced Nissan's global plan to mass produce electric vehicles in 2010, and Dongfeng Nissan is likely to make Nissan electric ... Continue reading

Leo Motors, Inc. Files Three Key Patent Applications for Electric Vehicle Technology

Leo Motors, Inc. Files Three Key Patent Applications for Electric Vehicle Technology

NEW YORK--Leo Motors, Inc. (OTC: LEOM), an innovative automotive company engaged in the development, manufacture, and marketing of electric vehicles (“EVs”) and EV components, has filed three key technology patent applications pertaining to the company’s EV technology with the Korea Intellectual Property ... Continue reading

Pickens Plan Daily: OPEC Cuts Oil Production to Raise Prices Hey, Army! Get this!

Pickens Plan Daily: OPEC Cuts Oil Production to Raise Prices Hey, Army! Get this!

Courtesy T. Boone Pickens If we ever needed a lesson in why we need to cut down on our dependence on foreign oil our “friends” over at OPEC gave it to us today. They have announced they are going to cut oil production by some 2.2 million barrels per day. They are doing that so that the price will rise from wh ... Continue reading

GM Selects Alcoa Forged Aluminium Wheels For Chevy Volt

GM Selects Alcoa Forged Aluminium Wheels For Chevy Volt

Alcoa Automotive Wheels, a division of Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products, announced today that it has been awarded the wheel programme for the Chevy Volt. ... Continue reading

Thegreencarwebsite.co.uk Finds The Fuel Of The Future

Thegreencarwebsite.co.uk Finds The Fuel Of The Future

It is a question that no one seems to have a definitive answer for. Just which fuel will take the place of fossil fuels in the future? Even the car manufacturers seem to be hedging their bets. Toyota, Chevrolet and Nissan are focusing on hybrids with the potential for the introduction of full electric vehicles in the f ... Continue reading

Th!Nk Selects Lightweight Arpro For New City Car

Th!Nk Selects Lightweight Arpro For New City Car

A lightweight, resilient and 100 percent recyclable expanded polypropylene has been selected by Nordic low emissions car manufacturer, TH!NK. Supplied by JSP, ARPRO is helping TH!NK to enhance its new city electric car's ecological potential. ... Continue reading

Octillion Builds Intellectual Property for Generating Electricity Using Wasted Energy

Octillion Builds Intellectual Property for Generating Electricity Using Wasted Energy

WASHINGTON--Octillion Corp. (OTCBB: OCTL), a next-generation alternative and renewable energy technology developer, today announced that the Company has filed its initial set of patents with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and is building an intellectual property portfolio related to the development of f ... Continue reading

'State Parks Goes From Gas to Green'

'State Parks Goes From Gas to Green'

Electric motorcycle manufacturer, Quantya and California State Park's Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division partner to promote electric off-highway vehicles. SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 16 -- When most people think of California State Parks, they envision tall redwood trees or long sandy beaches. They usually don' ... Continue reading

Energie Ouest Suisse And Renault-Nissan Alliance To Build Zero-Emission Future In Switzerland

Energie Ouest Suisse And Renault-Nissan Alliance To Build Zero-Emission Future In Switzerland

Swiss electric utility company Energie Ouest Suisse (EOS) and the Renault-Nissan Alliance today announced they are working together to develop solutions for zero-emission mobility in Switzerland through the promotion of electric vehicles and the establishment of a battery-charging network. ... Continue reading

One More For The Good Guys - Lithium-ion Battery Maker Ener1 Secures $30M Commitment; Business Plan is Fully Funded Through 2009

One More For The Good Guys - Lithium-ion Battery Maker Ener1 Secures $30M Commitment; Business Plan is Fully Funded Through 2009

NEW YORK, Dec. 16 -- Ener1, Inc. (AMEX:HEV) announced today that it has secured a commitment for a $30 million line of credit from its principal investor, Ener1 Group, that fully funds the company's business plan through 2009. The terms for the line of credit are being finalized and are anticipated to be disclosed late ... Continue reading

One For The Good Guys-Johnson Controls Plans $90 Million Battery Plant ( In China, We Can't Win Them All)

One For The Good Guys-Johnson Controls Plans $90 Million Battery Plant ( In China, We Can't Win Them All)

Publishers Note: After the past two days of big wins for Big Oil, Toyota stopping the Prius plant in Mississippi and stopping the Diesel JV with Isuzu, and Honda saying that they won't bring their diesel to the U.S.) Is nice to see that the forces of darkness have not shut down our No Oil Electric future.. but oh how t ... Continue reading

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2009 TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID REVIEW

HEELS ON WHEELS: 2009 TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID REVIEW

HEELS ON WHEELS By Katrina Ramser San Francisco Bureau The Auto Channel INTRO TO THE CAMRY HYBRID VEHICLE There are very few "sure things" to count on in life and the Toyota Camry is one of them. Although the mid-size sedan has built an incredible reputation, the design team hit a major homerun with last year's sleek r ... Continue reading

Another Consequence of Lower(ed) U.S. Gas Prices - Toyota Halts U.S. Prius Project

Another Consequence of Lower(ed) U.S. Gas Prices - Toyota Halts U.S. Prius Project

NASHVILLE December 15, 2008: According to Lindsay Chappell, writing for Automotive News, Toyota Motor Corp. is freezing its plan to build Prius hybrids in the United States as it battles a collapse in global profits by cutting spending. Toyota’s board reached the decision late today, Japan time, to halt the $1.3 b ... Continue reading

Evonik and Daimler Establish Strategic Alliance for the Development and Production of Lithium-ion Batteries

Evonik and Daimler Establish Strategic Alliance for the Development and Production of Lithium-ion Batteries

DUESSELDORF, Germany, Dec. 15 -- -- Investment in the powertrain of the future. -- Partnership between Evonik Industries and Daimler in Li-Tec pushes forward research, development and production of cells for lithium-ion batteries. -- Evonik and Daimler combine key technologies for success. -- Entry into a multi-billion ... Continue reading

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