3875 Nissan electric cars with lithium ion batteries sold since the beginning of LEAF, while Chevrolet sold 2,745 electric vehicles.
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Mitsubishi Solar Power Electric Car Charging Station
Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc. (Mitsubishi Electric) and Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) debuted a solar energy charging station for electric vehicles at the MMNA headquarters in Cypress.
Continue readingTaiwan to Subsidize Battery Exchange Stations for Electric Cars
The Department of Air Quality and Noise Control under the EPA says it plans to subsidize setting up 30 battery exchange stations for electric vehicles.
Continue readingBD Otomotive in talks to rescue electric car maker Think
?Our intentions are simple ? to bring Think out of bankruptcy and make it the affordable urban electric vehicles for Europe it was always designed to be,? BD Otomotive Chairman Osman Boyner said. Think sold just 1,043 electric cars of the City in 2010.
Continue readingNissan Begins Tests for NV200 Electric Vehicles
Preparing electric cars with lithium ion batteries for the compact commercial market, aiming to become the leader in zero emissions.
Continue readingElectric vehicles charging facility at Ceme
The Transport Minister, Norman Baker MP, has opened a new solar power assisted electric car charging facility at the Centre of Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence (CEME) in Rainham, East London.
Continue readingMitsubishi unveils cheaper i-MiEV electric vehicles
The electric car i-MiEV would be able to power an average household for at least a day.
Continue readingDHL tests Volkswagen’s Caddy blue-emotion electric vehicles
Ten electric vehicles in Potsdam and Stahnsdorf, Germany. The Volkswagen electric car Caddy blue-e-motion is powered by lithium ion batteries that have a capacity of 85 kW and a maximum speed of 120 km/h.
Continue readingNissan Begins Tests for NV200 based Electric Vehicles
Preparing electric cars with lithium ion batteries for the compact commercial market, aiming to become the leader in zero emissions.
Continue readingElectric vehicles Mahindra Reva NXR coming next year
The electric car will be carrying either a lead acid battery or a lithium ion battery to charge the car.
Continue readingSales of electric vehicles will accelerate next year
Sales of electric cars with lithium ion batteries will accelerate next year, as drawbacks such as price and efficiency are overcome.
Continue readingFedEx Adds Electric Vehicles
Doubling all-electric fleet, adding hybrid-electric vehicles, piloting low-weight composite vehicles, and upgrading thousands of conventional vehicles to more fuel-efficient, lower- emitting choices.
Continue readingElectric car bill an investment in the future
The electric cars Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt are slowly merging onto the nation’s roadways, but electric vehicles need a boost to get up to economic speed.
Continue readingVoltAir shows off electricity powered plane concept
EADS is looking to release an entirely electricity powered plane by the year 2035. The plane, which has been dubbed the VoltAir, was shown off at the Paris Air Show, which took place last week.
Continue readingMotorcycles with lithium ion batteries
Salvaging vintage bikes destined for the crusher, and discarding the gasoline motors and transmissions, he?s converting them to lithium-powered electric vehicles.
Continue readingElectric vehicles hit Manila’s streets to counter pollution and high fuel prices
The Philippines, like many other countries, is turning to electric cars as the price of oil remains high. Currently, the country depends almost entirely on petroleum when it comes to transportation.
Continue readingOakland Welcomes the Electric Vehicles Chevy Volt
Bay City Chevrolet, the Oakland and San Francisco GMC truck and Chevy car dealer, has announced the availability of the electric car Volt.
Continue reading2011 Vehicle Battery Summit ? 14-15 November, in Shanghai
Lithium ion batteries development, along with the growing penetration of electric vehicles, has prompted development of the SAE International 2011 Vehicle Battery Summit, November 14-15, 2011 in Shanghai.
Continue readingElectric car maker Think files for bankruptcy in Norway
Think Global is among the older manufacturers of electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries, emerging more than 20 years ago and launching its Think City model in 1999.
Continue readingsmart launches national electric vehicles drive contest
The main focus of the tour will be to illustrate that a state-of-the-art lithium-ion battery provides the smart fortwo electric car a generous range of 135 kilometres when fully charged.
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