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Sciencebase Science Blog (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Electric vehicles reduce noise and local air pollution, such as nitrogen oxides, particulate matter and ground-level ozone, but do they simply relocate the carbon tire-tracks to fossil-fired power stations or are there benefits on the global scale? Fundamentally, an electric engine can achieve 85 to 90% energy conversion efficiency, which contrasts starkly with the internal...
Sufiy. (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
FT Car industry welcomes electric tax breaks By John Reed, Motor Industry Correspondent Published: December 9 2009 15:22 Last updated: December 9 2009 15:22 Britain’s car industry welcomed the UK government’s decision to extend the tax breaks for electric vehicles, already promised for private consumers, to commercial and fleet buyers. Alistair Darling said in his...
2 or 3 things I know (Free subscription) | yesterday
my dad's story on electric vehicles COP 15 is the talk of the town these days.
The Business Journal of Phoenix (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Maricopa Association of Governments will discuss the pending rollout of an electric vehicle infrastructure this week.
Fast Company (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Solar power is rarely looked at as a viable source of energy for electric cars. Sure, the Prius uses rooftop solar panels to power its air-conditioning system, and solar-powered EV charging stations make sense, but solar powered vehicles have long been cast aside as pricey novelties . That might all change, however, with Sanyo's Solar Electric Vehicle. The truck, set to...
TechGeer (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sanyo let out word that they will parade their Solar Electric Vehicle (EV) at the upcoming Eco Products 2009 worldly Exhibition in Tokyo, where that solar EV will be powered not by Eneloops, but Sanyo's very own Solar Panels and Lithium Ion batteries. The truck (sorry, no fancy sports car ...
TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk blog (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
The Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced that electric cars will be exempt from company car tax for five years while electric vans have a 100 per cent write-down allowance for the first year. The measures announced as part of the Chancellor’s Pre-Budget Report this afternoon are designed to encourage the uptake of electric vehicles within company [...]
Green Car Advisor (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Mitsubishi has teamed up with Japan Delivery System Corp. to develop an electric-vehicle charging system for the shared parking lots of apartment complexes. JDS will sell the i-CHARGER system ( pictured ) in Japan beginning this month. The system is targeted at apartment dwellers who own electric vehicles. It uses the authentication capability of existing delivery-box systems...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
übergizmo (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sanyo let out word that they will parade their Solar Electric Vehicle (EV) at the upcoming Eco Products 2009 International Exhibition in Tokyo, where this solar EV will be powered not by Eneloops, but Sanyo's very own Solar Panels and Lithium Ion batteries. The truck (sorry, no fancy sports car here) is able to run up to a purported 130km after 16 hours of direct solar charging, while...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Britain's car industry welcomed the UK government's decision to extend the tax breaks for electric vehicles, already promised for private consumers, to commercial and fleet buyers
Taume News (Free subscription) | yesterday
THINK, the Scandinavian electric vehicle (EV) maker, and its largest fleet customer, Move About, the Norwegian car-share fleet operator, are providing 15 THINK City courtesy vehicles to the COP 15 Copenhagen United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009.
vhxn.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
SANYO Displays Solar Electric Vehicle At Eco Products 2009 Exhibition !SANYO Displays Solar Electric Vehicle At Eco Products 2009 Exhibition !
Green Options (Free subscription) | yesterday
While many are suffering burnout from the overwhelming amount of EV discussion as of late, the conference hosted by Portland State University and Portland General Electric last month was different. Called “ EV Road Map: Preparing Oregon for the Introduction of Electric Vehicles ,” the event was one of the first to set the stage for real rollout and testing of citywide...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Gov. Jennifer Granholm and local politicians on Monday celebrated GM's $336M investment and the $136M in tax abatements that made the Chevrolet Volt electric car project possible.
