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GM trying to trademark "range anxiety" to tell you about "electric vehicle capabilities"
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in , GM 2011 Chevrolet Volt - click above for high-res image gallery Think of the oft-discussed term " range anxiety ." What company comes to mind? Is it General Motors ? Well, that's exactly what GM apparently wants you to do, ...

Italian Electric Car to Go on Sale in U.K.
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LONDON, Sept. 1 (UPI) — A British retailer of electric vehicles says it will start selling an Italian-made two-seat electric car in its showrooms this month. EV Stores — which sells electric cars, bikes and scooters — says the Tazzari Zero will go o ...

Plug-In EV Market to Sell 3.2M Units by 2015
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Global adoption of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) as well as battery electric vehicles (BEVs) is expected to takeoff over the next five years, with sales totaling 3.2 million vehicles between 2010 and 2015, at a compound annual growth rate ...

Electric vehicle charging times will depend on both the charging station and the car
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in Electric vehicles (EVs) may be dramatically less mechanically complex than their traditional internal combustion counterparts, but that's where the simplicity ends. The battle that began with Thomas Edison and Nicola Tesla ov ...

New EPA MPG Stickers - May Be Simple as A, B, C
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EPA Fuel Economy stickers are on all new cars and light trucks and ahve been for decades. They list the city and highway mpg as well expected annual feul costs and some information about emissions. The EPA is now looking to modify (again) the label ...

Tesla bites back at GM's trademark attempt: you can have "range anxitey"
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in , GM , Tesla Motors As clever marketing response to General Motor 's attempt to trademark the term "range anxiety ," we have to give Tesla Motors some credit. GM will (is already?) come out swinging against all-electric vehic ...

X-Frame all-electric car folds up vertically for storage
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Eco Factor: Prototype vehicle powered by an electric motor. Till date we’ve only seen bikes and e-bikes that can be folded to easy carriage. Researchers at the Nagoya Institute of Technology in Japan have developed an all-electric vehicle that too l ...

Nissan and Hawaii Partner on EVs
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Nissan North America and the state of Hawaii formed a partnership to promote the development of electric vehicles, and an electric-vehicle charging network, throughout the state. The partnership, which was announced at the Asia Pacific Clean Energy ...

Schletter unveils P.CHARGE EV charging stations at ENTECH 2010
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Eco Factor: Weather-proof charging stations for electric vehicles. Schletter has unveiled the P.CHARGE charging stations for electric vehicles at the ENTECH 2010 in Korea. The system includes a complete line of charging equipment for EVs for a wide ...

Tazzari Zero electric car comes to the UK
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Retailer EV Stores will sell the Italian-built, lithium-ion-powered Tazzari Zero for £21,500. From BusinessGreen , part of the Guardian Environment Network Specialist electric vehicle retailer EVStores has announced it will begin selling the Tazzari ...

Chevrolet Volt will not be eligible for HOV-lane access until mid-2012
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Legislation and Policy Prospective owners of the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf shouldn't get too excited about driving in California carpool lanes as soon as they take delivery. Late Tuesday night California Gov. Arnold Sc ...

Electric Sports Cars, SUVs and Mini-Vans in Fully Charged Round-up (Video)
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Image credit: Fully Charged Robert Llewellyn has been busy once again. Having road tested of the BMW Mini-E , explored fast electric car charging , and reviewed the Nissan Leaf , the cult British TV presenter and comedy actor has also been trying ou ...

Forecast: 3.2M Plug-in Electric Vehicles to be Sold Worldwide between 2010 and 2015; More Than 1M PEVs in 2015
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Total global electrified vehicle sales. Pike forecasts that PHEV and BEV sales will reach just over 1 million units in five years (1,081,294 vehicles in 2015), with PHEVs accounting for 44% of that amount. Source: Pike Research. Click to enlarge. Ac ...

Motivational speaker likes the Nissan Leaf so much he's now a car salesman
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Longtime electric vehicle advocate Paul Scott, vice president of California-based Plug-In America, likes the Nissan Leaf so much that … well, he decided to start selling them. Wanna buy an electric car? Paul has a deal for you. It’s pretty unusua ...

California Gives Plug-In Hybrids Access to Carpool Lanes
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Need another reason to buy a plug-in hybrid vehicle? How about this: California Governor Arnold Schwarzanegger just signed into law this week a bill that grants HOV lane (aka carpool lane) access to qualifying plug-in hybrid vehicles. Read the rest o ...

GM delivers first drivable Chevrolet Volts to China
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Chevrolet , Green Daily , China Chevrolet Volt in 'Victory Red' - click above for high-res image gallery China's previous experiences with the Chevrolet Volt has been limited to peeking at concepts and prodding non ...

Quick Charge, Electric Public Transport in South California
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A public transportation agency in the South California region of San Gabriel/Pomona plans to have as part of their services all electric buses that can charge in a jiffy. The company, Foothill Transit, has bought three EcoRide BE35 all electric buse ...

Chevrolet Volt, Nissan Leaf allowed to use California HOV lanes
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Chevrolet , Nissan , Legislation and Policy , Natural Gas California commuters will either celebrate or curse SB 535 , a new law that extends hybrid and alternative-fuel vehicles' usage of High Occupancy Vehicle (H ...

back to school idea: G-Bike City electric bike
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Sending your precious progeny off to college? Is that fruit of your loins pressuring you for a car to tool around campus? Maybe you should rethink getting them that car, and get them a fully electric, zero emissions e-bike, like the G-Bike City. Yo ...

Electric vehicle advocate Paul Scott "intends to be the number one Leaf salesman in the world"
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Green Culture , Nissan , Green Daily For years, Paul Scott has been promoting electric vehicles (EVs) as a co-founder of Plug-In America , but he'll soon be promoting one EV a bit more than others in his new job as a Nissan ...

Video: Ride along in BYD's E6 electric taxi
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Green Daily , China , BYD BYD E6 - Click above to watch video after the jump BYD's E6 electric taxis have been roaming the roads in China for quite some time now. The company began with 40 taxis , expanded the electric chau ...

REV awarded contract to build four converted, battery-powered vehicles for U.S. military
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Filed under: Etc. , EV/Plug-in , Green Daily REV Ford Escape - Click above for high-res image Four battery-powered Ancillary Power Vehicles (APVs) produced by Canada-based Rapid Electric Vehicles (REV) will soon be ready for active duty with the U.S ...

Study: More than 1M EV chargers coming to U.S. by 2015
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Green Daily While it's been debated that the majority of electric vehicle (EV) owners will find little need for public chargers and will instead choose to juice their EVs up at home each night, a study from the clean techno ...

Sustainable Industries Daily Update
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Car buyers will soon know the carbon footprint of a car they are interested in buying. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation have proposed new fuel economy labels for light vehicles , designed to make fuel ...

Mitsubishi readies electric i-MiEV for Europe
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Eco Factor: Zero-emission vehicle powered by electric engine. Mitsubishi’s MiEV range of electric cars has seen frequent modifications since 2006. Previously available only in Japan, the company is now revamping the vehicle to make it ready for Euro ...

Michigan-born Tesla employee pretty much embodies industry shift to electric vehicles
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Tesla Motors Tesla Roadster 2.5 - Click above for high-res image gallery The allure of working on the fastest production electric vehicles sure beats trying to build a hydrogen-powered lawnmower. That's the lesson we can le ...

EPA finally issues proposed fuel economy labels for plug-in vehicles
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , MPG , Legislation and Policy Proposed window stickers for plug-in hybrid vehicles - click above for high-res image gallery With only a few months left before an array of new plug-in vehicles start hitting the marke ...

Fast-Charging Electric Buses Coming to Southern California
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Southern California isn’t exactly known for having the best public transportation system, but Foothill Transit, a public transportation agency in the San Gabriel/Pomona area, is about to get an impressive upgrade: all-electric buses that can charge u ...