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Nissan releases sketch of new light commercial electric van

Posted: Nov 06, 2009

Filed under: Hybrids, Green News, Industry News, Nissan

Nissan has released a concept sketch of a new light commercial electric-vehicle based on the NV200 Concept.
“The low-cost multi-purpose vehicle would allow ambulance drivers to drive directly into the hospital or van and taxi drivers to enter urban areas where CO2 emissions are restricted,” Nissan said in a statement. “The van is one of four [...]

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GM’s other plug-in hybrid vehicles won’t have ‘Volt’ badging

Posted: Nov 06, 2009

Filed under: Chevrolet, GM, Hybrids, Green News, Industry News

In what we think is a good decision, General Motors said that its other plug-in hybrid offerings will not have Volt branding on them to identify with the compact plug-in hybrid that will launch later next year. By contrast, Toyota is planning to make a family of hybrid vehicles that will carry the Prius badging.
“Our [...]

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Fisker picks distributor to sell Karma in Europe, looking to sell in China

Posted: Nov 03, 2009

Filed under: Fisker, Hybrids, Green News, Industry News

Fisker Automotive announced that it has picked a large distributor to sell its plug-in hybrid vehicles in Europe and is also looking for a similar deal in China. CEO Henrik Fisker said that the company will announce the name of the distributor group as early as Wednesday. It is reported that the distributor has more [...]

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Frank Weber leaves Chevrolet Volt team to return to Opel

Posted: Oct 30, 2009

Filed under: Chevrolet, GM, Hybrids, Green News, Industry News

German-born engineer Frank Weber, who is in charge of General Motors’ Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid program, will be moving back to Germany to take a senior management role at Opel.
A GM spokesman said that he will be replaced by Doug Parks, who has been working at Opel since 2007 as chief engineer for GM’s global compact [...]

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Ford teams up with Azure for battery-electric Transit Connect, due out in 2010

Posted: Oct 30, 2009

Filed under: Ford, Hybrids, Green News, Industry News

FoMoCo announced today that it has teamed up with Azure Dynamics Corporation to deliver a pure battery electric Ford Transit Connect van for the United States and Canadian markets in 2010. Ford said that Azure will integrate its Force Drive battery electric drive train in the Transit Connect van for commercial and retail use.
The joint effort [...]

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California locks in Tesla Model S plant with tax deal incentive

Posted: Oct 29, 2009

Filed under: Hybrids, Green News, Industry News, Tesla Motors

In an effort to ensure that Tesla builds its Model S electric-sedan in California, the state has struck a tax incentive agreement with the San Carlos company. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office said that a state agency will temporarily hold a title worth of $320 million equipment to be purchased by Tesla and will not pay [...]

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Tesla Roadster goes 313 miles at Global Green Challenge in Australia

Posted: Oct 28, 2009

Filed under: Hybrids, Green News, Industry News, Tesla Motors

If you’re one of the 900 Tesla Roadster owners out there you have to live with a very hard choice – you can either drive efficiently and show off how many miles you traveled on a single charge or you can throw the efficiency part out of the window and show off how you can [...]

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Fisker buys GM plant for $18 million, will build Chevy Volt competitor

Posted: Oct 27, 2009

Filed under: Breaking, Fisker, GM, Hybrids, Green News, Industry News

As reported yesterday, Fisker Automotive confirmed today that it has purchased General Motors’ Wilmington, Delaware plant, which produced that Saturn Sky, Pontiac Solstice and the Opel GT until July.
Fisker said that it has signed a letter of intent with Motors Liquidation Co., formerly known as the wonderful General Motors Corp. to purchase the Wilmington plant [...]

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BMW wants its production Project i electric-cars to be ‘premium vehicles’

Posted: Oct 26, 2009

Filed under: BMW, Hybrids, Green News, Industry News

BMW wants to position its upcoming family of electric-vehicles as ‘premium’ vehicles’ that will compete in the top tier of the growing EV segment. The family of electric-vehicles, known as Project i, will be made available with two, three and four wheels.
The recently revealed BMW Simple Concept isn’t a guide to how future Project i [...]

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Biden to help reopen GM Delaware plant for production of Fisker’s plug-in hybrid sedan

Posted: Oct 26, 2009

Filed under: Fisker, Hybrids, Green News, Industry News

According to reports, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit a closed General Motors plant in his home-state of Delaware where he will announce the reopening of the closed GM Plant in Wilmington that will now produce plug-in hybrid electric-vehicles for Fisker Automotive.
CEO Henrik Fisker is also going to visit the reopening of [...]