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Toyota reinforces its position as an environmental technology leaderToyota is using the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show to reinforce its position as an environmental technology leader with three concept cars, one near future, one mid term and one way out there. Near Future… Based on the Toyota iQ, the FT-EV III (Future Toyota – Electric Vehicle III) is a 4-seater electric vehicle concept suitable for short-distance trips. Toyota is developing EV technology with the aim of launching a vehicle suitable for short-distance travel in 2012. Equipped with a lithium-ion battery, the FT-EV III achieves an estimated cruising range of 65 miles on a fully charged battery (under the Japanese JC08 test cycle). ...mid term… The FCV-R (Fuel Cell Vehicle – Reality & Revolution) concept, measuring 4.7 metres in length, is... [more] SEAT unveils its first all-electric carSEAT is working on its first electric car designed, developed and manufactured in Spain. The firm is unveiling the prototype Altea XL Electric Ecomotive, a totally electrically-driven zero-emissions car, as well as the prototype Leon TwinDrive Ecomotive, a plug-in hybrid. Over the next few months the Spanish car maker will make available units of both models to government institutions in Catalonia and Madrid for use in their vehicle fleets. This will provide SEAT with valuable information on use of the cars for assessment with a view to mass production of electric vehicles in the medium-term. SEAT envisages the launch of its first electric plug-in hybrid car in 2015, to be followed a year later by an all-electric vehicle. SEAT's st... [more] |
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Oil industry sees no threat from electric car
By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) - The biggest oil companies in the world have calculated that few, if any, of today's drivers will see electric cars outnumber gasoline and diesel models in their lifetimes. ...
Insight: Oil industry sees no threat from electric car
LONDON (Reuters) - The biggest oil companies in the world have calculated that few, if any, of today's drivers will see electric cars outnumber gasoline and diesel models in their lifetimes. While politicians and green lobby groups insist the future of transport is electric, in the past two months BP and Exxon have released data which points to electric cars making up only 4-5 percent of all ...
Behind The Wheel: Electric car may yet have the last word
You may recall General Motors needed a government bailout a few years ago. What you may not have known is that, in the 1990s, GM developed a car, the EV1, that was a huge hit with everyone who used it.
EPA Head Tours Bay Area Electric Car Company
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is in the Bay Area Thursday and planned to tour an electric vehicle company. It's an industry that has really benefited from the auto-bailout and the stimulus package because a big chunk of that money went to making batteries for electric cars.
Electric Car Battery Stations Rolled Out
Electric cars have been slow to catch on because of high prices and small ranges. Better Place, a sustainable transportation company in California, says it has solved both problems. Israel, Denmark, Australia and Japan agree.
How the stimulus revived the electric car
A common criticism of President Obama's $800 billion stimulus package has been that it failed to produce anything – that while the New Deal built bridges and dams, all the stimulus did was fill some potholes and create temporary jobs.
Electric Car Plan Slow To Start
Boris Johnson’s self-imposed target of 100,000 electric vehicles (EVs) is looking on the lean side as only 588 have been registered in London in the three years since he made his pledge, giving EVs just 0.08% of the capital’s 3m cars. The mayor was criticised last year by the Green party over the scaling-back of his original proposals and by April last year only 534 people had taken up the ...
Electric car that folds itself launches in Spain
Spain will begin producing an electric car next year that's about the same size as Smart For, but can collapse itself into an even smaller footprint when parked.
Strike 2 for the DOE: Electric car battery maker files bankruptcy
Indiana-based electric car battery manufacturer Ener1 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday. The battery maker received over a quarter of the federal stimulus money granted to projects in the state of Indiana under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act fo 2009, a state which was the second highest recipient of federal stimulus money.
Electric car that that folds itself launches in Spain
Spain will begin producing an electric car next year that's about the same size as Smart For, but can collapse itself into an even smaller footprint when parked.
