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Turkish Company In Talks to Rescue EV-Maker Think

Posted Fri, 2011/07/08 - 7:01am

A Turkish company under contract to distribute electric-drive vehicles for Fisker Automotive and Chinese automaker BYD is in talks to revive Norwegian electric-vehicle manufacturer Think Global. According to a statement issued earlier this week, Istanbul-based BD Otomotive said it...

Company Says Its Software Boosts EV Battery Range

Posted Mon, 2011/06/27 - 1:00pm

A Massachusetts software maker recently awarded $25,000 by the state of Michigan for its work on a software-based control system that the company says can boost automobile batteries' power by at least 25 percent, plans to open a Michigan...

With New EV Coming, Tesla to Halt Roadster Orders

Posted Fri, 2011/06/24 - 7:00pm

Tesla Motors will stop accepting orders in the U.S. for its ground-breaking Roadster electric sports car later this summer as the company shifts its attention to production of its next vehicle, the battery-electric Model S sport sedan.  The 8-year-old...

Consumer Wants Vs. What's Good for Consumer

Posted Thu, 2011/06/23 - 1:00pm

The videos from the Edmunds.com safety conference held in Washington, D.C., in May are going online. One I found particularly interesting was the presentation by Tom Dingus, director of the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute.  He shared the results of...

Electric Car Maker Think Files for Bankruptcy

Posted Wed, 2011/06/22 - 10:00pm

Electric-car maker Think Global filed for bankruptcy today in its home market of Norway after running out of money, Automotive News Europe (ANE) reported, citing a statement by Think's spokesman for Europe, James Andrew. The report follows the early-May...

Fisker Taps EV Connect as Charger Provider

Posted Wed, 2011/06/22 - 9:00pm

Fisker Automotive tapped Culver City, Calif.-based EV Connect to be the exclusive provider of electric charging equipment for Fisker's Karma plug-in hybrid electric sports tourer as the Irvine, Calif.-based automaker prepares to start delivering customer models to both U.S....

EV Film Going National Before Cars Do

Posted Wed, 2011/06/22 - 5:00pm

In a deal that could see it get more distribution next year than the cars it praises, the documentary film "Revenge of the Electric Car" has been picked up for a "hybrid" national rollout that will combine special event...

Mitsubishi Chooses Toshiba SCiB Battery for i-MiEV

Posted Wed, 2011/06/22 - 12:30pm

Toshiba Corp. today announced that its SCiB lithium-titanate oxide battery pack has been selected by Mitsubishi Motors Corp. to power two battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), the i-MiEV (to be known as Mitsubishi i in North America when it goes on...

AAA To Offer Mobile Charging For EVs

Posted Tue, 2011/06/21 - 2:00pm

The American Automobile Association (AAA), the largest automotive emergency services provider in U.S., has announced plans to deploy electric-vehicle mobile charging units in its roadside assistance operations. The announcement was made only days after Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn told...

Neighborhood Electric Vehicle Sales To Climb

Posted Mon, 2011/06/20 - 6:00pm

Industry watchers who questioned the decision by snowmobile and watercraft maker Polaris Industries to buy Chrysler's neighborhood electric vehicle subsidiary earlier this year just got a pretty good answer. A Pike Research report predicts that annual sales of NEVs...

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