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New-Vehicle Prices Rise, Except for Electric Cars

4 December 2013 | Wall Street Journal

The prices car shoppers paid for new vehicles continued its general upward course during November, driven in part by high demand and price hikes for redesigned models. While many vehicels are getting more expensive, s...

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Saleen confirms electric car in development

4 December 2013 | Auto Express

American supercar manufacturer Saleen has confirmed that it is developing a new electric car, which will be previewed with scale design models sometime next year. Most of the technical details are still unknown at thi...

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European Parliament backs mandatory EU-wide rollout of ch...

3 December 2013

The European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee endorsed a draft EU directive mandating Member States to ensure at least a certain minimum number of publicly available electric vehicle (EV) charging po...

Saab owners gear up for electric vehicle drive in China

3 December 2013 | Financial Times

Swedish carmaker Saab Automobile restarted production on Monday under its third owner in three years, with a plan of becoming an electric vehicle specialist initially focused on the Chinese market.

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Lithium-Sulfur Battery Lab Tests Show High Energy Density

3 December 2013 | Green Car Reports

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are experimenting with a lithium-sulfur battery design with twice the specific energy of lithium-ion batteries, and a usefully l...

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VIA Motors Unveils Solar Powered Truck at LA Auto Show ...

27 November 2013 | KCSG

VIA Motors thrilled truck owners at the LA Auto Show this week with the unveiling of a solar panel bed cover option called the SölTRUX for VIA’s extended range electric pick up trucks. Truck owners often pu...

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Fast-chargers may boost plug-in electrics, LA Auto Show

27 November 2013 | UPI

Range anxiety and the extra cost of battery technology remain among the biggest obstacles to wider adoption of plug-in electric vehicles in the United States. A recent survey by two Indiana University researchers fou...

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What Does Mass Adoption of Electric Vehicles Mean for the...

27 November 2013 | Triple Pundit

The adoption of plug-in vehicles, both gasoline-electric hybrids as well as full battery electric vehicles, continues to gain pace. At the end of August this year, 59,000 such vehicles had been sold in the USA, surpas...

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ELEVTRA at EVS27

27 November 2013

ELEVTRA was at the Electric Vehicle Symposium EVS27 held on 17-20 November 2013 in Barcelona to present its latest developments, invite people to join the EV Cluster and inform attendees about its final conference to ...

EVS27: Understanding Norway and its EV success

21 November 2013

During the 27th edition of the Electric Vehicles Symposium (EVS 27) in Barcelona, held 18-20 November 2013, many presentations explored Norway’s successes with EVs, how these came about, and provided a glance at...

Norwegian electric car user experiences

21 November 2013 | Presentation | Published: 2013

Norway has the highest number of electric cars per capita in the world. In June 2013, Norway reached 13.000 electric cars in a country of 5 million inhabitants. The Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association (NEVA) is pro...

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Development of charging station data services for ne...

21 November 2013 | Presentation | Published: 2013

Our goal has been to examine the possibility of using charging station data to new user groups in the professional market. Opportunities have been identified through in-depth interviews with large public and pri...

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The future is electric! The EV revolution in Norway ...

21 November 2013 | Presentation | Published: 2013

The paper presents an analysis of the ongoing battery electric vehicles (BEV) revolution in Norway focusing on the measures that have been introduced to support a modal shift away from the classical motor car. D...

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Nissan to lift US output of Leaf electric car as demand c...

20 November 2013 | Reuters

Nissan Motor Co Ltd said it will lift U.S. production of its all-electric Leaf as demand for the car has surged sharply this year following a cut to its sticker price. For many automakers, demand for electric vehicles...

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Many Consumers Still Unaware Of Electric Car Incentives

20 November 2013 | Green Car Reports

A new survey suggests 95 percent of the population is completely unaware of electric vehicle incentives and even simple running cost figures. Two Indiana University researchers questioned 2,000 people in 21 of the nat...

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PlugVolt Battery Seminar 2014

Seminar | 28 Jan. 2014 - 29 Jan. 2014 | Los Angeles, California, United States of America

This seminar will focus on present and future needs of portable and stationary electrochemical energy sources, and highlight the latest technological developments designed to satisfy application requirements...

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2014 BMW i3 Electric Car Drivers Can Opt For Solar Chargi...

19 November 2013 | Green Car Reports

BMW thinks its customers might want to continue sustainability through to the car's charging, so has teamed up with SolarCity to offer i3 drivers an affordable solar electricity service to power their vehicles.i3 cust...

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Norway surges ahead on electric car usage

19 November 2013 | Deutsche Welle

Espen Andreassen is the proud owner of a new electric Nissan Leaf car, making him one of over 4,000 Norwegians who has bought an electric car so far this year. So far, nine percent of all new cars sold in Norway in 20...

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$6 Million For Electric Vehicle Infrastructure In California

13 November 2013 | Clean Technica

California is already an electric vehicle leader, but it is looking to become much more of one. The California Energy Commission (CEC) has put out a $6-million competitive grant solicitation aimed at jacking up EV inf...

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Mitsubishi Aims For 20% Of Its Vehicles To Be Electric By...

13 November 2013 | Clean Technica

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation has released its latest mid-term business plan, ”New Stage 2016.” The plan is for 2014 through 2016. The plan includes a pretty strong focus on “eco-car technologies.&rd...

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