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At a press conference in Stuttgart, Germany Elon Musk and Dr. Thomas Weber, Member of the Board of Daimler AG announced the strategic alliance to accelerate the commercialization of electric drives globally. "Daimler has set the benchmark for engineering excellence and vehicle quality for more than...
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Ahead of an official announcement expected next Tuesday and under condition of anonymity, administration officials spoke of a 30% improvement mandate starting in 2011 and reaching a deadline in 2016. Full story at MSNBC
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NLV Solar AG have that very plan in mind with a concept called the Quant. The basis of the Quant is a car designed and engineered by Koenigsegg – home of the CCX; one of the fastest cars in the world let alone Sweden, their home. The Preliminary spec of the Quant is high and ambitious (below) but...
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From Wired: British entrepreneur Azhar Hussain doesn't believe going fast and going green are mutually exclusive. The businessman has developed an all-electric race-ready motorcycle capable of swift acceleration and remarkable velocity, and he'll showcase it at the zero-emissions alt-fuel grand...
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UK design house JJAD has penned a battery power super car; “…a switch to electric power means the P1-E is destined to be one of the world's first purpose-built electric sports cars. With stunning acceleration (0-60mph in 2.9 secs), practical range (230 miles), low weight (1,055kg) and a price around...
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In an erroneous press release yesterday, Shelby Supercars stopped short of promising an end to world hunger and an answer to the square-root of -1. The press release announced "the details of its revolutionary All-Electric Scalable Powertrain, the AESP. SSC will incorporate its AESP into the current...
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The BBC reports at the Detroit Auto Show; On the subject of efficient vehicles like the Volt “Even in a good economy, you're not going to get Americans to buy these cars if petrol remains at $1.50 a gallon," says Bob Lutz of GM. “If you want to fight national obesity," he says, "you...
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DETROIT (Reuters) - Tesla Motors Inc has been working with Daimler AG on an electric Smart car and expects to supply battery packs and chargers for 1,000 vehicles initially, Tesla founder Elon Musk said Tuesday. The nonexclusive supply agreement with Daimler could run into the tens of thousands of vehicles...
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Chang-Ran Kim, Asia auto correspondent for Reuters reported today after meeting with Masatami Takimoto, executive vice president of research and development at Toyota that the car will hit the streets of Japan, Europe and the United States by 2012. Masatami describes the car: "We think it would...
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The Detroit auto show has opened and it’s clear that EV is the new SUV. Chrysler is showing the Dodge Circuit EV, Jeep Patriot EV, Chrysler Town & Country EV and Jeep Wrangler EV. Toyota has the Urban Commuter FT-EV, a mini bev. Tesla announces the Sport Edition of the Roadster; 0-60 in 3.7 seconds...
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Planned to be unveiled in March at the Geneva Motor Show the Lampo (Don’t like that name!) is a Li-ion powered, twin motor, battery EV. It boasts performance equal to the Tesla Roadster but far less range at only 200Km; 124 Miles as a result of a smaller 35KWhr battery compared to the Roadsters 55KWhr...
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Detroit news speculates that the Obama congress may pass a bill in the first month of its term to grant funding to battery development companies as part of an $800B economic stimulus package. Many companies in the battery and electric vehicle realm have appeared and asked for a slice of the possible...
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According to a report in the FT; Lotus is planning to manufacture an electric car, the concept version of the new model is likely to appear at this March's Geneva Motor Show. The car is likely to have a range-extending small gasoline engine in conjunction with a lithium-ion powered electric battery...
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Vantage Point Venture Partners has recently secured $435M of funding despite economic uncertainty and the need to bail out established auto-makers. This is all good news as that fund is destined for Clean Tech initiatives. VPVP already sponsors solar-thermal developer BrightSource Energy , waste-to-power...
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GM's Volt vehicle line executive Frank Weber says that future battery improvements will not see a Volt going further than 40 miles on battery alone but rather becoming lighter, cheaper and hence a little more efficient. He bases this on polls carried out by the company on typical usage and concludes...