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Chevy Volts to Hit Woodward for Silent Dream Cruise on August 15; Sign Up Now
It's that time of year again. Volt Silent Cruise Sign Up The world's largest automotive cruise, the Woodward Dream Cruise, is nearing its official kick-off date (August 17), but before that event gets underway, Chevrolet is asking that Volt owners partake in something special. On Thursday (August 15), Volt owners will cruise down Woodward in the third ann...
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Eric Loveday
12 August 2013
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Charging
ECOtality Heading For Bankruptcy As DoE Shuts Off The Tap
Power Looks To Be Going Off At ECOtality And Maybe Their Blink Network Of Charging Stations ECOtality, best known for its Blink network of commercial charging stations, as well as residential chargers, today filed a 8-K with the SEC that basically says ongoing operations are all over and they will look to sell the company or just go bankrupt. "...the Company has experienced...
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Jay Cole
12 August 2013
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BMW Confirms i3 Will Launch in India; Timeframe Not Yet Decided
It seems the BMW i3 will be as close to available worldwide as possible. i3 Never has there been (aside from maybe the Nissan LEAF) an electric vehicle slated to be sold in so many regions around the world. The i3 will be sold in the US, Canada, Europe, parts of Africa, Singapore, China and the list continues on. The latest nation to join this growing list i...
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Eric Loveday
12 August 2013
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Oddly, Fire Stations in Norfolk, UK Win Bid to Install 40 Public Chargers
Get Charged Up Here Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service will be the go-to place to get a public charger in Norfolk, UK. That's because the Fire and Rescue Service is receiving £131,595 ($202,301 US) to install charge points for plug-in vehicles after successfully bidding for Department for Transport funding. Norfolk County is currency home to only 22 public charging poin...
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Eric Loveday
12 August 2013
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Chinese Automakers Invest Big Bucks on Tiny EVs
Kandi NEV Tiny electric vehicles, more appropriately known as either neighborhood electric vehicles or low-speed electric vehicles, are big business in China. These golf cart-ish electrics aren't really suitable for the roads, but it's still legal to drive them on most paved surfaces around the world, but they can't yet be licensed in China. That isn't preventing Chin...
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Eric Loveday
12 August 2013
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Upcoming Mercedes B Class Caught In US Testing...A Couple Times (lots of photos)
Mercedes B Class Makes Itself Cozy Next To A Nissan LEAF In Atlanta Sometimes you look for plug-ins, sometimes they look for you...at least it seems that way. That was the case today in Atlanta for the upcoming Mercedes B-Class that debuted early this year at the New York Auto Show, and earlier in New Jersey as well. At the time Mercedes put the all-electric range of the B...
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Jay Cole
12 August 2013
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Ford Recalls Model Year 2012 and 2013 Focus Electric Vehicles
Ford Focus Official Recall Notice Ford is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 Focus Electric vehicles equipped with High Intensity Discharge (HID) headlights, manufactured September 15, 2011 through May 6, 2013 (note: some Focus STs are being recalled too, though they don't plug in, so we couldn't care less). Focus Electric Gets First Recall ...
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Eric Loveday
12 August 2013
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Will Thin, Flexible Glass Power the Electric Vehicles of the Future?
Probably not, but researchers at Penn State University have developed would could be the energy storage technology of the future. Yes...Some Glass Can Bend Penn State says this: "Thin and flexible glass for displays is already a widely commercialized technology. But even thinner glass, about one tenth the thickness of display glass, can be customized to ...
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Eric Loveday
12 August 2013
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Zero Motorcycles Recalled Over Brake Caliper Bolts That Could Corrode
2012 Zero S The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently published info on another recall affecting some Zero Motorcycles bikes. This time, the recall involves certain model year 2011 and 2012 S and DS motorcycles. A total of 268 bikes should visit the workshop to replace the front caliper bolts that can corrode. RECALL Subject : Front Caliper Bolts May...
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Mark Kane
12 August 2013
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Charging
Why Workplace Charging is Key to Electric Vehicle Growth
Workplace Charging Makes EVs More Suitable for All When the US government rolled out its Workplace Charging Challenge, the plug-in world celebrated. Dozens of companies are now on the Workplace Charging list, which itself is growing constantly Some companies, such as PSEG, have installed more than a dozen workplace chargers. Hopefully, the trend of installing workp...
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Eric Loveday
12 August 2013
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