Monthly Archives: June 2012

Nissan LEAF now in Australia

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

One more continent down Today Nissan announced the launch of the Nissan LEAF in Australia. The expansion of the electric vehicle (EV) market continues to expand with this new LEAF market. It seems that the LEAF rollout in Australia will … Continue reading →

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Renault to offer EV car sharing program in France

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

Renault Twizy fleet entering test phase The Renault Twizy is a true electric vehicle (EV) city car. What better way to test market a city EV than through a car sharing program, similar to what Daimler is doing with the … Continue reading →

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Daimler starts production of smart fortwo electric drive

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

The electric vehicle wave gains momentum Daimler’s smart fortwo has been around almost 15 years – since 1998. The electric drive version has been tested in real world applications in Daimler’s own car2go car share program in various locations around … Continue reading →

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DC fast charging coming to Southern California – slowly

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

Unofficial word on the status of DC fast charging in SoCal While it would be wonderful to report that we will be seeing banks of DC fast charges as pictured above awaiting our use as electric vehicle (EV) owners, that … Continue reading →

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Toyota to enter EV at Pikes Peak

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

Toyota’s entry a true electric race car Toyota introduced this car at the Nurburgring last year with an amazingly fast 7:47 tour of the ‘ring, establishing a new lap record for electric cars. Now with more power and torque on … Continue reading →

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Honda EV to get 82 mile EPA range

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

Honda ups the efficiency game Honda set a new high water mark in the electric vehicle efficiency game by achieving a 118 mile per gallon equivalent (MPGe) rating. Of the true EVs on the market, or soon to be, this … Continue reading →

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