International

100,000 EVs from Renault-Nissan Alliance

July 23, 2013
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Combined they’ve driven around the world 20 times It may be awhile before we see LEAF after LEAF after LEAF on US streets, but not a day goes by that we don’t see at least one other LEAF driving around our neighborhood. Nissan’s mass market electric vehicle (EV) has found supporters in markets around the [...]

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Bosch to partner with Mitsubishi, GS Yuasa on next gen lithium ion batteries

July 7, 2013
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Operations due to begin early 2014 Bosch, one of the leading global automobile suppliers, is partnering with Mitsubishi Corporation and GS Yuasa International to produce next generation high performance lithium ion batteries. GS Yuasa is a long-time lithium ion battery producer providing product to Mitsubishi, Honda and the new Detroit Electric. GS Yuasa was established [...]

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Another EV battery breakthrough

May 6, 2013
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Potential for twice the current driving range A team from the Australian University of Wollongong’s Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (kind of sounds like where the X-Men came from) is developing an improved lithium-ion battery chemistry. Professor Zaiping Guo and her team, using nano engineering along with Germanium based materials, have developed a battery [...]

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VW just introduced their all electric e-up!

March 17, 2013

VW just introduced their all electric e-up! The four passenger compact has a 90 mile range, offers quick charging, and will be available in Europe this fall. https://www.volkswagen-media-services.com/medias_publish/ms/content/en/pressemitteilungen/2013/03/14/the_new_e-up_.standard.gid-oeffentlichkeit.html

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Another reason to consider going electric in California

February 24, 2013

Gas tax increase on the horizon The California State Board of Equalization (that state agency tasked with responsibility for overseeing sales and use taxes, property taxes, special taxes, and the tax appeals that invariably exist when they do something wrong), is looking to raise the state excise tax on a gallon of gasoline. While a [...]

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70 Nissan LEAF taxis show capability in Mexico

February 13, 2013
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20 in Mexico City – 50 in Aguascalientes We’re not quite sure how we missed this when these LEAFs were first deployed in Mexico as taxis, but they have now been in service for over a year. Not only have they been successfully placed into service as purveyors of people, but they have helped to [...]

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Nissan’s Hybrid Plans

January 27, 2013
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15 Hybrids due by 2016 With the cautious reception by the American public of Nissan’s LEAF all electric vehicle (EV) since its debut in December of 2010, Nissan has decided to step up its game in the hybrid arena. The segment is currently owned by the Toyota Prius family, with others present in the market [...]

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Audi completes three year EV study

October 20, 2012
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Advances in technology provide educational benefit In October of 2009 Audi undertook a study to evaluate a flexible, modular, scalable approach to the electric vehicle (EV) that could be used as a  pure electric car or a plug-in hybrid. The goal was also to evaluate its suitability for various modular vehicle platforms including sports cars, [...]

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Nissan to reach out to LEAF owners

September 30, 2012
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Nissan’s parent company takes an interest in LEAF owner’s concerns Many Nissan LEAF owners and potential owners have been tracking the battery capacity loss situation that has shown itself to be a concern of the Nissan LEAF electric vehicle (EV). While this issue developed initially in the desert of Arizona, car owners in several states, Hong [...]

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Saab – one foot out of the grave?

September 3, 2012
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Another electric car on the way National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (NEVS) has finalized the purchase of Saab AB with the intent to develop the Saab 9-3 into an electric car for distribution in China. Founded in the 1940′s, Saab has gone through various iterations every decade or two since. General Motors effectively dismantled the [...]

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