Electric Vehicles

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Electric cars need government support: Nissan-Renault CEO

AFP Global Edition 10 days ago

Electric cars could help China and other countries reduce their dependency on oil but the government must provide incentive to make the shift, Nissan and Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn said Thursday. Car makers need backing as they respond to the growing consensus ...

DWP tango car

WENN 11 days ago

The latest answer to both the fuel crisis and parking problems is the US-made Tango Electric car *Not available for UK Tabloids.** Credit: First News / WENN.com Copyright 2009 WENN

Nissan to boost Renault battery supply: report

AFP Global Edition 20 days ago

Japan's Nissan Motor Co plans to invest 50 billion yen (554 million dollars) to boost battery production for electric vehicles produced by its French partner Renault, a report said Tuesday. Automotive Energy Supply Corp., Nissan's joint venture with the NEC group, will ...

This technology will replace 148 billion barrels of oil

Stockhouse 26 days ago

Warren Buffett quintupled his money in a little over a year Not many investors noticed in September 2008, when Warren Buffett took a 10% stake in Hong Kong-based battery maker BYD Co. Ltd. for $230 million. They should be noticing now. Shares ...

Japanese automakers' hydrogen car drive

AFP Global Edition 28 days ago

Imagine a car that can be refuelled in minutes but emits only water. Sounds like science fiction? In fact it already exists -- Hollywood star Jamie Lee Curtis has one. So does Honda president Takanobu Ito. Yet while some see them as ...

New NY company to roll out electric cars in 2010

AP News 30 days ago

New NY company to roll out electric cars in 2010, employ 250 workers A new New York company hopes to complete financing of a Syracuse plant to make electric cars by the end of this year and start rolling out plug-in hatchbacks ...

Electric cars take on hybrids at Tokyo show

AFP Global Edition 32 days ago

Futuristic concept cars, plug-in hybrids, zero-emission electric vehicles and even a hydrogen-powered scooter jostled for the limelight as the Tokyo Motor Show kicked off on Wednesday. From a super-skinny Nissan electric car that leans when going around bends, to a lightweight Toyota ...

Electric cars don't deserve halo yet: study

Reuters Environmental Online Report 32 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Electric cars will not be dramatically cleaner than autos powered by fossil fuels until they rely less on electricity produced from conventional coal-fired power plants, scientists said on Monday. "For electric vehicles to become a major green alternative, ...

EU fails to agree climate funds

Reuters Environmental Online Report 33 days ago

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Talks on a new U.N. climate deal stumbled on Tuesday when European Union finance ministers failed to agree funds for poor countries and India reiterated demands for aid to help curb its emissions. An impasse among finance ministers from ...

Electric Cars: A Wide-Open Race

BusinessWeek 33 days ago

The electric car is likely to emerge as one of the most transformational products of the current era, as important, perhaps, as the personal computer and the Internet. Given the effect of the auto industry on the rest of the economy, mass ...

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