Coulomb unveils first ChargePoint stations in Australia and Poland
Posted on 28. May, 2010 by Eco Autos.
Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Green Daily Coulomb Technologies is slowly but surely expanding the reach of its ChargePoint stations beyond the company’s home base of California.
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Is there trouble at Bright Automotive? Yes and no, as job cuts and new hires could now lead to profitibility
Posted on 28. May, 2010 by Eco Autos.
Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Bright Automotive Bright IDEA PHEV – Click above for high-res image gallery Bright Automotive has not been able to drive the Idea plug-in hybrid van on the easiest road to market. A new set-back – from one perspective – was a number of layoffs and executive shuffling at the company this week. CEO Reuben Munger, though, doesn’t see the job cuts and repositionings as anything but positive for the company.
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Enerdel announces new Chinese joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile
Posted on 28. May, 2010 by Eco Autos.
Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Manufacturing/Plants , China EnerDel is going to China. The Indiana-based lithium-ion battery company announced yesterday it will start a new joint venture with Wanxiang’s electric vehicle division.
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Details on Nissan Leaf battery pack, including how recharging speed affects battery life
Posted on 27. May, 2010 by Eco Autos.
Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Manufacturing/Plants , Nissan , AutoblogGreen Exclusive , USA Nissan broke ground on a new battery plant in Smyrna, Tennessee yesterday (figuratively, anyway, the actual bulldozing doesn’t start for a few weeks). For now, we will call this the U.S.
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Another Prius accelerates unintentionally in New York and crashes
Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by Eco Autos.
Filed under: Hybrid , Toyota Not one day after a high-profile incident involving a Prius taking off on its owner in Southern California , we’re hearing reports that another one of Toyota’s popular hybrids has suffered unintended acceleration in New York. This time, instead of the car eventually succumbing to the will of its braking system, it crashed into a stone wall. Fortunately the owner was reportedly just pulling out of her driveway in Harrison, NY and the car only accelerated across the street, though the collision allegedly sent “some pretty big boulders” flying, said one police chief.
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Feds probing Prius’ unintended acceleration incident, no new recall issued
Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by Eco Autos.
Filed under: Hybrid , Toyota The fall-out of yesterday’s Toyota Prius unintended acceleration incident in California – a car got up to speeds of over 90 miles per hour in a 20-minute event – now includes an investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. NHTSA has dispatched two investigators to look into what happened, while Toyota is sending three technicians. The car was towed to a Toyota dealership today after being held overnight by the California Highway Patrol
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Filed under: Etc. , EV/Plug-in , UK Ever wonder what it is really like to own an electric car?
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Volkswagen gets recognition for efficiency of its TSI engines
Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by Eco Autos.
Filed under: MPG , Volkswagen German testing and certification company T
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Aston Martin: Cygnet helps us offer a "more sustainable product line-up"
Posted on 08. Mar, 2010 by Eco Autos.
Filed under: MPG , Aston Martin , Lightweight Aston Martin Cygnet – Click above for high-res image gallery Aston Martin builds some of the fastest, most desirable and undoubtedly most beautiful cars in the world by following a very simple formula. Front engine, rear-drive coupes (and sometimes sedans) powered by the biggest, most powerful engines available
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Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hydrogen , Mercedes Benz , USA 2009 Mercedes-Benz B-Class – Click above for high-res image gallery Here in the United States, Mercedes-Benz’ s product portfolio starts off with the C-Class sedan . Those familiar with the alphabet may realize that there are at least two available letters before ‘C’ that would theoretically allow the German automaker to offer something a bit less expensive before graduating up the ranks to the likes of the E-Class and S-Class , in all their assorted variations. Wouldn’t you know it, Mercedes has seen fit to fill those two pre-C-Class slots with an A- and B-Class across the pond, and we’ve been hearing rumblings for quite some time that one of these models might make its way Stateside before too long
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