Charity, installer team to speed installation of free EV charging stations in the UK
Thursday, 17 May 2012 REM Last year Zero Carbon World, a charity striving to "decarbonize" the world, announced that it was donating 1,000 free electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to hotels and other businesses in the tour...
IEA details best electric vehicle practices, city by city
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 REM Electric cars are popping up on streets around the world, as different cities promote the vehicles in a variety of ways. In order to keep up with best practices in rolling out electric vehicles (EV) i...
Volvo partners with energy industry on plug-in hybrid
Thursday, 10 May 2012 REM Volvo Cars is joining forces with the renewable energy developer, Vattenfall, to develop the V60 plug-in hybrid, described by the car manufacturer as “a pioneer for vehicles of the future”. It is ...
Eight auto firms to develop standardised EV charger
Friday, 04 May 2012 REM Eight global automakers have announced they will demo a standardized single-port DC-fast charging technology. The system will optimize customer ease of use and will accelerate more affordable deployme...
Spain
Gamesa and Toyota to nurture wind-EV synergies
Monday, 30 April 2012 REM Gamesa and Toyota Spain are joining forces in the field of energy-efficient mobility, signing a collaboration agreement to boost the use of electric vehicles in urban Spain. For six months the company...
“EV industry far from settled,” says expert
Thursday, 26 April 2012 REM While participating at the China EV Charging Infrastructure & Grid Integration Forum 2012, James Post, an expert in electric vehicle (EV) charging asked for opinions on charging issues during a forum ...
United States
New analysis reveals true emissions of electric vehicles
Monday, 23 April 2012 Toby Price No matter where one lives in the United States, electric vehicles (EVs) are a good choice for reducing global warming emissions and saving money on fuelling up, according to a new analysis by the Unio...
Slovakia
“Virtual green highway” for electric vehicles planned in Slovakia
Monday, 09 April 2012 REM IBM has teamed up with Zapadoslovenska energetika, a. s. (ZSE), the largest distributor and supplier of electricity in Slovakia, on a smart energy "feasibility" study that will help prepare the capita...
Global e-bike sales to exceed 47 million by 2018
Thursday, 29 March 2012 REM With sales expected to reach over 30 million units in 2012, electric bicycles are the world’s best-selling electric vehicles. Rapidly accelerating urbanization, the increasing need for low-cost tran...
Forecaster says prices for lithium ion batteries will drop by a third by 2017
Tuesday, 20 March 2012 REM As the world's automobile manufacturers continue the evolution from the internal combustion to electric engine, improved manufacturing efficiencies and expanded access to lithium should help reduced t...
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