Toshiba Corporation (Tokyo: 6502) has announced that the company has developed a high-iron concentration samarium-cobalt magnet that is free of dysprosium, a rare earth mineral that is in extremely short supply and increasingly ex...  more
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Bosch Plans to Establish a Joint Venture with Ningbo Polaris |
published: 2012-08-15 15:31 |
Long-term strategy for electromobility
Entry into the global eScooter motor market
27 million eScooter motors produced worldwide in 2011
Ningbo Polaris Technology Co. Ltd.: sales of over one million eScooter motors in 2011
Bosch E...  more
T3 Motion, Inc. Receives Notice of Acceptance of NYSE MKT Plan, Announces $1 Million Credit Facility |
published: 2012-08-14 15:14 |
T3 Motion, Inc., (the "Company"), a producer of personal electric vehicles, has announced that on June 1, 2012, the Company received notice from NYSE MKT, LLC (the "Exchange") staff indicating that the Company is below certain of ...  more
Media Statements Regarding Karma Incident in Woodside |
published: 2012-08-14 15:13 |
Fisker engineers, working with independent investigators from Pacific Rim Investigative Group, have begun preliminary examination and testing on the Karma involved in a fire in Woodside, California Friday.
Evidence revealed thus f...  more
Ford C-MAX Energi Delivers Industry’s Top Electric-Only Speed Among Plug-In Hybrids at the Touch of a Button |
published: 2012-08-08 15:09 |
All-new Ford C-MAX Energi delivers the top electric-only speed of any plug-in hybrid – 85 mph – more than 20 mph higher than Toyota Prius plug-in; unique EV mode button allows customers to deliver electric power on-demand
C-MAX En...  more
Get Your Battery Brain in Gear: New “Intelligent” Battery Sensors will Make EVs Smarter and Drive Longer |
published: 2012-08-07 15:20 |
Engineers at GE Global Research are building a new “battery brain” that will make car batteries powering electric vehicles smarter and last “significantly” longer. The research aims to drive down EV costs and boost their range.
At...  more
Ford C-MAX Hybrid Earns 47 City, 47 Highway, 47 Combined – an EPA Rating Hat Trick; Beats Toyota Prius v by up to 7 MPG |
published: 2012-08-07 15:16 |
All-new 2013 Ford C-MAX Hybrid delivers EPA-certified 47 mpg city, 47 mpg highway ratings – 7 mpg better than Toyota Prius v on the highway – for a 47 mpg combined rating
Ford’s first hybrid to achieve equal city and highway ratin...  more
ARPA-E Announces $43 Million for Transformational Energy Storage Projects to Advance Electric Vehicle and Grid Technologies |
published: 2012-08-06 15:23 |
The Department of Energy has announced that 19 transformative new projects will receive a total of $43 million in funding from the Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to leverage the nation’s brightest s...  more
Ford Celebrates Production Launch of the Only Front-Wheel- Drive Hybrid Transmission To Be Made in North America |
published: 2012-08-03 15:13 |
Ford’s Van Dyke Transmission Plant adds hybrid transmission capacity thanks to a new, flexible assembly line supporting Ford C-MAX Hybrid, C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid, Fusion Hybrid, Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid and Lincoln MKZ Hy...  more
EV Project Offers Free Blink® Chargers to EV Drivers and Commercial Host Sites in Chicago |
published: 2012-08-02 15:16 |
ECOtality, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECTY), a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, has announced it will offer its Blink® smart charging stations free to residents and commercial host sites of the greater metropoli...  more