FREMONT (KCBS) – Electric vehicle sales in California have taken off, industry officials said Friday as they urged state leaders to ensure there is infrastructure to support the growing number of electric vehicles. General Motors has sold 5,000 electric vehicles so far in 2012, compared to 5,000 for all of last year, said spokesman Shad [...]
Car Industry Holden and ChargePoint recently unveiled the fist electric vehicle (EV) charging station for Holden Volt drivers in Port Melbourne. Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Industry and Innovation, the Hon Greg Combet AM MP was the first member of the public to plug into the petrol pump of the future with one of [...]
MORE than six out of 10 company drivers would not change their traditionally fuelled vehicle for electric power, according to a new survey. Vehicle leasing and fleet management company ALD Automotive surveyed 1,000 business drivers and less than a third (32%) said that they would consider changing to an electric vehicle. Of those [...]
Published in The Market magazine, May 2012. Original article here. Electric dreamsThe electric car is stepping out of its niche as a green product, as numerous new launches from mainstream manufacturers is making the eco choice look increasingly attractive. We take a look at the challenges for the next generation car. If we want to [...]
Problems viewing this E-mail? Please click here. Â Dear Friends, On Friday, I will hold a legislative hearing in Fremont to discuss the development of California’s electric vehicle industry and what we can do to make it successful. As you know, the Bay Area is a global leader in technological innovation, and many promising green-tech [...]
First published at New Scientist, 17 May 2012. People have fretted about when the world’s oil will start to run out ever since M. King Hubbert came up with the idea of “peak oil” back in the 1950s. The American geologist, who worked for Shell, pointed out that we are destined to reach a moment [...]
Ash Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world’s biggest [...]
Bay Area companies developing electric vehicle technologies are a major bright spot for the cleantech sector, which has faced bad publicity and waning enthusiasm from investors. Forty-four percent of all venture capital invested into the sector in the United States since 2007 has flowed into Bay Area companies, including electric car maker Tesla Motors, charging [...]
London Leading the Way in Electric Vehicle Mobility but Collaboration is Key to Accelerate the EV Revolution, Says Hertz PR Newswire — May 16, 2012 LONDON, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – – Everyone has a role to play in encouraging the further adoption of electric vehicles throughout the UK according to industry experts Office of [...]
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