Topic: Electric Vehicles
"Smart" power key as EU sparks electric car debate
Reuters Environmental Online Report
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Electric cars must be backed by "smart" power networks if they are to help the world's climate problems, environmentalists warned on Monday as European ministers prepared to debate a strategy for the sector. Industry ministers will meet on Tuesday in San Sebastian, Spain to discuss how to ...
Nissan closes $1.4B DOE loan for electric car
AP News
Nissan closes on $1.4 billion federal loan to build electric cars, batteries in TennesseeNissan closed on a $1.4 billion federal loan that will be used to build electric vehicles and lithium-ion battery packs in Tennessee, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu said Thursday. A new battery plant ...
GM to make its own electric motors
AP News
GM will make its own electric motors starting in 2013General Motors wants smaller, lighter, more powerful electric motors for its cars and trucks, and the way to get them is to make them, a GM official said Tuesday at the plant where the new motors will be made. Tom Stephens ...
Electric car road test planned for Quebec
Reuters US Online Report Science News
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Quebec's power utility is teaming up with Mitsubishi Motors to road test the performance of up to 50 all-electric vehicles against the rigors of the Canadian climate and measure their infrastructure needs. The C$4.5 million ($4.4 million) project, which organizers say will be Canada ...
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