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By Bertel Schmitt We’d said it would happen, and sure enough, Daimler and BYD unveiled their joint EV brand Denza today. They literally just unveiled the brand. The cars will be unveiled at the Beijing Motor Show in the last week of April. They should have kept everything covered and hire some professionals. The brand unveiling took [...] [...]
By Huw Evans With a limited product portfolio in North America, Mitsubishi has been pushing its new electric vehicle, the i, pretty hard of late. Recently, the company announced that in the state of Hawaii, it has fostered a partnership with Eaton Corp. to develop a plan for rapid expansion of Level 2 quick charging stations [...] [...]
By Philippe Crowe car2go is launching this weekend its carsharing service in Portland, Oregon. Beginning Saturday, Mar. 31, car2go will start the deployment of 250 smart fortwo cars. The car2go Portland office will be located in The Pearl District and the vehicles will be distributed throughout a 32-square mile area surrounding downtown. read more [...]
By Philippe Crowe The availability of what is becoming the nation’s largest network of fast-charging electric vehicle (EV) stations was announced yesterday by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and representatives from the Illinois Tollway, 350Green LLC, and 7-Eleven, Inc. As part of Gov. Quinn’s commitment to increasing sustainability across Illinois, the initiative will support the use of electric [...] [...]
A perfect example of American hypocrisy? America, we have an energy problem. It’s called Americans These days Republicans talk about taxes — as in no new taxes – yet they have no problem buying gas guzzling pickup trucks subsidized with Fed funny money, which is increasing both US debt and foreign oil dependence, while becoming an indirect [...] [...]
By Jeff Cobb Studies have found that Internet service providers around the globe are effectively taking would-be young drivers off the road, and business away from departments of transportation. What on earth are we talking about? In plain speak, researchers in a number of developed countries – including recently those from the University of Michigan’s Transportation [...] [...]
By Jeff Cobb Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” for natural gas is taking off, but federal officials say that of 240,000 miles of U.S. gas lines only about 24,000 miles are regulated. Of the 240,000 miles worth of lines, 40,000 ranging in diameter from 2-12 inches carry hazardous liquid and traverse rural and urban areas, often buried [...] [...]
When Steven Yourstone wanted answers about the arrival of his 2011 Explorer, he contacted Ford. But he didn’t pick up the phone or work through any complicated message systems. He simply asked his question on the Ford Explorer Facebook page. He got an answer from the Ford Customer Service Division social media team – along [...] [...]
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