By Jeff Cobb Free gas offered with car wash in Venezuela. One of the underlying premises propping up the entire move toward alternative transportation is dwindling oil supplies and geopolitical risks and compromises involved in securing them. While most readers of HybridCars.com know America is struggling to manage its “addiction to oil,” not to mention myriad other [...] [...]
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By Philippe Crowe Renault has appointed Béatrice Foucher as Vice President of the French manufacturer’s electric vehicle program, effective September 1, 2012. read more [...] By Philippe Crowe Car Charging Group, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a term sheet to acquire 350Green LLC, an owner and operator of EV charging stations throughout the United States. CarCharging’s proposed acquisition of 350Green would position CarCharging as the largest public EV service provider in the U.S, with more than 1,000 EV [...] [...] By Jeff Cobb On Sunday Better Place announced it would lower the barrier to entry for customers in Israel wishing to sign on to its service involving use of the specially designed Renault Fluence Z.E., charging it and swapping batteries as needed. The company opened its first several battery swapping stations in May, has already installed [...] [...] By Jeff Cobb The Opel/Vauxhall Ampera has seen an encouraging start, delivering around 700 units in June, even as GM’s Opel division itself has struggled to make profit, and is undergoing reorganization. Based on the Chevrolet Volt, and built in the Detroit-Hamtramck plant, the Amperas started rolling out in late February. read more [...] By Jeff Cobb Two well-regarded “car guys,” Jay Leno and Bob Lutz recently reviewed a 100 mpg Via Motors VTRUX on “Jay Leno’s Garage,” with the truck being heartily endorsed following a test drive. “This is what the future is,” said Leno of the plug-in hybrid which uses a 4.6-liter six-cylinder generator plus 24-kwh battery and [...] [...] By Philippe Crowe On July 10, Zhejiang Kandi Vehicles Co., Ltd. signed a letter of intent (LOI) with China Aviation Lithium Battery Co., Ltd. (CALB) at the Cooperation Forum in Beijing to collaboratively promote 20,000 pure electrical vehicles in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Zhejiang Kandi Vehicles Co., Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kandi Technologies Corp. (Kandi) and [...] [...] |
 
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