by Jim Motavalli, BNET, February 26, 2010
You’ve heard that electric cars are coming, starting this year. You’re even tempted to try one, but plugging your car in like a toaster sounds like a hassle. Well, what if that step were taken out of the equation?
A Virginia-based company, Evatran, is in field trials with [...]
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By MARA LEMOS STEIN for the Wall Street Journal, February 22, 2010
Some of the first plug-in electric passenger vehicles are slated to roll onto U.S. streets later this year. Are you ready? Test your knowledge with this Wall Street Journal quiz.
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Full article →by Evatran, February 23, 2010
Wytheville Businesses to Be the First in America to Offer “Hands-Free” EV Charging
WYTHEVILLE, Va., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ — Evatran, LLC, the makers of the world’s first “hands-free” proximity charging system for electric vehicles and extended-range hybrids, announced today the launch of a field trial of Plugless Power™ pre-production [...]
Full article →Trendhunter Magazine, February 2010
Ditch the gas and grab the extension cord, we’re charging up some sweet electrified rides, people. Back in the days of yore, electric cars were boring and nerdy. Then companies like Tesla Motors came along and made electric cars badass.
Just look at the electric cars we have now, compared [...]
Full article →by Zach Rosenberg for Autopia, February 18, 2010
Western automakers have started designing cars specifically for the huge Chinese market, and we don’t mean just meeting tighter pollution and fuel-efficiency standards. The new cars and concepts have exterior contours that comport to Chinese ideas of balance, with interior colors and fabrics designed to signify status [...]
Full article →by Kamala Kelkar for the San Francisco Examiner, February 18, 2010
All-electric car manufacturers from Atlanta are using the Bay Area as a hub to sell their two-seater vehicles, which can reach 35 mph, plug in like a refrigerator and cost about $19,000.
Wheego signed a contract with family-owned dealer Ellis Brooks — [...]
Full article →Atlanta, Georgia (February 17, 2010) – WHEEGO ELECTRIC CARS, manufacturer of all-electric vehicles, today announced it has signed Ellis Brooks Auto Center as its dealer with exclusive rights to sell the Wheego Electric Car product line throughout California’s San Francisco Bay Area Including San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Francisco Counties.
Wheego President Jeff Boyd [...]
Full article →EVCARCO Brings Electric Vehicles to the American Consumer The Everyday Electric Vehicle Becomes Crowd Pleaser as Texas Woman Wins the AEV Through Albertsons Promotion, Winner’s First Car and It’s an All Electric FORT WORTH, TX, Feb 11, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — EVCARCO /quotes/comstock/11k!evca (EVCA 0.33, +0.08, +32.00%) proudly announces the success [...]
Full article →Environmental Expert.com, February 10, 2010 Source: U.S. Department of Energy – Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy General Motors Corporation (GM) announced on January 26 that it will invest about $246 million in its facilities in Baltimore, Maryland, for manufacturing electric motors and electric drives. This includes construction of a high-volume electric [...]
Full article →Auto-Mobi, February 9, 2010 Wheego Electric Cars (http://www.wheego.net), manufacturer of all-electric vehicles, today announced it has signed Foreign Affairs EV at [...]
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