Evatran Hoping To Cash In On Plug-Free Electric Cars
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 a product called Plugless Power that will enable hands-free EV charging. Evantran plans to have it on the market in the fourth quarter... [Read More...]
Are You Plugged In?
Test your knowledge of electric vehicles with our quiz 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. The Journal Report See the complete Energy report. 1. For all the fanfare, sales of electric cars are currently negligible (outside of golf courses,... [Read More...]
Evatran Announces Rollout of Field Trial Program for Plugless Power
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 units in and around Wytheville. Field trial participants... [Read More...]
70 Electrified Rides
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 to the ones we had ten years ago. These electrified rides are seriously looking good. But don’t take my word for it, check... [Read More...]
Auto Designers Cater To China, the New Giant
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 and evoke respect. The controls for entertainment and climate systems might even... [Read More...]
Atlanta Electric Car Company Plugs into Bay Area Market
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 — located at 1395 Van Ness Ave. in The City — and will offer test drives from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. The company has been selling... [Read More...]
Ellis Brooks Auto Center To Sell Wheego Electric Cars
Welcome 2 Green, 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 says Wheego is targeting successful dealers such as Ellis Brooks who are... [Read More...]
Ellis Brooks Auto Center to Sell Wheego Electric Cars
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 says Wheego is targeting successful dealers such as Ellis Brooks... [Read More...]
Texas Woman Receives Keys to 2010 All Electric Wheego
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 of the EVCARCO giveaway with partner Albertsons Food Stores on January of... [Read More...]
GM Invests $246 million in Electric Motors and Components in Baltimore
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 drive production facility at the Baltimore Transmission plant, which will... [Read More...]