Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Electric cars

  • LONDON (Reuters) - A sharp rise in fuel prices this year is likely to lead more Europeans to buy electric cars, even though they are more expensive than conventional vehicles, auto executives said.
  • (Reuters UK)
  • State officials said Tuesday that because of an increase in demand for electric cars, $350,000 is being added for rebates on new electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and chargers. The deadline for the rebates is being extended from March 31 to Nov. 1.
  • (The Christian Science Monitor)
  • When it came to Coda Automotives first-ever sales of its battery-electric Sedans, it was an all-Golden State affair.
  • (autoblog)
  • Researchers at the U.S. Department of Defenses Sandia National Laboratories have discovered a new family of metal-based liquid salt electrolytes, for use in flow batteries.
  • (Gizmag)
  • ELECTRIC CARS will not decrease in price for "some years", according to Audi's senior executive in charge of alternative energy development, Frank Van Meel.
  • (Irish Times)
  • Electric cars are out of range for many drivers.  However, they are slowly evolving and there are actually 7 all electric vehicles (more are on the way) to choose from.  The greater the number of electric vehicles, the more it will spur things along.
  • (Examiner)
  • WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- Electric cars used to seem like something of the future, but the future is now, and more folks around the nation and locally are buying hybrid and electric cars.
  • (WWAY NewsChannel 3)

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